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Chapter 500 The situation is serious

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    Fox couldn¡¯t help complaining in his heart. If China Civil Aviation was disgusted by this, it would not be a question of how much money it would cost, but McDonnell Douglas¡¯s development strategy for the next ten years.

    A sales director from Fox obviously cannot afford such a big responsibility, so the best result is to pack up and get out.

    Fox doesn't care about his position, but he cares about the annual salary of two million US dollars and equity incentives worth tens of millions of dollars. Once he is kicked out of McDonnell Douglas, all of these will have to say goodbye to him. This is very important to him.  It is nothing less than fatal.

    You must know that in addition to having a legal wife, two sons and a daughter in Chicago, he also has a mistress in New York and Los Angeles. Not only are they like a normal couple with him, but they also gave birth to two children for him.  , in addition to several lovers in Washington, Seattle, and Atlanta.

    There are a lot of things, and they are all supported by Fox alone. His small annual salary seems to be a lot, but it would be good if it can be used by several families.

    So let alone kicking him out of McDonnell Douglas, even a slight reduction in salary would be as painful for Fox as cutting flesh.

    Because of this, after the successful emergency landing, Foss just took a few long breaths of luck, and his freckled face immediately sunk as deep as the bottom of a pot. When the notification outside the cabin suggested that the spiral staircase had been closed and the cabin could be opened, Foss  Si immediately stood up and said coldly to the accompanying McDonnell Douglas engineers behind him: "Check the situation immediately. I want to know what went wrong as soon as possible."

    After saying that, he glanced at the other surprised assistants coldly, put on his coat and walked towards the cabin door. He followed the recommended spiral staircase provided by the naval aviation unit and got off the plane. Foss immediately asked the translator to find the person here.  The person in charge hopes to provide corresponding conveniences so that McDonnell Douglas engineers can find the cause of the aircraft failure.

    The head of the navy unit who was responsible for coordinating the command was relieved when he saw that the plane successfully landed without causing too much loss of personnel. At the same time, he naturally did not make it difficult for Fox. After all, it was an aircraft for domestic display and sales, so it was understandable to help.

    Besides, more than a hundred tons of large planes, including the head of the Navy's troops, also had a close contact for the first time. I also wanted to know what had happened to cause this behemoth to fall down.

    In short, Chinese people have a good habit of watching the excitement and not being afraid of big troubles, and the navy's commanders and others are not exempt from this habit. They are worried that the other party is a foreign friend, otherwise they want to climb up and hide themselves.

    Fosse didn't know that the people around him were just watching the fun. He felt that the Chinese were really nice and almost always responded to his requests. This made him calm down a little. He thought, even the people in the army are so easy to talk to. China  Will the same be true for people in civil aviation?

    It turned out that Fox was still fantasizing, and a McDonnell Douglas engineer suddenly came over and said a word that swept all the soothing mood he had just felt into the trash.

    "The situation is very serious. The initial judgment may be that the right rudder surface of the horizontal tail broke and fell off, causing the aircraft to become unbalanced. Fortunately, the two pilots, Hugh Wood and Beckman, responded in time and made an emergency landing. Otherwise, we would have likely crashed the aircraft and killed everyone."

    "I know this. Now I want to know whether the plane can fly again?" Fox is not concerned about the crash of the plane and the death of people. He is still standing on the ground, naturally thinking about how to deal with the impact.  drop to lowest.

    The McDonnell Douglas engineer didn't expect that Fox would react like this, and was a little stunned. But he quickly figured out what Fox was trying to do. He immediately shook his head and said with a look of embarrassment: "It's difficult. The right rudder surface of the horizontal tail is broken."  The fragments generated by falling off not only penetrated the tail of the aircraft and damaged the internal APU auxiliary power unit, but also caused the rudder's moment imbalance due to damage to the right rudder surface of the horizontal tail, causing obvious fatigue cracks. All of the above parts must be damaged.  Doing replacements and repairs, so¡­¡±

    "Don't talk so much nonsense, just tell me how long it will take for the plane to fly into the sky again." Foss was a little impatient.

