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Original title: In the critical moment of racing against the clock, the "heroic crew" of Chang'an Airlines completed its mission - (quotation)

Sunrise 8409, safe landing (theme)

Worker's Daily - China Industrial Network reporter Mao Yongxi Correspondent Zhu Pan

At 13:00 on April 22, Yang Zilong, the 35 year old captain of Chang'an Airlines, had just finished his flight mission and was wearing a stiff dark blue work suit, striding in the office building of HNA Changkong Aviation Base in the Airport New Town of Xixian New Area, Xi'an.

"Hero", the colleague who came to greet him, Yang Zilong smiled and waved, and responded with "Hello". However, the praising and joking "Hero" drew his thoughts back to August 26, 2023.

On that day, it was cloudy and hot in Wuzhou, Guangxi. At 9:50, Chang'an Airlines flight 9H8409 from Wuzhou, Guangxi to Sanya, Hainan was announced by the radio to start boarding. In the cockpit, Captain Yang Zilong is on the left side of the cockpit, Co pilot Cao Liang is on the right side, and Observer Huang Weimian is seated behind the cockpit. The three people are methodically preparing for the flight.

When everything is ready, the plane begins to move on the slide, from slow to fast. Suddenly, Yang Zilong saw a dark object on the runway centerline from afar. At that time, the aircraft speed had reached 250 meters per second, and there was no time to think and act. At the moment when the front wheels of the aircraft were about to leave the ground, a loud "bang" suddenly came out.

Then, beep, beep, beep... The alarm sounded in the cockpit, and the left steering wheel continued to shake. In an instant, Yang Zilong's mind was blank. With the muscle memory left by countless trainings, he instinctively tried his best to control the joystick, pull up the plane and continue to take off. A few seconds later, when he came to himself, his back felt cold. At the critical moment, the remaining length of the runway was insufficient. If he chose to stop taking off at that time, he would probably run out of the runway because the plane was too fast. There were 183 people on board, and the consequences were unimaginable.

Tower: "Sunrise 8409......"

Right co pilot: "Wait a minute, sunrise 8409, just hit a bird."

……

Tower: "Sunrise 8409, your current intention?"

Right co pilot: "I will keep to one side and give a safe height."

Tower: "Sunrise 8409, can keep rising to 15 on one side."

Captain of the left seat: "Hand over the control and follow the guidance."

Captain of the left seat: "The airspeed is inconsistent, and the altitude is inconsistent."

……

The captain of the left seat: "The plane is faulty. We have returned to the site and landed. Then we will listen to the instructions later."

Observer: "V refers to 1481525 meters, and the landing distance is OK."

Captain of the left seat: "The landing distance is no problem, 1525 meters. I use MAX with reverse thrust."

Tower: "Sunrise 8409, do you have any difficulty in handling now?"

Captain of the left seat: "We are now on the left side of the handspike. Then the airspeed is unreliable, the altitude and airspeed are inconsistent, the altitude is inconsistent, and the elevation is inconsistent. Then there is no problem with the control of the right side. There is no handspike. Then, the rest is now handed to the right seat for landing."

Tower: "Sunrise 8409, field service has exited the runway, ground wind is 320/01m, runway 04, landing is allowed."

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Right co pilot: "Sunrise 8409, I...... That...... Landed."

At 11:00: 20, the plane finally landed safely.

Co pilot Cao Liang sighed with relief. It was only at this moment that Cao Liang realized that his arm was exhausted and numb due to his full control of the plane.

Later, we learned that a black kite with a wingspan of 1.3 meters hit the angle of attack sensor on the left side of the aircraft nose, causing the angle of attack sensor fragment to break into six parts. The fragment entered the engine along the air flow, causing damage to 16 blades of the left engine. This kind of extreme danger is very rare in the civil aviation industry. If it is not handled properly and timely, it may cause the aircraft to lose control, crash and death.

In fact, it only took them 12 seconds to make the right decision and control the aircraft status from the occurrence of the special case.

As the angle of attack sensor on the left side of the aircraft was broken, and several instrument data on the left side of the cockpit were wrong, after comprehensive evaluation, Captain Yang Zilong decided to hand over the next control to Cao Liang, the right co pilot, and constantly encouraged him. Later they learned that due to the aircraft failure, the hydraulic pressure of the right co pilot's joystick increased to four times the original. "The 28 minute passengers may not know what they have experienced, but every second, the three of us are closely cooperating and fighting with death," said Yang Zilong.

In the end, the "textbook" disposition of the three 9H8409 flight crew won the commendation issued by the Northwest Regional Administration of Civil Aviation, the "8.26 Excellent Crew of Northwest Civil Aviation", Yang Zilong won the title of "Excellent Captain of Northwest Civil Aviation", and Cao Liang and Huang Weimian won the title of "Excellent Pilot of Northwest Civil Aviation".

"At the critical moment of racing against the clock, the 9H8409 flight crew had clear ideas, extremely accurate and efficient communication, and was able to make correct decisions and operations quickly. This is a typical example of Chang'an Airlines' long-term exploration of the effectiveness of the deep integration of flight system party building and flight safety, taking the" Party group leading the team "as the organizational guarantee and the" core team of party member business "as the focus." Zhao Hu, captain of the flight team of Chang'an Aviation Flight Department, said.

Yang Zilong is the first group of captain trained under the new mechanism after the establishment of Chang'an Airlines' "core team of party business". He said that the "core team of Party members' business" continued to focus on the performance status of the fleet, flight technology, special case handling, etc., and made clear the prevention and control measures and handling principles of typical risks such as bird strike causing body damage, instrument indication failure, air stop, etc. in many special trainings, to help pilots improve their identification and handling capabilities in many ways.

Today, the story of the 9H8409 flight crew has been widely publicized and reported, and people call them "heroic crew". However, the three of them often recalled what the flight instructor had said: "It is the mission that every crew member should complete in his life to deliver every passenger to his home safely."