Cobra 1, heading 3-1-0,
Sentry, contact, bogeys 1-2-5,
50, angels 13,
Sentry, Cobra 1,
request pink apple,
Stand by,
Cobra 2, bandit, MiG-35
0-5-0, 50, angels 15,
Clear for pink apple,
Cobra 2, we got hostiles,
Copy that, Cobra 2, engaged,
Bogey, bandit northbound,
Sentry, I got Volodrezjkan MiGs coming in hot,
Initiating Hat Trick AI targeting system,
Fox 1,
Look out!
He's on my six!
He's got a lock on me,
I got your six,
Hang on, I got him!
Hat Trick isn't locking on, I can't fire!
You need to eject!
I can't!
I'm locked in, Hat Trick won't let me move!
I'm locked in, I can't eject,
Eject! Eject!
Shit,
FBI!
Get down, get down, FBI search warrant!
Gun!
Cease fire, cease fire,
- Clear! - Clear!
- All clear here, - Clear,
Got a Kalashnikov over here,
Brass crucifixes,
Byzantine,
These guys are definitely Pavdekshem, all right,
All right, pack up everything,
Laptops, tools, phones,
documents, everything, all right?
IB has four numbers showing up on multiple intercepts:
2191,
I repeat: 2191,
They think it's an address in the Tri-State Area,
Field office is cross-referencing
all possible targets with that number,
Turn this dump sideways, all right, narrow it down,
You come across any volatile materials,
we call it in,
Hey, this guy's still breathing,
All right, hey, what's your name?
Where does it hurt?
I,,, am Roan,
I've been shot,
All right, he's been shot
in the shoulder and in the arm, all right?
Give me towels, a shirt, anything that I can
- cover the wound with, - Let him bleed out,
What you patching him up for?
Look, the other one's dead,
I need him alive long enough to talk,
Hurts, doesn't it?
That means it's working,
I'm doing you favor,
Now it's your turn,
2191, Talk to me,
Brag about it, all I care,
What's the target? Where is it?
He's dead,
Hey, you look at me,
It's just you and me,
2191, where is it?
Rico!
Jesus,
Roan, that's enough chemicals under there
to blow up this entire block,
- You killed my brother, - Hey, he's dead
because you failed to follow instructions,
We did what we had to do,
Now tell me what you're doing with these chemicals,
What we had to do,
What does that mean? Where is it?
These are for making an IED,
so where did you put it?
Where?
The white zone is,,,
Good morning, how are you doing?
Welcome, welcome,
Good morning, welcome to Coastal,
Hello, hello, good morning,
Welcome aboard, can I help you find your seat?
Yeah,
You are seated in 1B, first class cabin,
- Through here,,, - Excuse me, stewardess
- Yes, how can I help yo,,, - I hate the window, okay?
I cannot sit by the window, I am terrified of heights
and I get claustrophobic if I can't get up
and move around like I need to, and I,,,
Let me see what I can do
about finding you another seat,
- The aisle seat, - Yes,
- The aisle, - I hear you,
I-I-I'm,,, I'm sorry,
- No problem, - Miss, is 1B on the aisle?
'Cause I don't mind switching,
Oh, you're in first class,
Does it matter?
You would switch seats with me?
- I'm happy to, - Oh, my God, thank you!
My name is Larry, I'm in 35A!
All right, all right, enjoy yourself,
Thank you, Thank you so much,
Thank you so much,
Thank you,
Thank you, thank you,
Good morning, how are you?
Yes, welcome aboard, Hello, you are in
2A and B, just to the right there,
All right, finish turning this place upside down,
We have two suspects here,
Is that it, or did two more go out for takeout?
Put eyes on all four corners of the building,
I want to know about everyone coming in and out of here
at all times,
Rico,
We found these,
Aneroid altimeters,
They measure altitude,
Altitude?
So it's on an airplane,
You put it on an airplane, didn't you, Roan?
And they have my deepest sympathies,
Even the sinful deserves some compassion,
It's those who do no harm to others
in their iniquity that I pity most,
Dante,
That's from Dante's Inferno,
What? How do you know?
I wrote my dissertation on it,
All right, you see his face?
