When the plane passed over Java Island, Indonesia, the altimeter on board showed that the flight altitude was 1 1000 meters, and other instruments showed that the flight status was normal.
Suddenly, the co-pilot Graves noticed that there seemed to be a star spark flashing outside the windshield. When he looked intently, an engine on the right seemed to be burning. At the same time, the captain also noticed that the flight state had changed. So, after a brief discussion with the crew, the captain ordered the plane to turn left and fly to Jakarta airport, more than 90 kilometers away from/kloc-0, to prepare for an emergency landing. At this point, the four engines of the plane have all been shut down, and the giant passenger plane that lost power can only slide in the air. The altitude of the plane is dropping rapidly, and the lives of 247 passengers and 8 crew members are in danger.
When the Boeing 747 dropped to 8500 meters above the ground, the captain ordered Graves to restart the engine in vain. Command to start again, still no good, four engines are still in a state of flameout. Seeing the plane getting closer and closer to the ground, the captain was almost desperate, and his face was covered with a layer of dead white.
However, a miracle appeared. When the plane was off the ground 1500 meters, an engine suddenly returned to work! After 80 seconds, the other three engines roared. Finally, Boeing 747 landed smoothly at Jakarta airport.
The crew in shock immediately checked with the ground personnel to see where the problem lies. Strangely, they found no other problems except scraping some black paste from the engine blades. It was not until the captain heard a message in the lounge and his heart moved that the mystery of the plane failure was solved.
The original news reported that Krakato volcano erupted in the west of Java. Ah, yes! As we all know, when a volcano erupts, it will throw volcanic ash and ejecta into the sky for thousands of meters and tens of thousands of meters, and suddenly the dust will cover the sky. After this large amount of dust rushes into the sky, some of it will fall back to the ground, and quite a few tiny volcanic ash will float in the clouds and spread around. When the plane enters the clouds with volcanic ash, the volcanic ash will be sucked into the engine, which plays the same role as sand fire extinguishing, causing the engine to stall.
Krakato volcano, the culprit of this accident, is one of the most famous volcanoes in the world. People still remember another prank it played 100 years ago.
1On May 20th, 883, Krakato volcano suddenly erupted after many years of silence 100. The fire rushed up and the smoke went up into the sky, which lasted for nine days. Three months later, the explosion reached its climax. The loud noise shook the earth and the sea, even the doors and windows of Jakarta, which is 0/60 km away from the volcano/Kloc-,were shaking, and tens of millions of residents in the neighboring areas could not sleep at all.
On the morning of August 27th, the epidemic reached its climax. The violent explosion blew away two-thirds of the island and formed a new ocean about 300 meters deep. At this time, even the sentry on Rodrigues Island in the South Indian Ocean, 4,776 kilometers away, heard the thunder of the volcanic eruption.
When the volcano erupted, the huge waves were 12 stories high and more than 500 kilometers long. This huge wave shattered a nearby island of 20 kilometers, even crossed the Indian Ocean, bypassed the Cape of Good Hope and spread to the European coast in the Atlantic Ocean. Although not many people live at the foot of Krakatoa volcano, more than 36,000 people have died.
The volcanic ash produced by that explosion was even more amazing. Smoke can fly to an altitude of 80 kilometers, and then spread around, covering the sky. As if night suddenly fell, it was dark for hundreds of kilometers around, and I couldn't see my fingers. As a result, local residents thought that the end of the world was coming, and they ran outside to wail to the sky and begged the gods to come and save them.
This kind of volcanic ash has traveled all over the world, filled the sky, and even the sun has dimmed. At sunrise and sunset, volcanic ash gives off dazzling light, and magnificent "morning glow" and "sunset glow" appear in the air, and such wonders can be seen as far away as Washington, USA and Petersburg, Russia. Due to the influence of volcanic ash, the air pressure around the world has changed abnormally within one month.
In retrospect, I know Krakato volcano just lost a little temper this time. If you are as furious as 1883, this Boeing 747 is hopeless.