    "If it's in the United States, it's expected to take two to three weeks." The McDonnell Douglas engineer frowned and thought for a moment, then gave an approximate time.

    Fox raised his dark brown eyebrows and caught the key point of the McDonnell Douglas engineer's words: "In the United States? What about here?"

    The McDonnell Douglas engineer looked around at the simple and rudimentary facilities and equipment and smiled bitterly: "It is estimated that it will take at least two months, because we need to remove the large rudder, the right rudder surface of the horizontal stabilizer, the APU auxiliary power unit and the canopy at the tail of the fuselage.  The leather materials are manufactured in factories in the United States, and then special charter flights are arranged to transport these parts and special maintenance tools here. In addition, we also need more than a dozen professional engineers and skilled workers to replace and repair parts.  repair.

    Between the conditions of this airport, our dc-10 is already at full capacity. Other charter flights cannot take off and land at all, and can only use land transportation. However, China¡¯s road conditions and vehicle equipment do not know whether it is capable of transshipment. Even if it can, this time will be very difficult.  Long"

    "etc!"

    Before the McDonnell Douglas engineer could finish speaking, Fox stretched out his hand to interrupt. Hearing a series of words made his head hurt. The time consumed in repairing the aircraft was secondary. The most important thing was the cost of chartering a plane to transport things from the United States to China.  It's not a small number, and all of them are professional aviation components. It doesn't hurt, but if it really comes down to it, it means pouring real money into it.

    Who will be responsible for this huge sum of money then?

    What's more, even if there are no financial problems, Fox is not prepared to alarm the headquarters. The reason is very simple. If the battle becomes big, it will not be marketing but self-humiliation. He does not believe that Boeing and Airbus can  If he lets this scandal go without cracking down on McDonald's, it will be difficult for Fox to avoid losing his job.

    So he frowned and asked: "Is there any other way? I mean, can the assembly plant jointly owned by McDonnell Douglas and Shanghai Stock Exchange be used as a substitute?"

    "This" McDonnell Douglas engineer hesitated for a moment, and then said with a strange expression: "You have already said that it is a final assembly plant, so it is a final assembly plant. All components, even a rivet, are imported from the United States.  What was sent over was that they had no core technology and could not make any parts other than piecing together the aircraft like Lego toys.

    Of course, even if they have this ability, I don¡¯t believe they can meet our requirements. You must know that a large amount of composite materials are used on the DC-10 displayed in China this time. I visited the assembly plant in Shanghai in the first half of the year.  , they can only have certain production and processing capabilities for general aviation aluminum alloys, composite materials"

    ¡°As he spoke, the McDonnell Douglas engineer shook his head: ¡°Many front-line engineers and technical workers have never even heard of it, so what else can we expect them to do?¡±

    When Foss heard this, his face suddenly fell. Just when he was about to say something, he suddenly heard a burst of loud laughter not far away. Foss, who was already in a bad mood, suddenly became a little annoyed and raised his head.  Looking over, I saw a few people wearing ordinary clothes, who looked very annoying among the military uniforms, standing at the tail of the DC-10, pointing at it with the bright lights, looking like they were not surprised.  .

    Fox frowned and pulled the translator over, pointed at the group of people and asked, "Listen, what did those people say?"

    Because they were not far apart, those people felt that the foreigners who spoke Chinese could not understand and could not lower their voices, so the translator quickly got the general idea and quickly relayed: "They said that the aircraft's APU auxiliary power unit is easy to handle.  It will be replaced immediately, but the horizontal tail rudder surface is difficult to replace. I can¡¯t figure out what material it is made of. If it is aluminum-lithium alloy, it will be fine. If it is a honeycomb structure component, it will take a little effort. I think it will take some time. I am afraid it is aluminum-based.  Composite materials are the most troublesome thing"

    Hearing these words made Voss feel confused, but the McDonnell Douglas engineer on the side became more and more excited as he listened. Finally, he couldn't help but asked in surprise: "Did they really say that?"

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