He thinks we're too stupid to figure it out,
But we have an advantage, You know this book,
Poem,
Think of any clues that can help us solve this thing,
Symbols, numbers especially,
Okay, it's on a plane,
2191 isn't an address,
it's a flight number,
Could be originating from any of the major airports
in the area, find that flight,
Start with JFK, LaGuardia, Newark,
If the bomb is altitude-sensitive,,,
How did you get it on the flight?
How did you get an IED
across the New York City TSA?
How did you pull that one off, Roan?
You hear from weather central?
Weather center says they're tracking a system
that'll have us locked down for three hours
it's got enough rain and wind in it,
What do you say we get out of here now?
- Rock and roll? - I wanna go,
Attention, passengers, At this time,
the captain has turned on the fasten seat belt sign,
We have a full flight ahead of us, so please store
your carry-on items under the seat in front of you
or in the overhead bin,
Take your seat and fasten your seat belt,
Can I have your attention, folks,
for a brief safety demonstration,
So if you look at this in the seatback in front of you,
this'll have all the information you'll need,
There are two exits on this side of the aircraft,,,
By the way, thank you for giving up
your first-class seat for that passenger,
You did him and I a big favor,
so thank you, that's very kind of you,
Don't mention it,
When you've flown five hours in cattle class
on a C-130 bound for Kabul,
nine hours in coach is a welcome luxury,
- You're military? - Army, EOD,
Well, retired, Flying down to Santo Domingo
to walk my daughter down the aisle,
Yeah, she always wanted to get married on the beach,
so I'm not going to disappoint her,
That's wonderful,
Congratulations, Mr, Garrett,
Thanks,
I'll be glad when we finally land in Santo Domingo,
I just need a few drinks on the beach,
then we can turn around and head back to NYC,
- It's been a tough week, - Sounds like a plan to me,
You set the device with one of these,
Why would you have these otherwise?
I've been thinking about it,
The numbers 3, 9, and 10
are the most prevalent throughout Inferno,
The poem is in three parts,
There are nine circles of Hell,
The poem is 145 components,
Add those up, you get 10,
All right, so what did you come up with?
Nothing,
None of the math adds up,
No matter how I think it over,
But what if I'm overthinking it?
Then it hit me,
Canto I, The Divine Comedy,
The poem begins on March 24,
Are you kidding? Today's date?
March 24, the year 1300,
All right, contact TSA JFK,
Have them run all the fake IDs we found
through their facial recognition,
I want to find out if our perps were there today,
Copy that,
Flight attendants, arm doors, cross check,
Ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of Captain Wayne Curtis
and the entire crew, welcome aboard
Coastal Air Flight 2191 with nonstop service
from New York to Santo Domingo,
This is Special Agent Rico Dietz
with the FBI New York City field office,
Put me through to Frank Wolfe,
This is an emergency,
Yeah, mm-hmm,
So have them write the report again,
Let me get back to you,
This is Frank Wolfe,
Mr, Wolfe, this is Special Agent Rico Dietz
at the JTTF New York office,
We have credible evidence that there's an airliner
with an IED outbound of New York today,
What are you talking about?
This morning, my team conducted a raid on
a suspected terror cell out of Queens,
What we found were bomb-making materials and equipment,
FBI intel branch intercepted multiple communications
with the numbers 2191,
At first, we thought it was an address,
But now we believe it's a flight number,
It's a Coastal Air flight outbound JFK,
Flight 2191 to Santo Domingo,
Departure time 8:05 a,m,
8:05,
That flight takes off from JFK in three minutes,
Contact JFK Tower,
They must ground that flight immediately,
Tower, this is Coastal 2-1-Niner-1,
Request taxi,
Coastal 2-1-Niner-1, runway 3-1-left,
taxi left, Bravo Juliet,
Copy, Tower,
3-1-left,
Bravo and Juliet,
Coastal 2-1-Niner-1,
you're cleared for takeoff,
Better get outta here,
Probably be the last plane to make it up
before the storm shuts down the Tri-State,
Music to my ears, Tower,
Flight attendants, prepare for takeoff,
JFK Tower, go ahead,
It's Frank Wolfe at Eastern Regional,
with me on the line is Special Agent Rico Dietz
of the FBI, listen very carefully:
I need you to execute an immediate takeoff abort
to Coastal Air Flight 2191,
That's 2-1-Niner-1,
There's an explosive device on board the plane,
We're heading to JFK now,
This is Dietz, be advised
the device on that plane is not yet armed,
But once it reaches 1,300 feet,
- we're gonna miss the abort, - How do you know that?
