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PART 2 — THE EMERGENCY WAS THE SAME ONE THAT TOOK HER WINGMAN
Laura stared at the instruments.
For eighteen months, she had tried to forget that warning pattern.
Now it was appearing in front of her again.
The same sequence.
The same vibration.
The same impossible combination of control warnings.
Her face went pale.
“Captain,” she said quietly, “don’t fight the aircraft.”
Andrew looked at her.
“What?”
“Don’t fight it.”
The aircraft suddenly rolled harder.
Andrew tightened his grip.
“I’m trying to keep us level.”
“I know.”
Laura pointed toward the instruments.
“But you’re correcting the symptom.”
She leaned closer.
“The aircraft is telling you something.”
Andrew glanced at her.
“What exactly?”
Laura watched the warning sequence repeat.
“It’s not turbulence.”
“What is it?”
“I don’t know yet.”
Another warning appeared.
Laura’s heart began pounding.
Then she saw it.
A familiar pattern in the control-system indications.
Her eyes widened.
“Disconnect the affected system.”
Andrew hesitated.
“Which one?”
Laura pointed.
“That one.”
He followed her direction.
The aircraft immediately responded.
The vibration weakened.
Andrew stared at the instruments.
For several seconds, nobody spoke.
Then the first officer suddenly moved.
His eyes opened.
“Captain…”
Andrew turned.
“You’re awake.”
The first officer tried to speak through the oxygen mask.
