50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 515 A false alarm

At that time, the only direct flight back to China was from San Francisco. Sun Zhiwei immediately took a short-haul flight to San Francisco and boarded CA981 back to China the next day.

The aircraft operating flight CA981 is a Boeing 747 belonging to our Civil Aviation Administration. There are two flights a week, one to the other.

The flight had four stops: Beijing, Huangpu, San Francisco, and New York. Sun Zhiwei boarded in San Francisco, where the seats were almost full.

Because he had something on his mind, he was in a bad mood the whole way and barely spoke.

More than ten hours later, the plane made a brief stop over the Huangpu River, dropped off some passengers, and boarded a small number of passengers returning to Beijing. The cabin was much emptier at this point.

Since the reform and opening up had just begun, very few private individuals had the money to fly. Most people traveled on official business, and only those who reached a certain level could have their flight expenses reimbursed.

Just as Sun Zhiwei closed his eyes to rest, a man's angry roar came from inside the cabin: "I have 300 grams of TNT on me! You must immediately change course and fly to South Korea, otherwise, I will detonate the explosives and we will all perish together!"

Hearing such a loud noise, everyone in the cabin was startled, and most of them looked at the man who had spoken in fear.

It was an elderly man with gray hair. He looked terrified and was extremely agitated. He was clutching a fuse tightly in his hand, with a section of the fuse sticking out from inside his collar.

As for the TNT explosives he mentioned, no one could see them because of the clothing blocking the view, but at that point no one dared to bet on whether what he said was true.

In fact, this man had already threatened the crew members. When the flight attendants were serving lunch, he slipped a banknote with threatening words written on it into one of their hands.

The flight attendants have reported the incident to the captain, who has also contacted the ground. However, to avoid disturbing the passengers, the crew members are handling the matter discreetly.

However, the other party had already become impatient and thus spoke out with a loud threat.

The flight attendants looked grim, but they continued to encourage and reassure him, assuring him that they would fly as he requested.

Sun Zhiwei was the most unhappy person. He had urgent business to attend to this time, so he couldn't possibly take a trip to South Korea, which would have delayed him for several days.

He immediately opened up his spatial dimension to check the other party's situation. After seeing it, he almost laughed out of anger. The other party didn't have any explosives on him at all; the fuse in his hand was just tied to his belt.

In order to prevent the plane from actually changing course, he could only get up and quietly walk towards the front cabin, approaching the man.

The man had his back to Sun Zhiwei at the moment, and he didn't hear Sun Zhiwei's footsteps.

Just as Sun Zhiwei was about to get close to him from behind, the flight attendant opposite him noticed him and couldn't help but show a nervous expression.

The man immediately turned around alertly, but it was too late. Sun Zhiwei was only two or three meters away from him. Such a short distance was practically footsteps for a combat expert.

The moment the man turned around, Sun Zhiwei took a step forward and quickly closed in, delivering a series of blows to the man in the blink of an eye.

First, they struck his elbow joint to numb his arm, then dislocated both of the man's arm joints with a grappling move, and then pinned him to the ground.

The entire sequence of movements was fluid and lightning-fast, leaving the cabin completely silent for a moment, with no one having time to react.

Sun Zhiwei held the man down for two seconds, but no one came to help. Helpless, he shouted, "Get a rope!"

"Ah!" The flight attendants finally realized what was happening and hurriedly searched for the rope. Then, enthusiastic applause and cheers erupted in the cabin.

Soon, the captain, having received the news, came from the cabin to check the situation. Seeing that the man had been subdued, he immediately thanked Sun Zhiwei and asked for his name.

Actually, he didn't need to ask Sun Zhiwei's name, because the crew had a passenger list, and they could find their seats as long as they knew the seat numbers. However, Sun Zhiwei wasn't registering under his real identity.

But this is basic courtesy; trained crew members are truly different.

Sun Zhiwei did not answer the captain's question directly. After helping others tie the man up, he first searched him.

The search revealed nothing; the man had nothing on him, and the fuse was fake.

Only then did he ask the man and woman beside him, "Are you his wife and son?"

The two people he questioned were indeed that man's wife and son.

However, neither of them knew about the man's actions beforehand, nor did they assist him along the way.

When Sun Zhiwei subdued the man, the two did not cause any trouble, so Sun Zhiwei spoke to them in a relatively amiable manner.

On the contrary, the flight attendants and captain next to them were terrified, because he had two accomplices.

Seeing the two nod helplessly, Sun Zhiwei said to them:

"Whether you knew about this beforehand or not, you are now suspects. Please cooperate with the crew to check your luggage and do not move around."

The two cooperated fully with the inspection, and no dangerous items were found.

The crew then escorted the three to a corner of the front cabin, where a group of passengers watched them closely, observing their every move.

With that, the hijacking incident came to an end. Sun Zhiwei didn't concern himself with the aftermath and went back to his seat to rest.

The plane then changed course and continued its journey to Beijing.

An hour later, CA981 was diverted to Nanyuan Airport. As soon as the plane came to a stop, a group of soldiers rushed up and escorted the prisoners off the plane before everyone else began to disembark.

This is why we changed our landing location to Nanyuan Airport. It's a dual-use military and civilian airport, so there's no need to mobilize troops. There's already a base of soldiers here, enough to provide protection.

After getting off the plane, Sun Zhiwei left the airport directly, rented a taxi, and rushed to the Diplomatic Building. This situation was urgent, and he had to report to Xu Yimin first to see how to handle it.

Actually, this matter is both complicated and simple.

First of all, James's assets had been audited once before, and there were instructions from higher authorities at the time.

If what was said last time is true, then the money he earned shouldn't need to be reviewed again.

However, the biggest changes now are twofold: the amount involved is too large, and the identities have been exposed.

Therefore, he had to come back, firstly to report to the organization, and secondly to confirm the confidentiality of James's identity.

When Sun Zhiwei walked into Xu Yimin's office with a solemn expression, Xu Yimin was also taken aback by his appearance.

He quickly stood up and asked, "What happened? Why did you suddenly come back? Did something happen?"

(End of this chapter)