Just as the root problem of all aviation accidents is always a few cents part, the cause of big problems is often too small.
Nothing else happened during the flight with Duan Jingchu. Maybe Duan Jingchu was scared when he was taxiing. In the second half of the flight, he followed the procedures obediently. The atmosphere in the cockpit was a bit awkward. The two of them didn't say much at cruising altitude. sentence. However, Chen Jiayu was so happy that his ears were at peace at this moment. There were four round trips from Beijing to Hong Kong, and they were already on the last trip, and the mission would be completed soon. He needed some time to adjust his emotions. Maybe chatting with Cao Hui again would make him feel less uncomfortable.
This time, Chen Jiayu was the co-pilot and Duan Jingchu flew back to Beijing Daxing. When he arrived at Beijing, he dialed in the frequency and heard a muffled voice over there - it was the same control as last time, not Fang Hao. He smiled secretly, not knowing what he was expecting. He had been so abnormal recently.
He glanced at Duan Jingchu, who was obediently flying around according to the procedure. He began executing the final approach checklist as he had done thousands of times before.
"Approach procedures."
"Approach procedure confirmed."
"Approach settings."
"Approach setup completed."
"airspeed."
"Airspeed 220 knots."
"EICAS."
"EICAS has checked." Duan Jingchu answered a little too quickly. Chen Jiayu paused. He was wondering if he had really checked? He turned his head to check that the engine and alarm system instruments were all normal, but said nothing and continued reading.
"Landing light."
"Landing lights on."
"Spoilers."
"Spoilers ahead."
"Automatic braking."
"Autobrake is set."
"Flaps."
"Flaps 5 degrees."
Duan Jingchu flew the plane even though it was raining heavily in Beijing, but the plane still flew smoothly.
Chen Jiayu thought, he was about to go home.
"Beijing Daxing Tower, good evening, Air China 3146, Channel 04 is established."
Chu Yirou was on the other side of the tower frequency. She quickly confirmed the landing runway of Chen Jiayu and the others: "Air China 3146, Daxing tower, blind landing on runway 04. Corrected sea pressure 998."
After a while, Chu Yirou suddenly opened the channel: "Air China 3146, your landing lights are not on."
There was a buzz in Chen Jiayu's mind - his first reaction was to check the landing light. The landing light was on the main driver's side of the control panel. It was not convenient for Chen Jiayu to see it, but when he turned his body sideways, he saw it. , the indicator light is off.
"Uh... turn on the landing lights." Duan Jingchu was also embarrassed and raised his hand to turn on the landing lights.
The fact that the landing lights were not turned on alone was not a major safety hazard. One of the functions of landing lights is to help other pilots visually see other aircraft at night. Under the premise that the density of flight takeoffs and landings is relatively small and there is a tower and approach command, it is impossible to cause a major accident just because the landing lights are not turned on. However, this was a step in the checklist. Chen Jiayu read it, but Duan Jingchu kept saying that he had implemented it, but he did not. This can reflect whether a pilot complies with regulations. This mistake is very serious. Chen Jiayu thought that he had realized that Duan Jingchu was unreliable when he set off from Beijing in the morning. If he had seriously harassed Kong Xinyi at that time, he could have reported him and hired another co-pilot to take over temporarily. That incident actually speaks volumes.
Chen Jiayu turned off the radio with a snap. After a moment, he said three words in a cold voice: "I'll fly."
Duan Jingchu could also read the seriousness of this order, so he didn't argue and obeyed immediately: "You fly."
Chen Jiayu pressed the control stick button to take over the control of the aircraft, then lowered the airspeed, adjusted the flaps by 20 degrees, lowered the landing gear, fully extended the flaps, disconnected the autopilot, and landed the aircraft perfectly.
After coming down, he turned on the radio and said to the tower: "Air China 3146, landed, separated from the P5 crossing ahead."
Chu Yirou confirmed: "Received," then hesitated for a moment, then said: "Well... the landing lights were not turned on just now. Please come to the tower to fill in a report when you get down. We have regulations to report." She agreed. It was Chen Jiayu who came out, and he was a little embarrassed at this moment.
Chen Jiayu only said on the tower frequency: "Okay."
When Duan Jing saw that he didn't say a word for the first time, his heart began to beat: "I remember I adjusted the landing light..."
Chen Jiayu glanced at him: "You said it was a mechanical failure?"
Duan Jingchu hesitated again: "That's possible... I was actually still checking EICAS, and then I forgot about it. I'm really sorry."
Chen Jiayu did not confirm or deny, but said neutrally: "Stop the car and go to the tower to talk."
After the two people got off the plane, they went to the tower. Chu Yirou was very polite. After opening the door for them, the first thing she said was, "Brother Jia, I'm really sorry."