This group has a thing for numerology,
the 1,300 holds significance for them,
Plus it fits the pattern for this kind of attack,
But once it passes 1,300 feet, we will miss the abort,
Now hurry,
Who has eyes on Coastal 2191?
I do,
I just gave 2191 the all-clear on runway 3-1-left,
- Coastal approach V1, - 2191 has reached
decision speed, it's too late to abort,
That is 137 tons of aircraft moving at V1 speed,
You can't just hit the brakes on that,
No, the pilots have to continue takeoff at this point,
If they don't, they're going to overshoot the runway,
jeopardize the airplane and the passengers,
Alert 2191, tell them what's happening,
They can turn around and circle the airport
until they maintain landing speed,
What's going on?
Coastal 2191, this is JFK Tower,
A little bit of a situation,
FBI has alerted us that there may be an explosive device
on your aircraft,
Now just remain at a safety altitude
of under 1,300 feet,
Tower, do you have a location on the device?
Coastal 2191, negative,
You are to maintain altitude below 1,300 feet,
Did she just say 1,300?
Tower, please repeat altitude,
Coastal 2191, I repeat, maintain below 1,300,
The device isn't active until it reaches 1,300,
at which point, it will be armed,
Our current speed is 230 knots,
We'll reach 1,300 in 20 seconds,
Level off climb angle,
Copy that, Tower, 2-5-0,
2-5-0? What've they got,
shorter buildings in Long Island?
Tower, reducing thrust for heading,
Already at 800 feet,
Coastal exiting traffic pattern,
900,
1,000 feet, reduce thrust,
Tower, request immediate alternate vector
for return to JFK,
We've reached 1,200, reduce thrust,
We're moving as fast as possible,
Leveling to maintain below 13,
Maintaining 13,
Obstacle,
Obstacle approaching,
Radio broadcast tower!
Tower, Coastal increasing lift along 250,
We have no choice or we crash,
Oh, we're not gonna die!
We are not gonna die!
2191 surpassed 1,300,
Coastal 2191,
maintain until further instructions,
Get Coastal some new heading,
turn them around and bring them back over that storm system
as best as you can,
Get Air Traffic on the line,
they need to know what's going on,
Sir, they've reached 1,300,
Damn it!
This plan was set in motion long ago,
You cannot stop us,
Why not?
What is it you want with this plane?
To simply destroy evil,
Look to scripture,
It's all there if you read the passages,
21, the number of sin,
Rebellion,
The disobedience of God,
91,
From Psalms 91,
Protection of prayer,
Don't be fooled,
For the Devil quotes from Psalm 91
in the Book of Matthew,
2, 1, 9, 1,
The wicked must be punished,
Don't get in our way,
Dietz, I'm on with TSA,
Coastal runs out of Terminal Four,
They just put in brand-new credential authorization units,
The system verifies every passenger,
It'll spot a fake on content,
But so far, every passenger is verified,
They're still working on the facial rec,
All right, tell them to forward it to me here,
This will happen,
You will see,
We've armed the damn thing,
So,,,
we all right?
Flight crew, 7-700,
Hey, is something wrong with the plane?
Everything's okay with the plane,
It was just an air pocket,
What's an air pocket?
D-Do the pilots know what that is?
Have they flown through one before?
- Do they know what that is? - Of course,
Captain Curtis has over 7,000 logged hours
and First Officer Misch was a lieutenant
in the Air Force and is now a training pilot,
We're in good hands,
Oh, it's bad,
I know it is,
I'm here, Why are we code 7-700?
What happened on the takeoff?
Military has informed us
that we do have an active bomb on board,
We don't know who has it,
we don't know if it's on one of the passengers,
on their person,
There's only a little bit of information
available at this time,
Why aren't we landing?
We're not sure how the bomb operates,
and we think it would be a bigger danger if we landed
at this time, so we're not gonna be informing the passengers,
Understood,
Thank you,
Marshal,,,
What's up with the 7-700?
