My husband, the captain, asked me for air assistance, but as an air traffic controller, I put on my Bluetooth headphones and listened to music.
In my previous life, when the plane he was driving broke down, I immediately taught him how to troubleshoot the instrument failure and command and coordinate. He and the passengers on the plane were able to land safely.
When I ran all the way to pick up my husband with red eyes, he accused me bitterly, "Why did you deliberately convey the wrong instructions to me? You almost killed more than 200 people on the plane!"
Seeing that it caused public anger, my best friend, the co-pilot, stood up to plead for me. "Although the law does not punish everyone, everyone should not be too radical."
I saved all the passengers, but was trampled to death by this group of irrational people!
When I opened my eyes again, I returned to the day they took off.
***
"Stars 3213, you can take off."
I sat in the center of the tower and calmly conveyed instructions to my husband, Harold.
His hoarse voice came from the radio, "Why didn't you tell me to have a safe trip today?"
Every time I sent Harold off in the past, I would half pray and half exhort him to land safely.
But at this moment, I suppressed my nausea and hatred and said in a calm voice, "Have a safe trip."
As an air traffic controller at Ohama Airport, my duty was to guide the plane to land and let the crew and passengers return home safely.
***
In my previous life, Harold sent me an urgent request for help shortly after taking off. I instantly tensed up my nerves and felt anxious. I immediately assisted him in troubleshooting and monitored the weather and air conditions for him in real time.
Finally, under my command and coordination, Harold turned around in the air and returned to the airport, bringing more than 200 people on board to make a safe emergency landing.
Seeing that they survived the disaster, I ran to the exit with red eyes to greet Harold.
I saw Harold and Stacey being surrounded by passengers. "Thank you so much, Captain Collins and Vice-Pilot Sullivan. If it weren't for your professionalism and calmness, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to come back today!"
Seeing my husband and bestie being praised by everyone, I felt proud.
But when I walked over, Harold not only avoided my hug with a cold face, but also slapped me hard in the face!
"The weather is unpredictable and it's okay that you failed to report the weather conditions to us in time." Harold pointed at my nose and cursed angrily, "But why did you deliberately convey the wrong instructions to me? Do you know that you almost killed more than 200 people on our entire flight!?"
Looking at Harold listing my crimes in public, I was struck by lightning.
"Harold, what are you talking about?" I looked at him in disbelief. "Today, I fulfilled my duties as an air traffic controller in all operations at the tower. It was even because of my extreme rescue that you were able to..."
Before I finished speaking, Stacey interrupted me with tears in her eyes, "Kelly, I know your family is on the verge of bankruptcy and urgently needs a huge amount of money to turn around. But you can't be so cruel to your husband for the high insurance, not to mention that there are so many innocent people on the plane!"
Stacey's words stirred up a thousand waves. The passengers who had just lived and died with them didn't listen to my explanation at all.
The passengers rushed up and tore and beat me, the real lifesaver.
"Although the law does not punish everyone, everyone should pay attention to the degree and not be too radical." My best friend Stacey made an exaggerated plea.
Meanwhile my husband watched coldly as my vision turned blurry black and white.
Chapter 2I died tragically at the feet of these people!
***
I pulled myself away from the painful memory of my previous life and my body trembled instinctively.
The plane piloted by Harold broke down fifteen minutes after takeoff, just like in his previous life.
"Ohama, Ohama. Stars 3213, the fault warning light on the aircraft instrument panel is on!"
Listening to his panicked call to the tower, I took off my work headset, replaced it with Bluetooth headphones, closed my eyes and listened to light music.
Forty minutes later, I saw on the radar screen that Stars 3213 piloted by Harold turned around in the air and landed safely on the runway of Ohama Airport, just like in his previous life.
And this time, I went directly to the apron to greet him.
When Harold saw me, he walked over like an angry lion. "Kelly, what is your responsibility as an air traffic controller?"
I said slowly, "Respect life and duty and bring all flights home."
"Then why did you lie to me about the weather and convey the wrong instructions to me!" Harold grabbed my wrist and threw me heavily to the ground!
He pointed at me fiercely in front of all the crew members and passengers and said, "It was she who lied about the weather and caused the plane to malfunction. She also conveyed the wrong emergency landing instructions to me, so I had to take everyone to take a risk and fly again!"
The passengers who were originally celebrating their survival and full of gratitude were instantly ignited by his words.
"Don't you need to take an exam for this air traffic controller? How could she make such a low-level mistake?"
"She must have been recruited through the back door. This kind of useless thing with only background but no ability is the most harmful!"
"We must complain collectively to the airport leaders and completely eradicate this social cancer!"
Amidst the scolding, my eyes swept across the excited faces and finally fell on Harold, who was full of gloom.
"As an air traffic controller with six years of work experience, it is impossible for me to make the low-level mistakes you mentioned. What's more, you are my husband and I will do my best to ensure your safety."
As my voice fell, the passengers who were originally indignant looked at each other and turned to a wait-and-see attitude.
As if she felt that some words were not easy for Harold to say, Stacey immediately stood up.
She pretended to be very determined before speaking, "Kelly, although we are college classmates and best friends for twelve years. But as an aviation person, I really can't cover up your evil deeds. Because no one can guarantee that the next flight will be so lucky and your calculations will ruin hundreds of lives! Every passenger on the plane has family and lovers waiting for them to go home!"
Looking at Stacey's attitude of sacrificing relatives for the sake of justice, someone raised the volume, "From what you said, this woman deliberately wants to harm us?!"
