NOVEL NEXT Chapter 273: Touchdown? Safe?
"Then, we can only rely on Director Wang now,"
It might not sound nice to say it,
but to those on the ground, what they could do at this point was but a Hail Mary attempt.
...
Ground.
The ground communications officer dealing with S-237 focused his attention on the person in charge.
The person in charge had rushed over immediately after receiving the news to get firsthand information.
"Boss, Wang Ye needs all the flight paths near him,"
"Give them to him,"
said the person in charge.
After speaking, the person in charge looked toward another woman and said, "Prepare to announce the plane crash to the media, including the compensation for passengers and crew members, and arrangements for their families."
"Okay,"
the woman immediately responded and began to prepare.
To the person in charge, Wang Ye—who had never piloted a plane—merely having theoretical knowledge of aircraft was far from enough to ensure a safe landing, making it an impossible feat.
Even for those trained professionally,
they couldn't sit in the pilot's seat for their initial flights; instead, they needed an experienced pilot beside them for repeated guidance before they could handle the aircraft.
Aboard the plane.
Because the villains still needed the pilots to safely land the plane, they had not destroyed it.
Everything was intact.
Wang Ye made some adjustments and directly steered the plane toward the nearest air route.
The plane, which had just been seemingly plunging toward the ground, began to ascend slowly under Wang Ye's control.
The ground liaison, who was in contact with Wang Ye, saw the trajectory of Wang Ye's plane on the screen and brightened up.
Wang Ye had actually managed to start flying the plane.
Could Wang Ye really manage to get the plane into the flight path next?
Thinking about this,
the pilot felt a surge of inexplicable confidence in Wang Ye.
He began to attentively observe the trajectory of Wang Ye's aircraft.
One minute.
Two minutes passed.
Under Wang Ye's control, the aircraft was getting closer to the flight path, almost aligned with it.
The next second,
Wang Ye's aircraft steadily entered the flight path!
The moment he saw this, the ground liaison exclaimed excitedly,
"Awesome! Fantastic! Wang Ye has entered the flight path with the aircraft!"
The instant the ground liaison's voice was heard,
it attracted the attention of others around him.
Upon hearing what the ground liaison said, they all breathed a sigh of relief and wore smiles on their faces.
No one wished for a plane crash.
After all, those on board were lives, innocent lives.
The young woman, who had just been instructed by the person in charge to draft the announcement, glanced at the person in charge and asked, "Should I still continue writing it?"
"Ah,"
the person in charge sighed and his gaze swept over from the ground liaison to the others, eventually resting on the young woman as he said,
"You all know the situation with flying a plane."
"Managing to enter the flight path is just the basics."
"The most crucial aspects are taking off and landing—the times that truly test a pilot's skills and are the most difficult."
The words of the person in charge,
were like a bucket of cold water poured over the heads of everyone present.
They were well aware of this fact.
They had merely momentarily forgotten it in their relief.
"Ah,"
the person in charge sighed again.
If possible, he also hoped that Wang Ye would have the ability to safely land the plane and bring it to a halt on the ground.
Otherwise.
A plane crash, regardless of the reason, would be a massive loss for them.
"Boss, Wang Ye is requesting a landing route."
"Plot it for him."
...
Once Wang Ye received the landing route, he controlled the plane towards the nearest airport, Luofu Airport.
In less than twenty minutes.
The plane was flying over Luofu Airport.
And during these twenty minutes.
The staff at Luofu Airport had completed evacuating people and implemented safety measures to the utmost.
After all.
It was not guaranteed that the plane would indeed land safely.
Without safety measures, should anything go wrong during the landing, more people would be injured.
On the plane.
Wang Ye looked at Luofu Airport below, his face and expression bearing an unprecedented gravity.
Serious.
He had knowledge of flying a plane.
Wang Yifeng, one could say, was capable of anything.
Even flying a plane, he had taught both him and He Qian back then.
Otherwise, He Qian would not have become the most beautiful pilot.
But when Wang Yifeng taught them, he certainly didn't let them fly a real plane.
He merely used other methods to teach them some skills.
Wang Ye also knew that during a flight, take-off and landing were the most challenging parts.
The most challenging part.
Was the landing.
The angle and speed of landing, among others, needed to be precise to ensure the plane could land smoothly in the subsequent process.
"He is landing now."
The ground liaison officer watched Wang Ye pilot the plane and spoke to other affected individuals watching this situation.
At this time.
Nearly everyone in the room stood behind the liaison officer, closely monitoring the situation.
The manager's eyes were fixed on the plane. Although he had already had a woman start drafting a report, he still harbored some hope in his heart that Wang Ye would manage a stable landing.
He hoped for a miracle.
Then.
Wang Ye began to adjust the plane's landing approach.
While descending, he adjusted the plane's landing direction.
The manager, the ground liaison officer, and others, all had their eyes fixed on this side, prepared to witness the miracle they dearly hoped for.
However.
Just as the plane was halfway through its landing.
The flying angle of the plane suddenly underwent a drastic change, causing the entire aircraft to shudder violently.
The manager and the others, upon seeing this scene, displayed looks of disappointment in their eyes.
They watched no longer.
Instead, they turned their gaze away.
With such a mishap occurring during descent, even a professional pilot could not avert the looming failure.
Let alone just Wang Ye.
Hope shattered.
The hopes they had just harbored for Wang Ye now vanished completely; they no longer wished to watch, didn't want to witness a plane crashing.
Only the ground liaison officer.
Kept her eyes glued to the screen.
For some reason, she always felt that a miracle was about to happen!