Um, we have a situation where
ground control believes that there is an explosive device
on the plane, and we can't land
or we risk putting a lot more lives in danger
than just our own, and it's,,,
- Where is it? - No idea,
They don't know where it is or what it looks like,
- Any suspects? - No, all they know
is that it's armed,
Okay, all right, so we're,,,
We're looking for a suspicious item
that could be,,,
that could be a detonator, there's 285 people on board,
They all have carry-on, personal items,
so just,,, let's just,,,
They might've used plastic explosives to get it past TSA,
Um, I'll call the airline and get a bagg,,,
Baggage reconciliation report,
Maybe if we can connect the bag that the bomb is in
to the passenger that checked it,,,
Okay, okay, honey, calm down, all right?
Now before you come back out there,
take a look around and see if there's
anything suspicious in here, okay?
It's gonna be all right, It's gonna be all right,
Take it easy,
Nothing,
That storm is getting stronger,
We need to adjust course heading to avoid the system,
It's gonna be shaky either way,
That storm is messing up everything,
Everything,
Rico, we got that footage you requested,
Wait, play that back,
This is Dietz,
We have a code yellow,
And how do we know this bomb threat isn't a hoax?
Have they made their demands?
Did the group declare their reasons
or intentions behind the threat?
Bomb threats and bomb scares are two very different things,
Most threats are fake,
made to instill fear, intimidate,
Fewer than 7% of threats
turn up actual live explosive material,
100% of scares involve imminent risk from
an actual live explosive device,
And bomb scares come with little to no warning,
So, has the bomb scare been reported to the DEN/ATSC?
I want all channels open on the Domestic Events Network,
ATSC has been notified,
Put airport security and emergency crews on standby,
And let JFK management know we're bringing
this bird back down,
Alert TSA explosives teams
to the situation and have them ready,
I want that plane on the ground ASAP
with a military escort to bring them home,
We've got a problem, One of our perps was
at JFK this morning, Looks like he hacked
into the TSA's credential authentication system
using one of those fake IDs at Terminal Four,
TSA thinks it might've been some kind of AI attack,
They've been blind all morning and didn't even realize,,,
Wait, I don't understand, blind?
- Blind how? - TSA's still trying
to figure that out,
They're afraid that the hack reprogrammed their system
in order to let only specific items go through,
And that's how they got the device past the TSA,
That's the theory at the moment,
Our suspect initiated tech,
made for sure the plane took off, and then he left,
Their techs think it might've been some kind of
military grade AI in order to commandeer such an advanced
security system so quickly and accurately,
Unfortunately, our tech who initiated everything
died of a gunshot wound less than an hour ago,
Another scan of the place where we found him turned up nothing,
and the field office is scouring for leads
and hellbent on red tape,
Hey, can I talk to you, please?
Someplace private, quiet?
In the galley?
Is there an Air Marshal on board?
I can't disclose that information,
Okay, then who's the guy out there doing
random sweeps of the overhead bins?
- What's he looking for? - Sir, I-I appreciate your help
with the seat change earlier, but I'm gonna have
- to ask you to take your seat, - Is there a specific threat
against this aircraft?
Are we carrying something on board?
Sir, please take your seat,
You don't know where it is,
That's why he's sweeping the bins
and I assume you cleared the galley here,
Is everything all right back here?
Yes, we're fine, This passenger just
had some questions,
You can escort him back to his seat for me?
- Gladly, let's go, - You must be the Air Marshal,
Sir, please exit the galley,
Look, I can assist with in-flight threat SOP
for a Code Bravo,
Sweep all the areas that are normally missed
- by ground security checks,,, - Who is this guy?
Army, 71st Ordnance Group,
I have EOD experience, man, I can help,
Is that so?
I'll show you my VA card if you want,
That won't be necessary,
I'm gonna ask you one more time,
Please leave the galley, sir,
Where's he seated, Vanessa?
He was ticketed for first class, but he switched seats
with another passenger while boarding,
He had a first-class ticket and he switched with
another passenger to come back here in coach?
I'm gonna run a check on both of them,
See if either raise a red flag,
Ground, this is Coastal 2-1-Niner-1,
35 miles out over the Atlantic,
initiating emergency fuel release
per earlier ATC request,
Can you go back to your seat, sir?
The fasten seat belt sign is on,
Yeah, no problem,
Thank you,
This is Wolfe,
When was this?
