First, I would like to dedicate this story to the pilots and flight attendants around the world who spend their lives ferrying millions of passengers each day. Also, I don't own The Loud House or any of the other likenesses mentioned in this story.

This story is also inspired by the movies Sully and Flight as well as Air Transat Flight 236.

Friday, December 18th, 2020 New York City, New York 7:30 AM

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

Thirty-eight-year-old Japan Airlines Captain Lincoln "LINK" Loud was awakened by his phone alarm.

"Ah shit."

Lincoln had spent his previous night hanging out with his old friends Clyde, Rusty, Chandler, and Liam; even though he'd never drink the night before a flight the conversations and laughter and eating two large pizza slices with spaghetti and meatballs as the main course seemed to knock him out for the night and it carried over to the morning. Lincoln used to serve in the United States Airforce as an officer and fly the C-130 Hercules and C-17 Globemaster III before being transferred to the Air Force Reserve. He then joined US Airways as a first officer for a year before they merged with American Airlines when they did, he stayed with them for three more years before leaving and joining Japan Airlines. He then met his future wife Amanda O'Neal on one tour in the Air Force in England. Lincoln's previous relationship with Ronnie Anne ended badly. He'd also have three kids with Amanda.

After Lincoln got out of bed, he got some casual clothes on and grabbed his laptop and went down to the main lobby where breakfast is being served. The hotel he's staying at Hyatt hotel nearest to John F Kennedy International Airport.

*typing*

"April tenth to the twentieth…. Business-class and two adults." Lincoln whispered to himself.

*sip*

"Here's your omelet sir." The waitress said to the young captain.

"Thank you very much," Lincoln replied. Lincoln then pulled out his phone and texted his wife.

L: "Hey honey how u doing?"

A: "Great just got home from hanging out from friends."

*sends selfie*

L: "That's great, I'm done with my breakfast and about to get ready to leave."

A: "Also I'm saving a special spot for you on the bed when u get back ;)."

L: "Ok ok, ok. I'm looking forward to that I'll call you when I arrive ok?"

A: "Alright honey see you soon :)."

After that Lincoln went back to his room and did his usual routine of getting ready for a long-haul flight brush tooth, take shower, and pack bags. After his shower, he put on his pilot's uniform he also prepared his pilot bag and check-in bag. Put all his pilot credentials and licenses in the pilot bag and all his clothes and gifts for his wife and kids were put in the layover bag. Lincoln then put the printed copy of the confirmation of payment of the "surprise" trip that Lincoln is doing with Amanda. He then triple checked his room if he missed any of his belongings and then he went down to the main lobby to check out of his room.

"Hope you enjoy your stay captain."

"Yes, I did, hope you have a good rest of your day," Lincoln said with a smile before leaving.

Lincoln then got into a cab at the front of the hotel and told the driver to drive to JFK the weather in Queens was fluctuating between twenty-five to thirty-five degrees combined with sleet and snow.

"They're saying that this weather is gonna drop another five inches on us captain."

"Yes, much harder for me and for you I supposed."

After the cab arrived at the airport Lincoln paid the fare of the cab and told the driver to have a safe day. After that Lincoln went through all the security checks and TSA dropped off his layover bag and headed over to the crew lounge with his pilot bag with him. In JFK Japan Airlines share a crew lounge with American Airlines and some of the pilots there know Lincoln quite well.

"So, you're on the Japan Airlines Flight 5 to Haneda am I correct?" The lady at the counter clarified.

"Yes, I'm going home actually, and I need to still need to print out some flight plans…"

"LINCOLN!" a person shouted across the room.

It was Ryan Zachburger he has flown with Lincoln for his years in the Air Force and the A330 with American Airlines with Lincoln.

"How you are doing bud?" Lincoln replied after he'd shake Ryan's hand.

"I'm doing great I heard you'd upgraded to captain early?"

"Yea I flew with them for a while now and for some reason they allowed me to upgrade so I took it."

"You've got a nice pay raise with that I bet."

"You still flying the A330 I heard that American is retiring them." Lincoln changed the topic.

