the years when i was in heaven

Located in Lhasa, Gonggar International Airport is one of the highest altitude airports in the world. As a special high-altitude airport, there are extremely strict restrictions on the flight crew members.

This flight is direct from Changsha to Lhasa Gonggar. Due to the special route, there are not many passengers on the plane, and most of them are travel enthusiasts.Mingli looked at the crowd queuing at the boarding gate, jackets, goggles, and professional climbing equipment.

Qiu Hai, who was sitting in the left seat, was looking at the route information in his hand, and the second officer behind him was ready to go and wait for the captain's instructions at any time.

"Has the oxygen equipment been checked?"

"Report to the captain, the inspection is complete." The second officer replied.

"Have you checked the cabin?"

Second Officer: "..."

Mingli called the cabin.The flight attendant's steady voice came through the phone: "The captain, the oxygen equipment of the passengers and flight attendants have been checked, everything is normal, and passengers can board."

"it is good."

The plane took off on time, and the flight time was two hours and 35 minutes.

In just over two hours, people were sent to an altitude of 3600 meters. People with good physical fitness can adapt. As long as they don't run or jump, there is generally no problem. Those with poor physical fitness will faint directly.

But obviously, neither the crew members nor the passengers themselves can go to that kind of place without professional training and living experience.

One and a half hours after takeoff, the vast and boundless landforms unique to the southwest region appeared in front of the three crew members, which was quite spectacular.

At first it was an open and uninhabited flat land, and later it entered a continuous snow-capped mountain range, with dark gray mountains covered with white snow.The farther it flew in, the larger the area covered by the snow, and finally the entire mountain range was covered with white and gray patterns.

The sky is high and the clouds are clear, and the visibility is good, but it does not mean that the route is smooth.

The higher the altitude, the more unpredictable turbulence, sometimes severe enough to fly people without seat belts.But that's not the case in the cockpit, where they're always fastened to their seatbelts no matter where they fly.

So Mingli couldn't understand why some of the flight attendants never listened to the passengers' seat belts.

The turbulence came suddenly, the cockpit was silent, and all three of them were wearing earphones, listening attentively to the voice on the radio.

"There are still three to ten minutes before landing, so notify the cabin to prepare oxygen." Qiu Hai said.

"Got it." Mingli called the cabin.

Because there is a pressurization system on the plane to balance the pressure difference, there is no altitude sickness.

But when the plane lands, the engine is turned off, the pressurization system is turned off, and the moment the door is opened is a test.Not to mention being a flight attendant who is a girl, even men who are tall and rough can fall over.For acclimatization, oxygen is essential.

After a series of standard landing procedures, the plane landed on the runway smoothly, taxied forward slowly, and docked at a bridge.

Mingli took off his earphones, "I'll go down and adjust the oil later."

"I'll go, Brother Ming." The second officer habitually rushed to the job.

But this job is not something that can be snatched by robbing. Every link of this route must be controlled by experienced pilots.Apart from Qiu Hai, there was Ming Li on this flight.

So Qiu Hai rarely turned to him at work, and said to the second officer, "Let him go."

Mingli stood up and went to open the door of the cockpit.

"Without oxygen?" Qiu Hai was a little surprised.

"Captain Qiu." Mingli bared his big teeth confidently, "Maybe I'm too low-key, so you don't know. When our company first opened this route, I was the first crew to fly for half a day. months."

"Half...half a month!?" The second officer was stunned, showing "You are awesome" eyes.

"So? That's why you don't bring oxygen?" Qiu Hai disagreed.

Mingli didn't bother to explain to him.

The corridor bridge has not yet been fully docked, and the flight attendants have already started to inhale oxygen with the portable small compressed oxygen cylinders equipped before the flight.Seeing Mingli coming out of the cockpit, the flight attendant handed him the oxygen cylinder.

He smiled and waved his hand.

Purser: "?"

After knocking on the observation window a few times, the person outside gave an OK gesture.

"We are going to open the door, are you sure you can do it?" Wearing a mask, the purser's voice was muffled.

"Let's drive." Mingli stood in the front cabin, domineering and steady as a rock, "No problem."

The door handle was suddenly lifted, dazzling sunlight seeped into the crack of the door, and cold air swept in instantly, blowing up the thick curtain of the front cabin.

Mingli staggered, knelt down on his knees, and looked at each other with the passengers in the first row.

The moment the curtain fell, the door of the cockpit was suddenly pulled open, and an arm wrapped around Ming Li's waist and dragged him in.

His legs were weak and he couldn't breathe, and his brain was dizzy and swollen due to the sudden lack of oxygen.Ming Li breathed heavily into the hand that was handing over the oxygen mask, and he was almost exhausted. Seeing the worried second officer sitting in the right seat, the left seat was empty.

Unable to think about it, he propped up the chair under his buttocks with one hand and tried to sit still, but he touched a thigh, and even touched the root of another's thigh.

"..."

Ming Li turned his head stiffly, only to see him sitting firmly on Qiu Hai's lap in a "back-entry" posture.One arm of Qiu Hai strangled his stomach, one hand pressed the oxygen mask for him, and his chin rested on his shoulder.

