Evaluating the Situations
The clock had now started to tick. The pilot and the co-pilot started fast assessment of the options before them. The fuel gauge continued falling, thereby decreasing the option available to them and increasing the urgency of the need for a solution. Firstly, on the list of priorities is the distance the plane can glide with whatever is left of the fuel and chances that it will manage to reach an alternative landing strip. They began checking the airfields in the immediate surroundings, calculating distances and altitude meticulously through every single drop of whatever was left of the fuel.
In such a situation, pilots are trained to think of all eventualities-emergency landing, diversion to the nearest available airport, or, if things do get so bad, controlled ditching in water. It was a very complex situation and called for razor-sharp concentration. The pilot’s training kicked in, and with each decision, they drew on years of experience in handling high stress circumstances. With each passing minute and every tick of the clock, they weighed their options, never letting the eye wander off the fuel gauge.
This combined with the co-pilot, calculating how far the plane could glide further and what possible routes of descent were. Coordinating with air traffic control to clear their route and find the nearest airstrip, the team planned together but was calmed in their composition under tension that would turn into the basis for what soon became one of the most impressive emergency landings ever recorded. All they had left was carrying out their plan.