"Her family is on the verge of bankruptcy and needs a huge sum of money for emergency. Captain Collins's insurance amount is very high and the state and the company will also have compensation and she is the first heir as his wife." Stacey didn't seem to say it directly, but in fact she said everything.
Finally, he held his heart in fear and took a deep breath, "If it weren't for Captain Collins's rich experience and our tacit cooperation, I'm afraid she would have gotten what she wanted this time and we wouldn't have been able to come back."
Chapter 3The more than 200 passengers fell into silence and then instantly boiled.
The crowd rushed towards me like a tide. "Scum, beast! You are killing people!"
Watching me retreat step by step, I was about to be drowned by the crowd.
Harold and Stacey looked at each other proudly, with their arms folded across their chests, waiting to see my miserable state.
However, at this moment, the fire truck, ambulance and police car that I called for Stars 3213 roared into the apron. The huge and dazzling fire truck, the flashing red and blue lights, the sharp sirens... Instantly suppressed the rioting crowd in front of me.
"The police are here! Just in time!"
A woman who looked like an intellectual quickly walked up to the police officer and pointed at me and said, "This woman abused her power and premeditated murder. You should arrest her immediately. More than 200 of us almost died in her hands. I suggest that they be sentenced to death!"
Looking at Harold and Stacey's panicked and dark faces, I couldn't help laughing.
"What are you laughing at?" The police officer looked at me in confusion, "They accused you of murder. What do you want to say?"
In the face of law and justice, I regained my seriousness, "Officer, you can say whatever you want, but conviction requires evidence."
After listening to the woman's story, the police officer took a pen and paper and asked Harold while recording, "When did Kelly lie to you about the weather?"
Harold felt guilty for fabricating the facts, "It was... last night at home. I asked her to look at today's weather forecast and she said that the weather was very good today."
He thought that as long as there was no evidence, I would not be able to refute his slander and he forgot the rationality of his words.
The police officer immediately asked sharply, "Can't you delay or even cancel the flight when you encounter bad weather? Besides, it was just light rain turning into moderate rain when you flew from Ohama to Chicago and you didn't encounter any extreme weather."
Faced with serious doubts, Harold became even more flustered, "There are many factors that cause the plane to malfunction and rain is only a small part of the reason. Later, I applied for an emergency landing and Kelly deliberately misled me to deviate!"
In his previous life, Harold did not obey my command. He was greedy for life and afraid of death and blindly confident in himself, which almost caused an accident. But in the end, I was the one who saved them and I was also the one who took the blame for him.
In this life, I will no longer cover up for him, but calmly state the facts, "Someone did not listen to the tower's command and was self-righteous and planned to land blindly in the rain as soon as the instrument panel failed, so he deviated from the course and was forced to take off again."
Stacey immediately reversed right and wrong and refuted me, "I am the co-pilot and I know the whole thing very well. It was Kelly's wrong instructions that made us unable to find a landing point during the rapid descent. We had to take the risk of taking off again and almost crashed with other planes with the entire flight!"
The passengers also echoed, "The scene was too dangerous! If we hadn't been wearing seat belts, we would have flown out of the seats!"
At this moment, I, who was isolated and helpless, seemed to be the culprit.
At this time, the airport chairman and the executives of the airline came with a group of people. "Don't worry, today our Ohama Airport will definitely give everyone an explanation for this accident!" Harold and Stacey originally just wanted to slander me and lead the masses to attack me.
Chapter 4As for the truth, no one would care except me who was wronged, but I didn't expect it to cause such a big scene. They were pale and sweating.
But now, apart from proving my guilt, Harold and Stacey had no way out.
The airport chairman narrowed his eyes and looked at Harold, "You just said that when you applied for an emergency landing, it was the tower that deliberately misled you to deviate?"
Harold gritted his teeth and said, "Yes..."
Stacey also gritted her teeth and said, "Dear directors. As the co-pilot, I can use my integrity to guarantee and testify for Captain Collins!"
They talked to themselves, only caring about throwing dirty water on me and didn't notice the strange and contemptuous expressions of the chairman and others. Especially the young girl standing next to the chairman, she was gnashing her teeth with a dark face.
I sneered and watched Harold continue to seek his own death.
Originally, I was the only air traffic controller at Ohama Airport. But because the chairman was going to expand the airport and have the tower manned 24 hours a day, he asked me to work with his daughter, Riley.
In my previous life, I had planned to have her officially take up the post a week later, but today I called her here temporarily. After I directed Stars 3213 to take off, I handed over the job to Riley.
Because the radio contact voice had changed, coupled with the tension at the critical moment of life and death. Harold didn't hear the change of people at all. Not only did he not obey the tower's command, but now he wanted to blame Riley who saved him.
Harold stared at me coldly, saying, "As soon as the plane broke down, we asked the tower for help. I don't know if the air traffic controller is not professional enough or has ulterior motives. She made such a low-level mistake and almost killed so many of us!"
"Fortunately, Captain Collins has extremely high professional qualities. It was his calmness and wisdom that allowed everyone to land safely." Stacey not only lied with his eyes open, but also praised Harold in front of the leaders.
"Captain Collins has saved countless families. He is our hero and should be publicly commended!"
"As a captain, this is my professional ability and responsibility." Harold was shamelessly modest and then he spoke without knowing the consequences. "As for the low-level and incompetent air traffic controller, she must be banned from employment and removed from Ohama Airport!"