河南林州市第一中学 杨 莉

Starring Zhang Hanyu,Ou Hao,Du Jiang and Yuan Quan,The Captainwas a great success,joining the list of the top 10 films of all time at the country's box office. “We tried different ways to get the audience's attention,from the selection of the cast to the budget for special effects,and I'm glad it worked out,”says director Andrew Lau.

The Captainis based on a real-life event in which Sichuan Airlines pilot Liu Chuanjian managed to land an Airbus A319 safely after the cockpit(驾驶舱)window broke at an altitude of nearly 10,000 meters,from Chongqing on May 14,2018 to Lhasa.It's one ofthe most miraculous emergency landings in Chinese civil aviation(航空)history as the plane lost most of its automated controls and the co-pilot was sucked outofthe plane due to sudden decompression.Liu managed to regain control of the plane and made a successful landing in Chengdu,capital of Sichuan Province,saving all 128 peopleon board,includingninecrew members.

Lau recalls seeing the news story when it broke,and last September,he received a phone call from Yu Dong,president of the Bona Film Group,inviting him to be the director of the film adapted from Liu's story,but he was surprised by the yearlong deadline for the film's release.“Usually a film like this would take two years to shoot and make,including the postproduction period,which normally takes a year,”says Lau.

After accepting the challenge,he immediately started to prepare the script and study the special effects.Shooting started on January 3,2019 and took another three months to finish.The details of how the crew members operated the plane gained the appreciation ofcivil aviation authorities.Lau says his team interviewed and consulted different people at both airports,including staffmembersofcontrol towers and runways.

“Thanks to the staff from the airports in both Chengdu and Lhasa.They provided us with a lot of help and also all the information we needed to replicate(复 制)the actual scenes,”Lau says.A model of an Airbus A319 was built for the movie.Lau says he wanted the audience to feel how real it was.

“People told me to make the inside of the plane wider because it would be easier to shoot,but I insisted on the plane design being similar to that of the real aircraft.The clouds in the film are like a monster that stops the plane from flying back home,and the entire crew needed to fight together with determination.I want audiences to feel like they are sitting on a roller coaster to experience the whole landing process.”

Not only those leading roles but also those who played the passengers on the plane performed well in dealing with the emergency.The cast members created an atmosphere similar to the real situation inside the plane.

Cultural Background

2018年5月14日下午，记者联系上机长刘传健，对他进行了独家专访。

记者：刘机长好，你现在身体好吗？

刘：身体没有感到明显不适，接下来公司还会组织进行一次全面的体检。

记者：航班起飞时间是6点25分，事发时间和位置是什么？

刘：应该是7点多，我没注意到准确的时间，离成都的距离大约在100公里至150公里。

记者：事发时有什么征兆吗？

刘：没有任何征兆，风挡玻璃突然爆裂，“轰”一声发出巨大的声响。我往旁边看时，副驾（身体）已经飞出去一半，半边身体在窗外悬挂。还好，他系了安全带。驾驶舱物品全都飞起来了，许多设备出现故障，噪音非常大，无法听到无线电。整个飞机震动幅度非常大，无法看清仪表，操作困难。

记者：是怎样的困难法？

刘：瞬间失压和低温让人非常难受，每一个动作都非常困难。你要知道，当时飞机的速度是八九百公里 （每小时），又在那么高的高度。我给你打个比方：如果你在零下四五度的哈尔滨大街上，开车以200公里的时速狂奔，你把手伸出窗外，你能做什么？

记者：确实非常困难。我听说发出了7700的指令？

访谈刘传健机长

刘：是我发的，在下降时候发的，发生了故障马上就要发这个，是表示 “现在我需要帮助”，管制台会看到它，知道大概的情况，发生了一个怎么样的问题，我用键盘输入数字。

记者：在自动驾驶完全失灵，仪表盘损坏，无法得知飞行数据的情况下，如何确定方向、航向、返航机场的位置等？

刘：是的，完全是全人工操作，目视靠自己来判断，民航很多是自动设备，其他自动设备都不能提供帮助。这条航线我飞了100次，应该说各方面都比较熟悉。

记者：从飞行数据上可以看出，事故发生后，紧急下降分了两个阶段：一是从32，000英尺左右紧急下降高度；二是从24，000英尺高度下降到着陆。这是出于什么考虑？

刘：因为当时（飞机）的速度非常快，噪音也很大，必须要进行减速。直接下降的话，会造成飞机和机上人员的伤害。

记者：从发生事故到降落花了多少时间？

刘：大概20多分钟。

记者：今天早上的天气情况怎样？对这次紧急迫降是否有影响？

刘：天气帮了很大的忙。今天早上几乎无云，能见度非常好，如果是降雨或者天气状况不好的话，后果无法预料。