50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 298 Hijacking
In fact, neither Tong Jiajia nor Sun Hongying needed him to accompany them.

Both of them have their own jobs, which they both enjoy very much. Sun Zhiwei's constant clinging to them only makes them impatient, leaving him speechless.

Sun Zhiwei also learned about his godfather's eldest and second eldest brothers returning to Beijing to resume their work.

He didn't care about the elderly couple's thoughts. In the past, they gathered together for the sake of the children, and now they could separate for their sake as well. This wouldn't affect the feelings between the two sides.

Living together for ten years is not something that can be severed simply by changing one's household registration.

Taking advantage of his free time these past few days, Sun Zhiwei helped the elderly couple change their household registration back to normal, and they moved back to their original courtyard to live with Grandpa Sun.

He privately instructed Sun Hongying to visit the elderly couple every week, and if they were not happy, to bring them back to live with him.

He didn't have much contact with the eldest and second sons of the Sun family, but he could tell that they weren't particularly filial; they were just average.

In comparison, the third son of the Sun family treated his parents better.

But the third son is just an ordinary worker, his wife has an average job, and they have many children. He is not the eldest son in the family, so according to the rules, he should not be the one to support the elderly.

The two elders insisted on living with their eldest son, and Sun Zhiwei did not express any opinion; his job was simply to provide for them.

If biological sons aren't enough, there are always godsons, as long as biological sons aren't afraid of gossip.

A week passed quickly, and a new batch of personnel was about to be transferred from Washington, with Sun Zhiwei on the list.

This was his first time traveling abroad as a formal diplomatic staff member.

Since he hasn't officially taken office in Washington yet, he still needs to travel with other staff members, and they must continue to follow the principle of traveling in pairs.

On the morning of December 12, a group of more than 70 people arrived at the airport in several buses.

Because there are no direct flights, you have to transit through another country to get to Washington. This time, I chose to fly from Beijing to Spain, then transfer to France, and then transfer to Washington.

This year, many countries' embassy staff will be rotated, and this flight carries replacement staff from Spain, France, and their Washington offices.

Modern airports no longer have jet bridges or shuttle buses; all passengers walk from the tarmac to board the plane.

When it was time to board, everyone wore matching suits, carried identical suitcases, lined up, walked across the tarmac, and arrived in front of a large airplane.

Because of the large number of people, the plane arranged for them to travel on this time was a Boeing 707 that had just been purchased from the United States two years ago.

Most people were riding this new model for the first time; the 707-320C model can carry 215 people.

Compared to domestic aircraft in the past, this aircraft gave them one word: "big".

This was the first time my country had introduced Boeing passenger planes. Their arrival in China immediately improved the situation where domestic civil aviation was subject to the control of Russia.

Their group of over 70 people immediately took up nearly half of the main engine room.

After boarding the plane, the tour leader asked everyone to keep quiet because there were passengers from other countries on board who, as public officials, were required to uphold China's image.

Sun Zhiwei agreed with this.

Not only public officials, but even individuals, when they are abroad, they represent not just themselves, but the whole of China.

Their words and actions naturally cannot be as casual as they would be at home. Our country is poor now, but that's precisely why we deserve even more respect.

The plane took off quickly, and once the flight was stable, the flight attendants began serving tea to all the passengers.

In those days, flight attendants' uniforms were very ordinary, all uniformly dark blue. Sun Zhiwei did see a few flight attendants with permed hair, which was quite rare.

Because the flight took off quite late, it was soon noon, and the flight provided lunch. Now came the part that all the men were eager to see.

The flight attendant announced over the intercom that each passenger would receive a bottle of Moutai liquor and a pack of Panda cigarettes. (Note: In the 80s, the practice of giving each passenger a bottle was changed to allowing them to drink freely.)

Speaking of offering cigarettes, since smoking was allowed on the plane at that time, Sun Zhiwei couldn't help but look at the armrest of his seat, where there was an ashtray.

He noticed that other passengers were already smoking in the cabin. It wasn't until 83, when an accident occurred due to passengers smoking, that this rule was officially banned.

Regarding the distribution of cigarettes and alcohol on the plane, the tour leader quietly informed everyone, asking them to place the cigarettes and alcohol on their seats when they disembarked.

As the team leader put it, we should save as much of the country's money as possible.

Although the team leader was rigid and somewhat unapproachable, his approach was not wrong.

Everyone here works on the diplomatic front and enjoys excellent benefits; they don't need a bottle of wine or a pack of cigarettes.

Whether it's within the ministry or the airline, such things are only praised, not stopped.

Ten hours later, the plane landed at Palma Airport in Spain.

Here, the colleagues heading to Madrid parted ways with everyone, as they would take a short flight to the Spanish capital.

More than 40 of their colleagues who were traveling to France and the Bald Eagle Airlines will fly to Frankfurt the following morning on Lufthansa flight 181.

Led by their team leader, Sun Zhiwei and his group stayed overnight at a hotel near the airport. After breakfast the next morning, they boarded flight 181.

There are very few young flight attendants in Germany; their planes often have older female flight attendants, only their uniforms are more attractive.

Passengers boarded the plane one after another. The plane was quite full this time, and Sun Zhiwei noticed that there were only four empty seats.

As takeoff time approached, four passengers carrying luggage rushed onto the plane. They must have been late, but thankfully they didn't miss the takeoff.

After the last four passengers boarded, the plane quickly took off.

This flight is a short-haul one, less than 1000 kilometers long, and will take just over an hour to reach its destination.

So everyone was quite relaxed; it was even faster than going to Mentougou.

Sun Zhiwei noticed that there were no special security measures in the driver's cab at this time.

Sometimes when flight attendants enter or leave, they don't even close the cockpit door, so the crew can see directly through the windshield at the front of the plane.

More than an hour later, the plane arrived over France and was about to land.

Suddenly, four passengers got up and rushed into the cockpit.

Sun Zhiwei was startled and immediately activated his spatial ability to envelop the entire aircraft.

He immediately saw the situation in the cockpit; each of the four passengers was holding a pistol.

One of them pointed a gun at the captain's head, forcing him to change course and fly to Cyprus.

Sun Zhiwei was sitting next to the team leader. He immediately informed the team leader: "Captain, those four people are hijackers."

As they were talking, the co-pilot was pulled up and, along with the flight attendant, was moved to economy class.

The team leader was just an office worker who had never experienced anything like this before, and he immediately panicked.

When the other passengers saw the crew members and armed robbers rushing over, they panicked, and many women began to scream.

(End of this chapter)