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A rookie Chinese fighter pilot’s engine failed mid-flight… what did he do? | South China Morning Post

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Zhang Yuliang, a new air force cadet with only about 50 hours of experience, recently found himself in an emergency during a training flight with China’s Naval Aviation University at an undisclosed location. Zhang was training in a J-15, China’s heaviest and only active carrier-based warplane, when its left engine s…

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