He only heard the other party's slightly mocking voice ringing in his ears, "Are you still listening?"

The second officer: "Brother Ming! Are you okay! Your ears are red!"

Mingli: "..."

The captain went down to adjust the fuel in person, returned to the plane and propped up the front cabin workbench, breathing in oxygen silently while his chest heaved deeply.

There was a dead silence in the cabin. Some flight attendants gathered in two or three groups, and some leaned alone in the corner, all wearing oxygen masks as if they had seen through the red dust.

In order to allow the crew members to fully and better adapt to the plateau environment, three hours were deliberately spared as a relaxation time during the route approval process.

The staff at Gongga Airport are accustomed to flight cancellations due to crew reasons.

Qiu Hai tried to get used to it, and pushed open the door of the cockpit.

The second officer is from Yunnan and lives in Shangri-La. The altitude of 3600 meters has little effect on him.

As the only hope of the whole group, he ran to the airport to call the airport medical team, bought some local specialties and brought them up.As soon as he got on the plane, he was stunned.

The cockpit is full and can accommodate four people, but due to limited space and staffing, generally three people are enough to fly.

At this time, Mingli was sitting in the observation position behind the right seat, leaning his head against the door frame weakly, closing his eyes and resting his mind.Oxygen continued to flow out, the mask was full, and the overall condition was a little better than before.

And directly opposite him—behind the left seat, the boss of this plane sits in a position that is not often used.

Looking from the direction facing the cockpit door, most of Qiu Hai leaned out to occupy the door.He held down the oxygen mask on Mingli's face with one hand, and held Mingli's oxygen cylinder with the other.

Obviously his oxygen mask is about to fall off, the second officer thought.

The second officer bent over carefully and approached, "Captain, the doctor is here."

Qiu Hai glanced at him, stood up and asked the doctor to come in.

The doctor measured Mingli's blood pressure, heart rate, and checked some basic physical characteristics.During this period, Mingli opened his eyes and slowly took off his oxygen mask.

"When I first came here, I always had some altitude sickness. I haven't had a good rest recently, staying up late, and emotional changes will all cause aggravated reactions. Your body functions are fine. You can slowly reduce the oxygen supply and adapt slowly." The doctor has dark skin. , with two spots of plateau red on his face, and speaks a mouthful of Tibetan Mandarin.

After the doctor left, Ming Li continued to lean against the door, while Qiu Hai turned down the oxygen adjustment knob a little, and put the mask back on his mouth.

"...Senior."

Qiu Hai took a breath, looked at the sleeping face of the person in front of him, and said nothing.

The doctor checked everyone in turn.

When the second officer finished the inspection and entered the cockpit again, he saw Qiu Hai holding a bowl of porridge and feeding it to Ming Li's mouth with a small spoonful. His face was pale like a brother's.

"Captain, you can eat something too."

Qiu Hai nodded, but he never touched his bowl of porridge from the beginning to the end.

three hours later.

"Tower tower, where does GN6012 rank? Can it take off early?"

"GN6012, you can't take off early, there are three planes in front."

The voice of the control tower commanding the plane sounded in the headset, and Ming Li put down the microphone, "My good fellow, the tower in Gongga is so tough, I am the first crew to fly."

The second officer no longer showed his stunned gaze, and looked at Qiu Hai speechlessly.Qiu Hai didn't say anything, just stared at the dashboard.

In some cases, the crew could not continue to fly because they could not adapt to the plateau environment, but it has to be said that Ming's recovery ability is amazing.If you put him in a science fiction novel, he is definitely the kind of superpower who can recover from injuries visible to the naked eye.

"Captain, the passengers have boarded the plane, please close the door." The flight attendant opened the door and entered.

"close."

The three people in the cockpit fastened their seat belts.Mingli moved his neck a few times, "Take off, go home!"

Only then did Qiu Hai glance at him inexplicably.

The plane took off, and the flight returned from Gongga to City B, their base.

Passengers who had traveled long distances were already very tired, and fell asleep with their heads up and their mouths open.

If one of the passengers is awake, he will see the spectacular night view and experience the strong turbulence under the high-definition night view.

This means that the wind outside the cabin is very strong, often accompanied by special weather, which affects take-off and landing.

A blinding blue light streaked across the night sky.

Mingli went to the toilet, and when he came back, he saw that Qiu Hai and the second officer were not happy.

Especially the second officer, the youngest who has just flown and hasn't seen a lot of wind.Mingli could guess from his ever-changing expression that he must not be able to fall.

Sure enough, Qiu Hai flipped through various materials on the planned alternate airport, and at the same time picked up the radio receiver.

cabin.

"Sister, it's about to land in 5 minutes. I'll go in and ask the captain about the ground temperature." The flight attendant stood up, and before he was allowed to enter the cockpit, he heard the cabin announcement.

"Hey Hey hey?"

The flight attendant and the chief purser looked at each other: "?"

The passengers in the cabin were gradually jolted up, with sleepy eyes and confused faces.

"Hello, passengers, I am the captain of this flight." Qiu Hai's steady voice came from the broadcaster, "Now, please sit in your seats and look to the left front of the plane. Look, the TV Flash and thunder."