"Yes, they want me to transition to the A321 neo after they phased all of them out but still those are my favorite Airbus out of all the others."

The conversation went on for five more minutes before Lincoln told Ryan that he has to still talk to the dispatcher and meet his crew.

"Alright have a nice flight Link."

"You too man."

Lincoln then talked to the dispatcher who filed his flight plan for him after that he gets to meet his flight crew.

"Hajimemashite o wa yōgozaimasu!" Lincoln greeted his crewmates like he usually does since he was upgraded to captain.

The copilot is thirty-five-year-old First Officer Brendan Hasegawa who only has around a couple hundred fewer hours than Lincoln. The relief pilot is twenty-five-year-old second officer Yuuto Takahashi who only has three hundred total hours. The aircraft for today is an eleven-year-old Boeing 777-300ER registration number JA741J.

"Hmm, Brendan sounds American doesn't it?" Lincoln questioned.

"Yes, my mother's American," Brendan replied but English wasn't his first language.

"Well my name's Lincoln Loud or you can call me Link."

"Nice to meet you Link my name's Yuuto." the young pilot shook Lincoln's hand

"Alright let's get on with the flight plan then."

The flight path will take the plane over Canada then cruising in northern Alaska then along the Russian region of Kamchatka Krai and lastly the descent into Haneda Airport the flight is expected to last around fourteen hours. Meanwhile, in the Lufthansa Senator Lounge first-class passenger Dipper Pines was sitting on a chair typing on his laptop Dipper was on a business trip as an executive for Mitsubishi.

*RING RING*

"Oh hey, Mabel."

"Hey, Dip you're on that flight yet?"

"No but it we're twenty minutes away from boarding so I'm gonna leave the lounge soon."

"When you'll be back before Christmas right?"

"Yes, the twenty-third."

"Alright bring some stuff back for all of us okay?"

"Yes, Mabel I will," Dipper said with a smile.

After getting off the phone with his twin sister Dipper got up from his seat and set off bound for gate three in terminal one. Meanwhile Lincoln was walking from the crew lounge to the gate when he saw two of his sisters walking past him.

"Leni, Luan!" Lincoln shouted "Hey!"

Luan and Leni turned to face him surprised. "Oh, hey Lincoln."

"What are you guys doing here."

"Oh well were coming home from one my gigs and Leni here came with."

"So, you guys are catching a flight for Detroit?"

"Yes, on American."

"Well anyway, you guys enjoy your flight home ok?"

"Alright, Lincoln see you on the flip side."

"You too guys."

"Who are those guys?" Brendan said.

"Some of my sisters, I've got eight more." Lincoln chuckled.

"Oh my," Brendan replied.

While Lincoln and his crew were leaving the two behind Luan gave an evil chuckle and laugh.

"You've put the devices on the engines, right?" Luan said.

"Yea I put em on like you said, what are those anyway?" Leni asked.

"Oh, nothing just a tracking device for the engines."

Japan Airlines Oneworld

JAL05 AA8402

Boarding in 20 minutes

"Konnichiwa," Lincoln said with a smile to the gate agents as he and his crew were allowed onto the jetway leading onto the aircraft. Lincoln went in the cockpit and put his pilot bag in the slot where he usually puts it.

"Watashi to Yuto to ga arukimawatte iru ma ni, kōkūki o settoappu shite moraemasu ka." (Can you set up the aircraft while I and Yuuto are walking around?)

"Hai." (Okay) Brendan responded.

The captain and second officer put on their respective reflective vests and proceed to walk down from the jetway stairs. Lincoln proceed to check with the fuel truck while Yuuki proceeds to check the pilot tubes and sensors and engines, meanwhile, the wind picked up and the snowfall becomes heavier and visibility drops.

"Make sure you have at least a hundred thirteen thousand! kilos!" Lincoln yelled at the guy with the fuel nozzle, the guy nodded. Yuuto made his way around the aircraft to meet Lincoln again it was a cold twenty-eight degree and a negative double-digit wind chill.

"Yū to, mada koko no tenki ga sukidesu ka?" (Yuuto,do you still like the weather here?") Lincoln joked.

