Truth is everywhere within range

Sunday.

It had rained lightly in the morning and the ground was still a little wet.

A slightly bloated black box was tied to Qiao Qiao's trunk, which attracted the attention of many passers-by.

Ota Ward is one of Tokyo's twenty-three wards, located at the southernmost tip of Tokyo. It is famous for its high-end residential areas, a large number of factories, and Haneda Airport.

This is not the jurisdiction of Qiao Qiao's branch, and he rarely comes here.

Various large and small factories can be seen everywhere on the streets, and occasionally you can see a cluster of apartments, giving it a rather industrial city feel.

When we arrived at Haneda Airport, it was almost noon.

As soon as he parked his car and carried his suitcase, Qiao Qiao saw a black limousine parked at the entrance of the terminal work area.

Ariko Asano stepped out of the car.

Today she is wearing a white shirt with a sailor collar, a pleated skirt and bubble socks. The bow on the neckline and the hem of the skirt are crimson. Her shoulder-length hair is tied into a pair of ponytails with red sandalwood paper. At first glance, it looks like Next, this outfit looks like a school uniform, but it doesn't have that old-fashioned feeling. Instead, it looks lively and cute.

All in all, it's very cute.

However, Ariko Asano seemed to be in a bad mood.

When she saw Qiao Qiao, she puffed up her cheeks, then sighed as if she had given up something, and then walked over.

"Teacher, good afternoon."

He said hello with a complicated expression.

"Asano-san, good afternoon."

Qiao Qiao responded, and then showed his ID to the person on duty at the door. After waiting for a while, a man wearing a civil aviation uniform came out.

"My name is Shinkai Kazuki. You must be the spirit slayers introduced by the boss. That's great."

He looked to be about forty years old, thin and capable.

"The first person to discover the problem was Shibasaki from our team. Later, air traffic controllers from other teams also encountered similar situations. You can ask them at that time."

While he was talking, the roar of an engine was heard in the distance.

A plane was taking off, flying towards the still gloomy sky.

“This is the first time I’ve seen airplanes take off and land from such a close range and from this angle.”

Qiao Qiao sighed and saw that there seemed to be many onlookers on a high slope outside the airport.

"Those are airplane enthusiasts. They often stay outside the airport to film the takeoff and landing of airplanes, and some even monitor the communication bands."

Kazuki Shinkai explained casually.

"Can communications be monitored by outsiders?"

Ariko Asano, who had been absent-minded before, became curious.

"These are all public bands. As long as you have the equipment and qualifications, you can monitor them, but you can't send signals."

Kazuki Shinkai took the two of them to the office building. There were people wearing civil aviation uniforms everywhere. Qiao Qiao took a closer look and found that many people's clothes were different.

It's probably the difference between airport staff and staff of various airlines.

"This commission, I read the description, also started with aircraft communications?"

Qiao Qiao asked.

"Well, that's right, Shibazaki was the first to receive that communication."

Kazuki Shinkai opened the door to a small conference room. Inside, a young man was waiting uneasily. Seeing Kazuki Shinkai and Qiao Qiao and Ariko Asano behind him, the young man became even more uneasy. .

After a brief chat, Qiao Qiao asked the air traffic controller named Daichi Shibasaki to describe the situation at that time.

simply put.

Haneda Airport recently encountered a ghost flight.

Of course, in a real sense, ghost planes actually exist.

However, it refers to a situation where the pilot loses control due to various reasons and the aircraft continues to fly on autopilot.

Thirty years ago, there was a fighter jet malfunction. After the pilot bailed out, the fighter jet continued to cross the border without crashing, which almost led to an international dispute.

In the field of civil aviation, similar incidents have occurred before, and eventually led to major accidents that killed hundreds of people.

But this time, Haneda Airport encountered a real ghost flight.

Usually only appears in the evening to late at night. First, the air traffic controller responsible for communicating with the captain will receive a distress signal, and then there will be a communication that receives severe interference.

The content of the communication was broadcast in English, and although there seemed to be subtle differences in each communication heard, it was generally similar.

The other party claimed to be Flight 7500. The air pressure in the aircraft cabin was abnormal and requested landing and support.

Qiao Qiao did not have any professional knowledge in civil aviation, but when he studied fighter piloting before, he probably knew that if the air pressure in the aircraft cabin was abnormal, it could easily lead to hypoxia. However, civil aviation airliners that often fly at high altitudes in the stratosphere, Such anomalies will basically lead to major accidents.

There was once a flight. Due to the captain's negligence, there was an air pressure problem while flying at high altitude. As a result, all passengers, including the captain, suffocated due to lack of oxygen.

Putting aside these gossips, after the tower receives such communication, the flight information will also appear on the radar, and it is usually very close to the airport. After about fifteen minutes, the plane will appear over the airport. , and then crashed into the airport.

However, when airport staff went to the accident site to check, they found that there was nothing.

There was no crashed passenger plane, nor any wreckage.

Even when I checked the recording afterwards, I could only hear the tower's voice, and the other party's communications were not recorded at all.

At the beginning, Shibasaki Daichi thought that he was overworked and had an illusion, and his superiors did not pay attention to it.

But then, almost every night there would be one or two similar situations.

It even affected normal aircraft communications.

After all, it is impossible to completely ignore such a major matter that concerns human lives.

When you are highly stressed, problems can easily arise.

Fortunately, no accidents have occurred for the time being, but in any case, ghost flights that appear every night and challenge the nerves of air traffic controllers still need to be solved.

So Kazuki Shinkai thought of the boss he knew before.

"We think this may be caused by the evil spirit, but the specific situation still needs to be solved by the spirit exterminator."

he said.

"According to your statement, 7,500 flights do not exist, right?"

Qiao Qiao marked key points on the information with a pen, raised his head and asked.

"Well, yes, we don't have such a flight number here."

Shibasaki Daichi replied.

"You said you saw a plane crash. Can you clearly see the model of the plane and some details?"

"It's a Boeing 737-300. This model of aircraft has been discontinued a long time ago and is no longer in use in China."

Kazuki Shinkai replied.

"Speaking of it that way"

Qiao Qiao took out his mobile phone, and after searching for a while, he put it in front of the two air traffic controllers.

"Have you ever seen this movie?"

On the mobile phone, a movie about air problems was displayed, and the flights in it happened to be 7,500 flights.