The Geostorm Series (Book 2): Geostorm [The Pulse] by Akart Bobby

Author:Akart, Bobby [Akart, Bobby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Post-Apocalyptic | EMP | Survival | Thriller
Publisher: Crown Publishers Inc.
Published: 2019-10-28T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 27

Teterboro, New Jersey

Anger and shouting were replaced by fear and praying. Many passengers were gripping their armrests, knuckles white as the aircraft began its slow, prolonged descent into the Teterboro Airport. The captain, seemingly aware of the short runway, had been cleared for a flatter descent that allowed him to slow his airspeed considerably.

Like many of the passengers who preferred to see their potential demise unfold, as opposed to closing their eyes, waiting for it to be over, Chapman and Isabella monitored their progress through the porthole-sized window adjacent to their row of seats.

Tension was high between them, but they supported one another as the plane dropped closer to the ground. The closer the aircraft got to the Teterboro runway, the tighter Isabella’s grip became on Chapman’s hand.

Chapman never relayed the story that he recalled involving a plane crash in Teterboro when he was growing up. A corporate jet had overshot the runway, hurtling off the end toward a busy highway in the midst of morning rush hour. The plane had careened across a culvert, rammed into twenty cars, sending the burning wreckage across the road into a warehouse, where the crew members and passengers calmly walked away.

Chapman considered using this as an example to calm her nerves, but she was astute enough to know no two plane crashes were alike. And there was a big difference between an eleven-passenger corporate jet and a Boeing 777—big being the operative word.

The captain brought the aircraft lower to the ground, seemingly grazing the top of the MetLife football stadium at the Meadowlands as he made the final turn into the runway. The aircraft was brought to a near stall as it soared toward landing. It was eye level to a car dealership when the rear wheels touched down just as the runway began.

Now for the fun part. The captain deployed every available measure to produce rearward thrust after touchdown, rapidly slowing the Boeing 777 as its momentum fought against the pilot’s tactics. Using brakes, spoilers to increase wing drag, and thrust reversers on the General Electric engines, the plane fought to come to a stop.

Emergency vehicles had gathered on both sides of Runway 19 as the powerful aircraft shuddered and shook, throwing passengers forward in their seats and luggage bins open. A suitcase dislodged from across the aisle where Chapman was sitting and landed on the floor next to him. He bent down to stabilize it, which helped him avoid the laptop computer sailing over his head.

Isabella wasn’t so lucky. The edge of the laptop landed on top of her thigh, causing her to scream in pain. A scream drowned out by the spontaneous cheer that erupted when the aircraft came to a stop with its front wheels resting in the grass at the end of the runway.

Chapman immediately turned to check on her. “I’m sorry, I could’ve stopped it.”

She was rubbing her leg and eased his concern. “I will be fine. It is Charley’s horse.”

Chapman laughed and kissed her. “Yes, Charley’s horse.

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