"Ima, anata ga Nihon ni hikkoshita riyū ga wakarimashita." (I now understand why you moved to Japan.) Yuuto admitted.

*787 taxis by*

"We should get the hell out of here!" Yuuto yelled in English.

"Did you check the tubes and wings!?" Lincoln responded.

"Yes, they'd need to be de-iced!"

As the catering trucks finished loading the plane the trucks struggled to gain traction and drive away. The baggage carriers proceed to load the aircraft full of bags. Lincoln briefed and his pilots presided to brief the flight attendants with the rest of his crew and after that, the plane began boarding. Lincoln took his jacket off and then opened his pilot bag took out his white gloves and put them on he then started the before start checklist and requested the de-icing truck.

*BING* "Cabin crew arm doors for departure." Lincoln said after the de-icing truck finished de-icing the plane the pilots start going through their checklists.

C: Ok ground equipment is disconnected…. R electric demand hydraulic pump set to auto.

F/O: Set to auto.

C: C1+C2 air electric hydraulic pumps set to auto.

F/O: Auto set.

C: Left and right pumps are on

Lincoln turns on the fuel pumps.

C: Center fuel pumps as required.

F/O: Required… on.

C: Passenger signs, beacon on.

F/O: Signs, beacons confirmed on.

C: JFK Ground, Japan Air 5 requesting pushback and to start engines.

Ground: Japan Air 5. Pushback and startup approved expect runway 31 left.

C: Roger, Japan Air 5.

Tug: Good afternoon captain please release parking brakes.

*Releases breaks*

Tug: Commencing push, start engines when ready.

C: Area is clear starting engines.

*Switches the secondary display to engine mode*

C: Starting engines.

Lincoln turned the engine 1 start selector to start and its fuel selector to run. After engine number one is started and is running normally he'd started engine number two the same way. By the time engine, two is running the tug has pushed back the widebody and has disconnected Lincoln turned the engine start to run.

C: Ok APU off… left and right generators on... Engine starts to norm… L+R control packs switch to auto… L-C-R isolation valves auto... Engine bleeds air on... Flaps set to 15… Trim set to minus 5… Recall check... Lower Display Unit off… Anti-Ice on…

Everything listed by Lincoln is checked and set by the first officer after completing the checklist Lincoln asks for clearance to taxi to runway 31L.

Ground: Japan Air 5, taxi approved to runway 31L expect to be 10th in line.

C: Roger ground, Japan Air 5.

"Well looks like we're gonna be here for a while, turn on those taxi lights please and run the control check." Lincoln said.

The plane taxied and waited in line for twenty minutes and when they were third in line, they were told to contact JFK Tower. Dipper looked outside with a worried look on his face the snowfall was heavier now than it was when the plane was at the gate. The plane was fully loaded with 244 passengers mostly businessmen and families returning home for Christmas time one of them is Tulip Olson was traveling with her boyfriend Matt Henderson for a programming internship at Nintendo.

"Why you bought a ticket to New York and not Chicago." Tulip boyfriend questioned who was already tucked in with a blanket.

"I thought this flight has better seats," Tulip replied.

The couple has already flown two hours from Minneapolis-St. Paul to JFK on a Delta flight Tulip tapped into her savings account to book a trip on the airline with the best-rated economy class for the long-haul flight to Tokyo. The plane was now finally is now second in line as must wait for the United 737 to take off.

*737 starts takeoff roll*

Tower: Japan Air 5 line up and wait for runway 31L.

C: Line up and wait Japan Air 5. Lincoln increased the thrust and steered the nose gear so the plane can line up with the runway.

"Okay, parking brakes set… start before takeoff checklist." Lincoln said.

"Instruments check, engines check, V1, VR, V2 data check." Brendan checked off.

"Now beacons, landing lights, strobes, transponder to TA/RA."

Lincoln turns on all the lights and turns on the clock and the tfc.

"Autobrake to RTO?" Brendan asked.

"Confirmed set to RTO," Lincoln said. "Alright, we're ready to go."

