Imperial Air One Crash

The Imperial Air One Crash is an aviation incident that happened in the province of Yamatey, Magonia on 1 April 2020. The aircraft involved was a Straitstream S650, which at the time had 2 crew (1 pilot and 1 co-pilot) and 9 passengers (including the Magonian monarch Slender) on board, was on its way to New Club Penguin, UnitedTerra. All creatures on board perished when the business jet crashed into the jungles of Yamatey, with only Slender surviving the incident with injuries. While initial investigations showed that the crash was caused by mechanical failure, a CCTV footage was soon leaked, revealing that the plane's engines had tampered with by a mechanic employed by the Mason Group's aviation engineering division in the company's hangar in Riffleton, Magonia. Subsequent audio recordings proved that the mechanic had acted under the order of the Mason Group's chairman Daniel Mason.

Background
On 1 April 2020, Emperor Slender of Magonia was scheduled to meet Terrain President Lofty Crespsley in New Club Penguin in order to discuss a trade deal. Prior to the trip, the Imperial Household Department (which is responsible for handling everything related to the Emperor, including travel itineraries) rented a Straitstream S650 from Green Sea Aviations, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Honk Gong-based Mason Group. The Imperial Household Department deemed Slender's official air transport (a Snowing 787) to be fuel-uneconomic for a short distance trip to UnitedTerra, while another aircraft designated for short-distance flights to UnitedTerra (another Straitstream S650) was under maintenance. There was widespread misconception that Imperial Air One was the name of the Snowing 787, when in fact it was only the call-sign for any aircraft the Magonian head of state was on board. Because of that, the rented business jet was given the 'Imperial Air One' designation for the duration of the flight.

Like the rest of the general public, the penguin responsible for handling travel itineraries, Douglas Butterworth, was not aware of the private feud between the Mason Group's chairman Daniel Mason and his grandnephew Emperor Slender. Even then, Green Sea Aviations duly agreed to the contract and prepared the business jet for the Emperor's trip. Alongside Slender and 2 pilots selected from the Imperial Air Force, 8 other passengers were also on board the plane including security details and civil servants.

Incident
The flight took off from an Imperial Air Force airfield near Friggingham Palace at 6:30 am on 1 April 2020. About 23 minutes into the flight, Imperial Air One was in the province of Yamatey when it stalled mid-air with one wing dipped and crashed into the jungles below it. According to the flight recorder, the plane started losing cabin pressure several minutes before the crash.

At the time, Slender reportedly passed out not long after the cabin depressured. His physician attributed this to his low blood pressure, which also prevented his heart from bursting upon impact. The Emperor's wishbone, shoulder blade and tail bone were broken, while his feet also sustained injuries that made him wheelchair bound for almost 8 months. His left flipper was also injured by pieces of glass, which was a result of the window besides him breaking during the crash.

As the crash occurred in a remote part of Yamatey, there was no other witness to the incident. 30 minutes later, soldiers from the Imperial Magonian Army arrived at the site to rescue survivors. The unconscious monarch was found strapped to his seat, having sustained serious injuries. The following were the other passengers and crew:


 * Flight Lieutenant Peter Shaw - Main pilot
 * Flight Officer Norman Cox - Co-pilot
 * Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Solomon - Imperial bodyguard
 * Major Arnold Sima - Imperial bodygoard
 * Major Philip Andrews - Imperial bodyguard
 * Ted Wilson - Private Secretary to the Emperor
 * Fred Lascelles - Assistant to the Private Secretary to the Emperor
 * Lynette Feng - Deputy minister of the Ministry of International Trade
 * Regina Farley - Private secretary in the Chancellor's Office
 * Damian Roberts - National Assembly legislator and chairman of the ruling Magonian National Front

Aftermath
When media outlets first reported on the crash, it was believed that the crash was caused by some technical problems in the Straitstream S650's pressurisation system. Initial investigations seemed to prove the media's allegations, as faults were found not only in the pressurisation system, but also in the wrecked jet's engine. However on 7 April, a CCTV footage dated 29 March 2020 was leaked, showing a penguin breaking into a hangar owned by the Asiapelagoan Aircraft Engineering Company (ASIAECO, which is another wholly-owned subsidiary of the Mason Group responsible for aircraft engineering and maintenance) to tamper with the airplane. The penguin was identified as one Gilbert Hung, who was a mechanic employed by ASIAECO to work in the same hangar. Subsequent evidence showed that the wrecked plane's engine and pressurisation system had indeed been tampered with, especially after abnormalities were found when compared to other models of the Straitstream S650.

Subsequent audio recordings proved that the mechanic had acted under the implicit order of the Mason Group's chairman Daniel Mason, who ordered another executive in the Mason Group to relay his order to Gilbert. The mechanic, along with 2 other co-conspirators, was promptly arrested and found guilty of high treason by the High Court. Under the Constitution, the Emperor has the power to revoke a convict's 'Initial offender' status, which he did on all 3 of them. They were executed by guillotine.

In public, Slender had shrugged off his granduncle's attempt to kill him, claiming that "it is an unfortunate incident caused by a power struggle and envy in the Mason Group's executive suites', implying that he believed Daniel Mason might have been framed. Unbeknownst to everyone else, his statement was a ploy to throw Daniel off-balance and lead him into a false sense of security.