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Liu Chuanjian, a 46-year-old pilot on Sichuan Airlines Flight 3U8633, has become well- known to the public. On May 14th, Liu's plane took off as usual from Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport at 6: 26 am and planned to arrive in Lhasa, Tibet at 9: 05 am.
At around 7 am, Liu and co-pilot Xu Ruicheng suddenly heard a loud noise. They both shouted, "There are cracks(裂缝)in the windshield(挡风玻璃). "Soon the windshield was broken and the copilot was blown halfway out of the window.
Most of the equipment on the plane was broken. Liu could not hear the radio or the other members. Even worse, the temperature was -40℃. But Liu could not feel the freezing cold because he was thinking how to land the plane.
Liu felt better after he could fly the plane with the joystick(操纵杆)," I was sure that I could land the plane safely because I had flown more than 100 times along the way," he said." At first I was troubled by the speed of landing. There was a
shortage of oxygen(缺氧) and it was very cold. But if I lowered the plane too quickly, it would be dangerous for people on the plane. As a result, I took a medium speed."
Liu succeeded in making an emergency landing(紧急着陆) at Chengdu Shuangliu International
Airport about 45 minutes after the accident. And nobody got badly hurt.