Chapter 16671675 [Preparing for forced landing]
Maya Hashimoto cheered herself up, tried to treat this as an exciting survival game, and tried her best to find a chance to survive.
He quickly took the map and glanced at the numbers on the dashboard: "The valve has been closed. We still have about 3,000 pounds of fuel left. At 300 pounds per minute, we still have about ten minutes. Ten minutes..."
Maya Hashimoto took a look at the flight speed, calculated in her mind the location she could reach during this period of time, drew a circle with the plane as the center, and frantically searched for a place to land.
“Jiang Xia——!!”
As he was searching, the half-closed door of the cab was suddenly pushed open, and two people ran in one after the other.
Ireland heard the door slam and instinctively moved to protect his shoulder, only to realize that it was only two high school girls who came in.
Suzuki Sonoko and Mao Lilan breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Jiang Xia: "I was so scared, I thought you accidentally touched the poison left by the captain when you were eating snacks or drinking beverages, so the plane was shaking so violently... If you didn't eat, what happened just now?"
Jiang Xia: "...Do I look like I love eating random things?"
Suzuki Sonoko thought for a moment and said, "I know this isn't your fault. The fault lies with those guys who randomly poisoned the food!"
Jiang Xia: “…” It seems like he’s still trying to say in a roundabout way that I eat recklessly?
Ireland interrupted their conversation. He didn't want Jiang Xia to change this good habit that made it easy to be silenced. Besides, he had to concentrate on thinking about where to land, not the time to chat. "The plane is running out of fuel, and the runway at Hakodate Airport cannot land. We are looking for a nearby emergency landing site. Try not to hang around in the cockpit or make any noise to interfere."
Suzuki Sonoko: “The fuel is running out?!” Is it that serious?
She nervously helped to think of a solution: "I remember there seems to be Chitose Airport nearby. If Hakodate Airport doesn't work, let's go there!"
Jiang Xia looked at the location and shook his head: "The distance is too far, the fuel will probably run out on the way."
Mao Lilan also thought of something: "There should be a lot of farms and ranches in Hokkaido, and the area is vast and sparsely populated, with many wide roads. Why not just find a place where there is no one and park?"
Maya Hashimoto's mind was racing: "The runway on the ranch is not long enough, and the ground is too soft. It can't be used as an airport runway. The road is long enough, but not wide enough. The tires of this plane are 11 meters apart, and roads that meet the width have dividing islands in the middle, with signs, and often houses and power lines around them. Our plane just leaked oil. If we drag it all the way there, it will probably cause a terrible explosion before it stops."
The two female high school students were stunned: "So we have to find a place that is wide and long, with a flat and hard ground, no houses around, and few electrical wires?"... Does such a place really exist?
Jiang Xia glanced at the fuel gauge and felt that it was dropping too fast, so he poked Noah secretly. Noah came back to his senses from eavesdropping and hurriedly slowed down the displayed number.
While Jiang Xia was fiddling with things, he did not forget to listen to what the two classmates were saying. He nodded heavily and said, "That's it."
Mao Lilan pressed her temples and gradually captured something from her memory: "A wide, long, empty and hard place... Oh, right! Last year I won a lottery for a whale watching event, which seemed to be near Muroran. The sea there is endless, and the pier is flat and wide. I remember that the road to the pier is wide and straight, and there is no dividing island in the middle!"
"The pier... yes, the pier!" Maya Hashimoto's eyes lit up as she quickly flipped through the map, and she suddenly had an inspiration.
He turned his gaze away from the flat areas and looked at the piers along the sea. He searched one by one and finally found a long, straight road: "Qishoshi Pier!"
He had a bunch of books in his arms. Jiang Xia grabbed a book about Hokkaido from him and looked through it.
Ireland was startled and grabbed the book. "I'll look for it. You focus on flying the plane and don't look around. Don't forget, the autopilot system is no longer available."
Jiang Xia looked at the books that were taken away before they could even get warm: "..." It would be a waste of your talent if you don't become a dean of studies with that face.
Ireland flipped through the documents surprisingly quickly. Although one of his arms hurt as if it was about to split, the other hand was still intact.
He quickly found information about Qishou Wharf: "The road is about 1,400 meters long and 30 meters wide... it's doable!"
"Only 30 meters wide?" Mao Lilan looked down at the rather large plane. "The width between the tires is indeed only a dozen meters, but if you add the wings..."
Hashimoto Maya was worried: "The width of the entire aircraft is about 60 meters, so just let half of the wings protrude above the sea. Compared with this, what is more worrying is the length of the runway. This kind of aircraft needs two kilometers to land. 1,400 is too short, and the ground strength has not been tested..."
While flying the plane, Jiang Xia silently looked at the reflection on the dashboard: these members of the organization have a wide range of knowledge, as if they had undergone some professional hijacking training.
Speaking of knowledge...
Jiang Xia suddenly felt a little confused: "..." Strange, why is Kudo so quiet today? He can resist joining the discussion.
He was so busy trying to kill Ireland and Hashimoto Maya that he forgot to use the anesthetic needle to knock Conan down in advance. Unexpectedly, this fake child is quite capable and knows how to avoid the organization cadres - he has grown up.
Jiang Xia sighed with relief.
Then he joined in the fun and said, "Two kilometers should be the theoretical distance required. But in reality, our plane is running out of fuel and has one engine missing, so it's a lot lighter than normal. The plane is not full today, so the inertia is not that strong, so it's easier to stop."
"And I remember the weather forecast said there will be a westerly wind there today, and that road happens to be east-west. When we land, we adjust to the headwind, and with the help of the wings, we should be able to use the wind to further reduce the gliding distance, and the pressure on the ground can also be reduced a lot - as for whether the ground is strong enough, we can only take a gamble."
"That's right, success or failure depends on this one move." Hashimoto Maya clenched his fists secretly. It might be that this landing location finally gave him a glimmer of hope. His desire to survive increased greatly, and his murderous aura bubbled up more vigorously - although not as much as in Ireland, but the taste of iced black tea was much better than the smell of cigarettes. Jiang Xia's mood soared.
…
Jiang Xia had almost figured out how to fly the plane, and with two other members of the organization trying to survive beside him, the plane quickly adjusted its direction and sped towards the dock.
(End of this chapter)
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