After the last call ended, the tower lost contact with the aircraft.
The rescue team drove a speedboat to the accident site as soon as possible. This was the second accident that occurred in one day. Even the captain, who had always remained calm, showed a rare look of nervousness.
Astronaut training is indeed dangerous. The tragedy of Apollo 1 is still painful for NASA to this day. During the launch rehearsal test, a fire suddenly broke out in the command/service module. At that time, three crew members were sitting inside. It was like The high-pressure, oxygen-rich environment of the Christmas turkey in the oven caused the fire to spread quickly, and all the astronauts inside were killed before the ground crew arrived.
This disaster also put the Apollo program on hold for 20 months.
In subsequent trainings, various accidents also occurred, but this was the first time like today that two astronaut candidates encountered accidents in different projects within a few hours of each other.
After the communication was disconnected, the tower did not know what the situation was on Zhang Heng's side.
Normally, for a twin-engine aircraft, if one engine is shut down, it is possible for a pilot with certain flight experience to drive the aircraft back to the airport, or use this time to find a suitable landing site nearby. However, if both engines are shut down, everything will be lost. With the weight and design of a fighter jet, it is difficult to maintain a taxiing state for a long time after power.
Therefore, Zhang Heng's best choice when encountering this situation is to skydive.
However, the failure of Anthony's ejection seat just happened in the morning, which cast a shadow on many people's hearts.
On the other side, the expressions of the players were also a little confused. The meeting chaired by a middle-aged man who looked like an intellectual not long ago did not find out the murderer of Anthony. However, it stands to reason that it should have caused a certain amount of psychological pressure on the murderer. No one thought that The other party actually took action for the second time so quickly.
And he chose a target that no one thought should be the target.
Zhang Heng is currently the best performer in training. From all aspects, he has basically locked in the first place in advance. Killing him will indeed free up a position on Apollo 11, but in fact, for the people behind him, He said that it was far less cost-effective to attack him than to attack others.
In addition to the fact that he himself does not seem to be easy to deal with, it is also because the results of killing the first and third place are the same, but considering that he will have to fly a spacecraft into space in the future, everyone must hope that he will go with him. The more reliable his teammates are, the better. Therefore, the danger Zhang Heng faces is far less than that of the two or three players behind him.
There was probably only one person who really had the motive to attack him.
"Why, why are you all looking at me? As if I am a murderer." The weak young man sniffed.
"You said you had no reason to kill Anthony because he couldn't threaten you, but this time you have a reason." Zhen Xi said.
"how to say?"
"You know how dangerous your current position is. People behind you want you to die. After David dies, your results will probably be number one."
"Then what?" The young man touched his chin.
"You and David are the only two people here who have the basics of aircraft driving. If we lose David, we will need you to fly the spacecraft."
"I like this statement. If I could choose, I would be happy to choose you as my moon landing teammate." The young man grinned.
"Go ahead and dream." Zhen Xi sneered.
"If I were you, I wouldn't be so rude to my future instructions. If you are really dissatisfied with me, you can knock on my door at night. I will be happy to have a detailed and in-depth discussion with you one-on-one. ." The feeble young man deliberately emphasized the word "deeply".
The intellectual-looking middle-aged man frowned and said, "Now that you have got what you want, can you tell us how you did it? Because you can know everyone's plans in advance about the moon landing training machine in the morning. In order of roll call, you can do something last night, but how did you do it this time? How did you make the engine fail? David's flying skills are still better than yours. Why didn't he check it before takeoff? , not to mention that there is still Mark between you and David, what game props did you use?"
"If I don't tell you, what are you going to do, bite me?" The young man raised his eyebrows.
"It's true that we need a person to fly the spacecraft, but that is after boarding Apollo 11. Before that, we will not put our lives on the kindness of others, not to mention that I am sure You don’t have anything like that.” The intellectual-looking middle-aged man wiped his glasses, “So in order to ensure our personal safety in the future, either you show us the game prop and tell us the trigger conditions and how to release it. Or we can take it ourselves, but then we might take something else from you."
"Tsk tsk, uncle, you are much tougher than you appear on the surface. Unfortunately... you have found the wrong person." The weak young man curled his lips, "I wish I could tell you how to make that plane crash. , like I wish I could tell you how I killed that idiot named Anthony, but the truth is... this is the last time I'm going to say this again, it's so stupid... Look, I didn't kill them, I don’t care what the rest of you think about it, it’s not what I did, although in a sense, I personally don’t hate what he did.”
"We are wasting time. He has been telling lies. We should control him immediately and search him," the high school student suggested.
"I agree." Zhen Xi said.
"If any of you dare to touch me first, I swear I will kill him. This is no joke." The weak young man's face darkened, and a murderous intent flashed in his eyes.
"Why, if it wasn't you who did it, why don't you dare to accept our search?" asked the middle-aged man who looked like an intellectual. "As you said yourself, after David died, you are now one of us." You are the most suitable person to pilot a spacecraft. As long as you prove that these two things have nothing to do with you, you can definitely get a place to watch the show on the sidelines. You want to complete the main mission, don’t you?"
"I won't reveal my cards to others before the outcome is clear." said the weak young man.
The atmosphere fell into a stalemate, and the intellectual-looking middle-aged people were not without concerns. This was the Cape Canaveral Air Force Base. Although they had an absolute advantage in numbers, it was difficult to use force directly.
At this moment, Jia Lai, who had never spoken much, suddenly spoke, pointing in the direction of the beach not far away and said weakly, "Ah... my eyesight is not good, do you think the person on the speedboat is David?" ?”
