When thick smoke billowed out from the engine, Lin Zhan was checking the equipment on his tactical belt. The tearing sound of metal fatigue penetrated the bulkhead, and screams came one after another from the economy class.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please remain calm." The flight attendant's trembling announcement was mixed with a shrill alarm, "We are passing..."
The fuselage suddenly tilted 45 degrees, and the dining car crashed into the cabin roof. Lin Zhan clasped the safety armrest with one hand, and with the other hand grabbed the long flaxen hair that was about to fly out - it was stewardess Su Yurou who was shivering in the corner.
"Fasten your seat belt." He pushed the frightened girl back into her seat, and his fingertips touched the fine cold sweat on the back of her neck. The moment the cabin pressure dropped suddenly, the oxygen mask ejected, and the screams were torn apart by the roaring airflow.
Through the porthole, Lin Zhan saw dazzling sparks bursting from the right wing engine. He unbuckled his seatbelt and rushed to the cockpit, his combat boots digging deep holes in the sloping carpet. In the economy class, Ye Qingxue, a female doctor wearing gold-rimmed glasses, was bandaging the old man's forehead with a silk scarf, while Gu Qingcheng, the female CEO of the business class, was holding the satellite phone and pressing buttons frantically.
When the cockpit door was blown open by the airflow, the co-pilot was already slumped on the dashboard. There were shards of glass stuck in the captain's temple, and the autopilot system buzzed rapidly. Lin Zhan glanced at the altimeter: 9824 meters.
"Turn off the APU!" He pulled over the communicator, "Everyone put on oxygen masks! Prepare for impact!" His fingers quickly slid on the navigation screen, and the flashing red dots on the map of the South China Sea made his pupils shrink - that foggy sea area that even satellites could not capture clearly.
The fuselage began to spiral downward, and Lin Zhan grabbed the joystick and pulled back with all his strength. Metal twist
