No one wants to work on major holidays like the Spring Festival but during those days some people worked holiday shifts to ensure the peace and joy for the reunion of millions of households.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, He Jianjun, a paramedic doctor and the ambulance driver Huang Zongcai just finished the fourth trip of the day and returned to the station for a brief break.
During the Spring Festival, the first aid stations in urban Nanjing were busier than usual with 28 trips made in the busiest day, which meant that the paramedic doctors and ambulance drivers were put on standby almost 24 hours.
He Jianjun said he has worked holiday shifts during the spring festival for 20 years since he began working 28 years ago but he has no regret as his mission means a race against death.
At 10:15 am, the flight from Osaka, Japan, landed at Yangzhou Taizhou International Airport. Aircraft clearance engineer Zhang Jiwei and his colleagues towed the aircraft to the apron to quickly carry out safety inspection on the aircraft which had a stay for one hour. Deducting the time spent on boarding, Zhang Jiwei and his colleagues must complete the inspection on the front wheel, engine, wings and other items within 30 minutes before departure.
An error of one millimeter might be tiny but may affect the friction coefficient between the tire and the ground and the drainage of the tire during the rainy day.
The engine is the heart of the aircraft as it has many parts such as the outer end of the mouth, the silencer board and the blades, which requires strict check one by one to ensure the normal operation of the engine.
At 11:15, with all the inspections done, the flight took off to head for Osaka.
The Spring Festival is the peak of civil aviation and the busiest time for aircraft engineers. This year, Zhang Jiwei and his colleagues were divided into three shifts to be ready for the safety inspections on the arrival flights.
(Source:Jiangsu International Channel)