Chen Jiayu couldn't read his expression and said, "It's okay. Let's talk to your director." He was in a bad mood. It was not a glamorous thing for any four-stripe captain to be called by the tower because he didn't turn on the lights, let alone Chen Jiayu. He never makes a mistake.
A relatively complicated expression suddenly appeared on Chu Yirou's face - Chu Yirou is the kind of person who has everything written on her face, and her emotions are easy to guess. Seeing her expression, Chen Jiayu suddenly realized something.
Sure enough, Chu Yirou said to them: "Then today...it's Fang Hao. Acting teacher. You go downstairs to find him. You should just fill in the accident story." Guo Zhifang was still in the hospital for a month or two after giving birth prematurely. She won't return to her post within a few days, so Fang Hao was originally assigned to her class.
Chen Jiayu's face also stiffened. To be honest, it would be better to meet anyone now than to meet Fang Hao, even if you meet a strict supervisor who really wants to write a report and submit it to the company. But now that the matter has come to this, I definitely can't turn around and leave.
Fang Hao had heard from Fu Zixiang that two people flying without landing lights were caught by the tower and asked to come over to write a report. He sighed - in this case, he would have to go home late again. But when he saw the two captains approaching without turning on the lights, and there was Chen Jiayu, his only reaction was surprise, nothing but surprise.
He said: "Why is it you?" There was a questioning look in his eyes, but he didn't fully explain, probably because Duan Jingchu was still there.
Chen Jiayu looked at him deeply and hesitated to speak. He was wearing a flight uniform, his shirt and clothes were tightly fitted, and his hat was worn neatly, and his whole body had an aura that would keep strangers away.
In the end, it was Fang Hao who spoke first: "Then... come in and fill in the story of the accident." He sat in the office, took out two tablets from the side and placed them on the table.
When Duan Jing saw this formation for the first time, he seemed a little confused: "I...I remember I did it. The checklist was clearly called." Fang Hao's eyes wandered between the two of them, and he probably understood what was going on. It seems that Duan Jingchu was the primary pilot and Chen Jiayu was the co-pilot. Therefore, it was Chen Jiayu who executed the checklist, but Duan Jingchu somehow failed to do this step.
Chen Jiayu saw how cowardly he was in trouble, and combined with what happened on the taxiway before, he couldn't hold back his anger, and he said it a bit harshly: "If you want to see evidence to confirm it, we can adjust the flight data record after we get back. look."
This was actually said to Duan Jingchu, but Fang Hao didn't like hearing it. He frowned and said, "Chu Yirou said she didn't see it. This can be considered evidence."
Chen Jiayu hesitated for a moment and then asked, "Is it possible that she saw it wrong?" His tone was actually quite calm when he asked this question. After all, the possibility of a faulty landing light indicator or circuit on the control panel cannot be ruled out.
When Fang Hao heard this, he felt that he was questioning Chu Yirou. Chen Jiayu's attitude seemed very cold and hard, which made him a little uncomfortable, so he did not give in: "The tower opened its eyes wide and looked at your plane. Can you see it?" Is that wrong? Okay, you can adjust the data, I don't have any objection anyway." He thought, Chen Jiayu also knew Chu Yirou, Chu Yirou called him Brother Jia, and he also called her Xiaochu, so they were considered friends. However, when it came to matters that touched his own interests, why did Chen Jiayu suddenly not trust her observation?
Chen Jiayu was not very happy after hearing what he said, so he explained: "I'm just saying, is it possible?" He had never worked in a tower, so he didn't know how far they could see and what the visibility was like since it was raining at night.
But Fang Hao thought he was protecting Duan Jingchu. Seeing Duan Jingchu's attitude of not daring to act, he was a little angry, and his face suddenly dropped. This time he said to Duan Jingchu: "Vice Captain Duan, do you think This is a small matter. You didn’t turn on the lights today, and you didn’t put the flaps on tomorrow?”
But when Chen Jiayu heard his tone, he frowned and said, "It's not your turn to criticize him, Fang Hao."
Although he also knew that Fang Hao spoke more straightforwardly, and it was indeed Duan Jingchu who made the mistake in this matter, he said this as if flying was such a simple thing that he could do it by rolling up his sleeves. The two of them had obviously had a heart-to-heart conversation before, and he had revealed some of his innermost thoughts, but on this occasion, when Fang Hao saw it was him, he didn't ask him how he was, and he didn't seem to think that he flew over from Hong Kong. On the contrary, he looked like he was arrogant and demanding, and he wished he could be kicked out of the office as soon as possible to finish the work. Chen Jiayu was embarrassed. When the tower pointed out that the landing lights were not turned on, his face looked normal, but now he looks ugly.
