A rookie Chinese fighter pilot’s engine failed mid-flight… what did he do?

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 suddenly failed mid-flight. Here’s what happened next...