Tower: Japan Air 5 cleared for takeoff runway 31L.

C: Cleared for takeoff Japan Air 5.

"Let's go, thrust set TO/GA."

Lincoln will monitor the instruments and First Officer Hasegawa will fly the plane. When the plane started rolling Dipper was relieved that they were finally getting off the ground The sound of the GE90 engines started to growl as the takeoff thrust was set the indicator soon reached eighty knots.

C: Eighty knots.

F/O: Check

C: V1…. VR... V2… we have a positive rate.

The Japanese airliner soon liftoff from John F Kennedy International Airport in snowy and poor weather the departure out of New York was sure a bumpy one.

F/O: Gear up, please.

G: Gear up.

As soon as the plane reached fifteen hundred feet the tower told the plane to contact New York departure.

Tower: Japan Air 5, contact New York Departure at 135.900.

C: Contacting New York Departure, Japan Air 5 thank you.

"Auto throttle set 260 knots," Brendan said to Lincoln.

C: New York Departure Japan Air 5, requesting flight following to Tokyo International.

Departure: Proceed on course to Tokyo International climb and maintain flight level 280.

"Autopilot on," Brendan called out.

C: Proceeding on course, climb and maintain flight level 280, Japan Air 5.

After takeoff the plane continued its climb at around nine thousand feet the crew retracted the plane flaps, eventually, the plane contacted New York Area Control Center and is instructed to fly to its cruising altitude of thirty-four thousand feet.

"12, 000 Fīto o tsūka shimashita. Hyōshiki o keshimashou." (Passed 12,000 let's turn off the signs." Lincoln said.

Lincoln reached up at the upper instrument panel to turn off the passenger signs.

*BING!*

Dipper saw the passenger sign turn off and breathed a sigh of relief and the flight attendants could do their magic. Lincoln unfastened his seatbelt from his captain's chair and settle in for the flight.

"Well, Kurisumasu ni torikunde imasu ka?" (Are you guys working on Christmas?") Lincoln asked the first and second officer.

"Īe, kono ryokō no ato, 1-shūkan yasumimasu." (No, I will rest for a week after this trip.)

Brendan replied.

"Shinakereba naranai. Watashi no ryōshin wa sore ni tsuite manzoku shite imasen." (I have to. My parents aren't happy about it.) Yuuto responded, as his parents are still working and only around that time is when there off work.

"Amerikan kōkū de hataraite ita toki, Detoroito kara darasufōtowāsu ni tobu yoteideshita. Watashi no shimai ga sonohi kidzuita toki, karera wa muchū ni narimashita." (When I was working for American Airlines I planned to fly on that day and when my sisters found out it was christmas they went crazy.)

"Dakara watashi wa anata no fukō ni kanren suru koto ga dekimasu." (So, I can relate to your misfortune.) Lincoln told Yuuto.

The second officer shook his head still disappointed. In Japan Christmas is celebrated more to spread joy than for religious reasons and celebrated more on the 24th than the 25th and is not an official holiday, Lincoln celebrates it mostly for religious reasons. But Yuuto is planning to spend time with his girlfriend as she was off work those days. Brendan is usually spending time with his family.

1 hour later.

The flight attendants soon arrive with the pilots' snacks and drink the talk in the cockpit has mostly been minor topics like weather, the new Boeing 777x, and what they'd think of New York.

"Anata wa Tōkyō ni sunde iru to kikimashita." (I've heard you live in Tokyo) Brendan asked.

"Hai," Lincoln replied

"Karera wa anata ga kōkūkaisha ga yatotta saikō no pairottoda to iimasu." (They also say you are the best pilot hired by the airline.)

"Kōkūkaisha wa karera ga hoshī mono o iu koto ga dekimasu." (The airline can say what they want.) Lincoln said. "Watashi wa mada wakakute keiken ga asai" (I am still young and inexperienced)

"Hmm got it." Brendan responded "10-Ri no shimai todo no yō ni kurashimashita ka?" (How did you live with 10 sisters?) Brendan asked.