Seeing his attitude, Fang Hao felt the fire in his heart surge up. He couldn't suppress it: "Why can't I say it? If he doesn't put the flaps on tomorrow, or if he lands on the wrong runway, whose fault will it be? No more It all depends on the control." It was also Chen Jiayu's misfortune that they were flying in the open and the control was in the dark. Flying well is the credit of the flight, and any accident is the responsibility of the control. This is not a day or two. In addition, he had been working the night shift for three days in a row. It was raining today and accidents were easy to happen. After the shift, he had to write an unfounded accident report about the radar failure. His mood was extremely tense.
Chen Jiayu lowered his voice and said: "How we fly and how we land is our business. You are in charge of the deployment." At this moment, he was still holding back and barely explained.
Fang Hao didn't like hearing it anymore. He just felt that he couldn't breathe out in his chest, so he directly replied: "So you mean I shouldn't arrest you? That's okay. Just tell the leader. You are a famous person anyway." , maybe our leader will listen to you in the end." He said it happily for a moment, but the moment he said it, he knew it was a bit too much.
Sure enough, Chen Jiayu just gave him a look without any emotion. Then he sat down, pulled the tablet and started filling in the story of the accident. It took him about two minutes to fill it out. He signed his name in a hurry, closed the tablet, clicked it on the table, and walked out with a long stride.
Duan Jingchu looked at Fang Hao and then at Chen Jiayu. He was completely dumbfounded. The two of them didn't let him interject a word from beginning to end, as if the content of the dispute had nothing to do with him. He opened his mouth to say something: "Well, Director Fang, I..."
Fang Hao just looked out the door. After a few seconds, he said, "Wait a moment." Then he followed Chen Jiayu out. Whenever he and Chen Jiayu quarreled before, they were always fighting for the winner in the chat room. They had never choked each other face to face. He also had some drumming in his heart.
Outside, it was raining heavily. Chen Jiayu did not hold an umbrella and walked directly to the terminal parking lot.
Fang Hao ran two steps to catch up with him and called his name: "Brother Jia, wait."
Chen Jiayu stopped.
Seeing that there was hope, Fang Hao said, "What happened just now?"
Chen Jiayu still held back his temper and said, "I wrote everything about the accident."
Fang Hao also insisted: "I want to hear it from your own mouth."
Chen Jiayu turned around and glanced at him. Fang Hao didn't have any uniform jacket, so he came out wearing a shirt. At this moment, most of the white thin shirt was wet, and there were water drops hanging on his cheeks.
Chen Jiayu didn't want to say it. Regardless of his emotions in the past two days, the deep sense of vulnerability and powerlessness he felt when flying to Hong Kong again, or the fact that the house leaked and it rained all night, and the landing lights were not turned on and Fang Hao happened to be on duty to catch up on this matter, it was all there. Make him feel embarrassed. He just said restrainedly: "Don't worry about it."
Fang Hao had come to his senses at this time. He knew the itinerary of Air China 3146, so he tentatively asked: "Is this the way from Hong Kong..." It's easy to get into trouble on a rainy night. He was already mentally exhausted, and he had to write There are really no other pleasant words of comfort to be said about the psychological pressure of the accident report. Speaking of which, it was already his limit.
But Chen Jiayu really didn't want to say it. Fang Hao's temptation and persistence made him upset, so he raised his voice and looked more serious. He said to Fang Hao: "I said you should leave it alone! Go back."
After saying this, he turned around and left without waiting for Fang Hao's reaction. He expected that Fang Hao would not stalk him again. No matter what, could he come up and hug him to prevent him from leaving?
After he walked out for a long time, he was willing to turn around. When he turned around, he saw that Fang Hao was still standing there in the rain, in the same posture as when he walked away. He was too far away to see the specific expression, but he looked confused.
Chen Jiayu regretted it the moment he sat in his car. The image of Fang Hao standing stunned in the rain flashed back repeatedly in his mind. He knew he was being angry, but he shouldn't be. He was angry that Duan Jingchu, the first officer, was not focused on flying and made such a basic mistake, which made both of them lose face. He was also angry with himself for not calling directly when Duan Jingchu clearly violated the regulations and was not concentrating on driving and harassed Kong Xinyi. Report it to the company. Also, it’s not good to catch up with anyone in this matter. Fang Hao happens to be the acting head teacher. If it were to be replaced by someone else, he might just leave the program without saying a word and not say a word of nonsense.
But what disappointed him the most was Fang Hao's final words that mocked him. All this time, he didn't know what Fang Hao thought of him, but now he understood that he seemed so cold and distant at first. He politely refused all requests. He was obviously a senior brother who had eaten together. After drinking, the reason why you are so polite to me is because you don't want to see me.
He cares about Fang Hao, and he cares more about himself.
He wanted to send Fang Hao a WeChat message to ask him if he was wet, but also wanted to tell him that this was actually not a big deal and that you did the right thing.
But in the end he didn't say anything. He was also a shameless person and didn't want to bring trouble to himself.