Then a piercing alarm cut through the cockpit. A bright red warning indicator lit up on the instrument panel—the rudder control system had malfunctioned.
Ravi froze for half a second, staring at the flashing light. “Elias… we just lost directional control.” The aircraft immediately began to yaw dangerously to the right. Elias gripped the yoke harder, trying to compensate, but the plane responded sluggishly, almost drunkenly. The realization hit both men at the same time—they were losing the ability to keep the seaplane stable.