"Kore wa watashi ga hitobito ni iu kotodesu, nanika o shitai tabi ni shimai no koto o shinpai shinakereba naranakattara, watashi wa nani mo shimasen." (This is what I tell people, If I have to worry about my sisters every time, I want to do something, I do nothing." Lincoln said laughing.

"Karera wa anata ga pairotto ni naru koto ni tsuite dō omoimashita ka." (What did they think about you becoming a pilot?) Yuuto then asked.

"Karera wa saisho wa netamimashita. Watashi ga Nihonkōkū ni nyūsha shita toki, karera wa watashi o sarani kirai, tsuma mo kiraideshita!" (They were jealous at first. When I joined Japan Airlines, they hated me even more and my wife too!) Lincoln responded.

"Dōshitedesu ka?" (Why?)

"Karera wa watashi ga kaigai ni sumu koto o nozomanai." (They don't want me to live abroad.) Lincoln continued "Soshite, watashi no shimai no hitori wa watashi no tsuma wa majoda to omotte ori, mochiron karera no daremoga kanojo o shinjite imasu." (And one of my sisters thinks my wife is a witch and of course every one of them believes in her.)

"Heh you only provide me with more questions than answers Captain Loud." Brendan laughed.

The flight went on over the Canadian territories after five hours into the flight, dinner was served and Lincoln decided to take his rest period early so after he wakes up from his rest period he can take over immediately for Brendan so he can take his rest period.

Loud House, Royal Woods, Michigan

Luan and Leni just got home from the airport Luan proceeded to hurriedly turn on the tv her and Leni are one of the only ones still living in the house.

"What?" Luan said stunned. She just stared at the TV and no news of crash or anything she was worried the device was supposed to trigger at 36,000 feet but then she realized the plane hasn't climbed to that selected altitude disgusted, she slammed her fist at the wall creating a large hole and several cracks.

"LUAN, what are you doing!"

"Nothing just I have to do a gig on the 25th and I can't cancel."

"Um… ok just take it easy ok?"

"Fine, I'm alright just leave me alone."

Seven hours later

*BING! *

Lincoln woke up from his scheduled rest period he sat up and stretched his arms and legs and went downstairs from the crew rest compartment to the crew galley to get some coffee.

"How's your rest Captain?" one of the flight attendants told Lincoln as he was handed a cup of coffee.

"Terrible as usual, coffee usually helps, thanks by the way."

"Oh, Captain!"

"Yes?"

"Do you know where we are exactly?"

"Well I predict that we're over past Fairbanks and we're passing Anchorage right now."

"Thanks, Captain." The young flight attendant said smiling.

Lincoln smiled back and with his cup of coffee and his pilot bag he moved back into the cockpit to relieve First Officer Hasegawa. After his promotion to Captain, Lincoln was busy flying short-haul international flights on 777's and 787's from Tokyo to Seoul as well as Tokyo to Manila an even some domestic routes from Osaka and Sapporo to Tokyo. In the summer months when the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games started, he returned to his normal long-haul routes from the US to Japan. After sending Brendan off to take his rest period Lincoln sat back in the left cockpit seat put on his Ray-Ban aviator glasses and his white gloves also he has an Omega Speedmaster watch.

"Doko de tokei o te ni iremashita ka?" (Where did you get that watch?)

"Watashi no tsuma no ryōshin wa sore o eta. Kekkonshiki no okurimono to shite. (My wife's parents got it. As a wedding gift.)

"Don'na burando?" (What brand?)

"Omega."

"Nice."

20 Minutes Later

*SHAKE, SHAKE. *

The 777 has hit some rough patches of clouds which caused some rough turbulence Lincoln thinks that climbing to flight level 360 or 36,000 feet would help ease the turbulence being felt on the plane.

"Damn should we climb to 360?" Lincoln asked Yuuto.

"Yes, good idea." Yuuto is currently in command of the aircraft.

C: Anchorage Center Japan Air 5 requesting climb to flight level 360 due to turbulence.

A: Japan Air 5, request approved climb and maintain flight level 360.

C: Climb and maintain flight level 360 Japan Air 5.

Lincoln then set the flight level to thirty-six thousand feet with a vertical speed or rate of climb set to plus one thousand into the mode control panel (MCP). After two minutes the aircraft leveled off at thirty-six thousand.

"Arasuka jōkū o tobu no ga daisukidesu." (I always loved flying over Alaska) then Lincoln spoke in English "Just something else to look at other than green farms… I can't wait to see my wife and kids again." Lincoln said as he turned his head to look at Yuuto.

Yuuto meanwhile just nodded his head as he was monitoring the instruments.

"Hē, watashi wa anata ga yoi pairotto ni naru koto o shitte imasu... Tada jikan ga kakarimasu." (Well, I know you will be a good pilot ... it just takes time.) Lincoln chuckled. Lincoln then took his sunglasses off then took another sip of his coffee after he set the cup back into the cupholder….

BANG! BOOM!

A loud bang sounded off in the cockpit and in the cabin, the mechanical device set inside the engine casings ripped apart the turbine in the right engine and set it on fire on the device left engine however misfired leading to the engine being severely damaged.

"Holy shit." Lincoln was stunned he saw thrust on one engine rolling back and then another he quickly took control.

"My aircraft!" Lincoln ordered.

"Your aircraft!" Yuuto responded.

"Get out the QRH." The QRH or quick reference handbook is a handbook full of procedures provided when failures or warnings appear and is usually issued by the airline and the manufacturer.

*Power shuts off*

"Damn!" Lincoln yelled.

"Autothrottles confirmed off," Yuuto said reading the handbook.

"Confirmed off."

"Thrust levers set to idle."

"Confirmed levers set to idle."

*Power turns back on*

"We've got some instruments back continue."

The engines itself also provides power while in the air as well as providing thrust, a ram air turbine is a fan that deploys when the engines are not providing power as well if the APU wasn't turned on yet. As the instruments turned back on the EICAS tells the whole story, engine number 2 fire as well as severe damage to engine number 1.

"ECAS actions?" Lincoln told Yuuto

RING RING

"Engine number two fire," Yuuto said. Yuuto proceeded to cut off both fuel sources and pulled the fire switch on number two.

C: Anchorage center mayday, mayday, mayday Japan Air 5 declaring emergency we've had a dual engine failure request vectors to Anchorage.

A: Roger Japan Air 5 you said you lost both engines correct?

*Yuuto turns on the APU*

C: Yes, confirmed we've lost both engines.

A: Ok turn left heading 240

C: Roger 240

Lincoln started to turn the aircraft southwest to prepare to turn east straight in towards Anchorage.

"Squawking 7700." Yuuto said "Transponder to TA mode."

At Anchorage Area Control Center, the person controlling flight 5 and others in the area is Quintin Weatherley who has over a decade of experience handling ATC. Meanwhile in the cabin after the loud engine failure along with the subsequent start of the APU turning the cabin lights back on automatically pretty much woken everybody up.

"Um, miss," Tulip asked a nearby flight attendant.

"Yes?" The female flight attendant responded

"Is everything alright we heard a loud bang." Tulip briefly looked at her boyfriend who was also looking around the plane trying to know what's going on.

"Yes, everything is, just make sure your seatbelts fastened." The female flight attendant answered not knowing what's going on as well. At the front of the plane Dipper Pines was wondering what's going on he then felt a terrible feeling growling and airframe vibration, they're trying to restart the engines.

A: Okay Japan Air 5 I notified the guys at Anchorage do you have enough altitude to make it?

C: I'm not sure we're decreasing our speed to 280 and then to 270 if we need to.

"No, relight after two minutes damnit!" Yuuto cursed.

A: Japan Air 5 turn left heading 090

C: 090 copy

Just at that moment Brendan bust though the cockpit demanding what's going on.

"I don't know the engines exploded." Lincoln explained, "I'm deadsticking it." But not all hope is lost for the airliner as 98-knot crosswinds are battering the aircraft making it more difficult for Lincoln to control the plane but enabling it to glide longer.

"Watashitachi wa sore o tsukuru koto ga dekiru to wa omowanai." (I don't think we can make it.) Lincoln said. The airplane is still over two hundred miles from Anchorage, the plane could make it to Bethel, but Lincoln has doubts about the airport handling of emergencies. Even though Lincoln has no experience in gliding he did study in gliding and study incidents involving dead sticking.

"Yuuto bring up the airport charts for Ted Stevens International Airport," Lincoln ordered

"Hai," Yuuto replied. Lincoln issues another command. "Call operations and say we lost both engines and we're diverting to Anchorage." Lincoln motioned to Brendan. In Tokyo, where Japan Airlines operations center is located was notified and is now looking for solutions.

A: Japan Air 5, Anchorage says your clear for runway 7R and there's no traffic around you alright.

C: Roger, Japan Air 5.

With the airliner now only a hundred miles away Lincoln announces the flight attendants over the phone intercoms.

"We've got the situation under control in the cockpit we've indeed lost our engines and we are gliding towards Ted Stevens International Airport in Anchorage, please prepare the passengers and plane for an emergency landing," Lincoln said in his announcement. The flight attendants were shocked, but now the time is for safety. The flight attendants followed their procedures and prepare for an emergency landing. Lincoln proceeded to stabilize the aircraft to decrease the descent rate and be able to glide farther and the residents and fishermen on the southern coast of Alaska approaching Anchorage looked up and saw the wide body with a red crane as its tail with amazement.

One hour and thirty minutes later

"Okay, eighteen thousand twenty miles," Lincoln told Yuuto.

"We should slow down a bit." Yuuto implied indicating two hundred forty knots.

"Good point." Lincoln then pointed the nose to slow down the plane for the final approach. The plane has been gliding for almost two hours, the longest in history.

C: Tower, Japan Air 5 on the final.

T: Japan Air 5 clear for landing emergency services on standby, good luck and god bless.

C: Roger that, Japan Air 5.

Lincoln proceeds to bless himself before proceeding with the emergency landing checklist.

"Okay… alright, okay landing lights on."

"Confirmed on."

"Emergency exit lights confirmed armed and on?"

"Confirmed armed." Yuuto checked.

"Flaps twenty."

"Confirmed flaps twenty."

"Autobrakes to max."

"Confirmed max set."

"Spoilers armed.

"Armed."

"Gear down," Lincoln ordered.

"Gear down," Yuuto repeated after he set the gear lever down. "Three greens no reds…. Checklist complete."

Lincoln switched the mic to the PA system on the aircraft and said… "Brace, Brace!"

"Okay focus… focus." Lincoln took a deep breath and prepared for the landing roll.

Twenty-five hundred. The GPWS (ground proximity warning system) rang in Lincoln's ears.

One thousand… Five hundred… Four Hundred… Three Hundred… Two Hundred.

One hundred…

Fifty…

Forty…

Thirty…

Twenty...

Ten…

*THUMP*

"Touchdown," Lincoln said with a wobblily voice. "Brakes… Spoilers…." Lincoln ordered.

The landing was smooth and peaceful the passengers who were fearing for their lives and texting farewell letters to their loved ones and other family members can now exhale in relief. The plane took longer to stop due to the lack of thrust reversers but with the long length of the runway and assistance from the auto brake soon the aircraft came to an uneventful stop.

T: No engine fire, aircraft's clear, just have some smoke from the brakes.

C: Roger and thank you tower.

Lincoln then switched the channel on his headset to the plane's PA system. "Aircraft's clear, evacuate." Lincoln then turn off the APU, got up from his seat went to the small closet in the cockpit and got his suit jacket and left the cockpit.

"Get out of here, evacuate!"

Thanks for reading the first chapter of my story! I originally planned this to be a one shot, but I decided to turn this into a full story. This is also my first fanfic so any advice and reviews will be deeply appreciated. Also, if any of you are asking Amanda O'Neal is from Little Witch Academia. Also, updates will be slow, yes school sucks. I will also be doing a Pokémon fanfic as a little side project.

Well, that's it for notes so as always thank you for reading and have a nice day.