Send it to me right now,
I wanna see what they're seeing,
Thanks,
Dietz, it's Frank Wolfe,
TSA just got a passenger background request on 2191,
Air Marshal up there called it in,
FBI cross-checked notice,
they're gonna send me over what they've got,
- They're CC'ing me on it, - Did they say if there
was a specific disturbance of any kind?
No, not yet, Maybe the Air Marshal's
got a couple of people that are,,, Hang on,
"Taylor Garrett,
Chief Master Sergeant, Army, 71st Ordnance Group,"
Military,
"Larry Durante, Scranton, Pennsylvania,"
No, he's not military,
Okay, send me those, will ya?
No problem, Where are you?
FBI cast a wide net,
Agents deployed for interviews with military personnel,
contractors, subcontractors active duty, retired, enlisted,
and officers all around the country,
One of our agents got a POI over at the Air National Guard Base
in West Hampton, New York,
We think he might be part of this corrupt AI,
Figured I'd do a face to face,
Nothing came back on those two guys, Garrett and Durante,
The one was with the 71st, or he used to be,
Used to be, What's that mean?
He's retired, but according to his record,
he had a long and distinguished military career,
So he's actually able to help,
Yeah,
Oh, look, I made it to round two,
You're not the same two feds I spoke to earlier?
I'm Special Agent Rico Dietz, this is,,,
Special?
What makes you so special?
You know, those two guys I talked to earlier?
They were special,
Bet your partner here is special,
Tell you something, Rico,
If everybody's special, then nobody is,
Little early for a drink, no?
So you know why we're here?
Well, the guys earlier wanted to talk to me
about a classified project,
What can you tell us about your work
with artificial intelligence?
That it's classified,
"Project Hat Trick,"
"Declassified,"
"October 31, 2021,"
"Military Artificial Intelligence Program,"
Hat Trick,
Are you a hockey fan?
I don't name the projects,
And I prefer football,
Go Steelers,
Hey, I'm from Pittsburgh,
Is that where you're from?
Good for you,
All right, so why did they name it Hat Trick?
I haven't worked on this project in 10 months,
I am not the person you're looking for,
Look, I know, and you know,
you're probably not our guy,
But we came all the way out here,
Gotta make it worth the taxpayers' money,
Just answer three questions and we'll be on our way,
Okay, you wanna know why it's called Hat Trick?
The three most difficult points of functionality in AI:
computing power, trust deficit, and human level performance,
The primary program objective was to optimize
those three points for air combat,
build a faster, smarter-thinking aircraft
while still remaining subservient to the pilot,
So how did it go?
How did it go?
Goddamn Volos shot down a great pilot
and a very good friend of mine,
Have you ever called a friend's mother,
gave her the single most horrific piece of news
that she will ever hear?
Volos? You mean the Volodrezjkans?
About 10 months ago, Demarcus and I
were on a sortie providing air support
to rebel fighters on the ground
trying to overthrow that son of a bitch
they got in charge over there,
Their so-called president,
Artosk,
The man is a sadist, a butcher,
We call him the Volodrezjkan Viper,
Our planes had the Hat Trick tech installed,
When it was initiated,
Demon's plane essentially froze up,
There was a glitch,
and he was shot down by the Volodrezjkan Air Force,
Because my AI failed,
Hang on, I got him!
I told them it wasn't quite ready yet,
I told them it needed more testing,
You think the Pentagon gave a damn?
And now I've been butting heads
with their frickin' advisory board
for the last year trying to get them to keep
searching for the wreckage of Demon's plane,
At least figure out if the tech burnt up,
or if it was intercepted
somewhere on the coastal mountain range,
And you know what the Pentagon says?
"Oh, Project Hat Trick remains top priority,"
Yeah, it's such a top priority, they can't even find it,
Bastards are fumbling around in the dark
without guys like me and Demon,
This morning, Coastal Air Flight 2191
was targeted by a group of right-wing radicals,
They go by the name Pavdekshem,
They were able to get an IED aboard this flight,
It's in the air right now,
These radicals that we're up against,
they were exiled from their home country,
And we have very credible proof that they're hiding out
in Volodrezjka,
They're hiding in Volodrezjka?
Yes,
How they actually got and hacked the TSA security clearance
was through military grade artificial intelligence,
Major, is that tech yours?
God, I hope not,
Miss, please, we need your help,
Hundreds of lives hang in the balance,
Mr, Garrett,
Okay, you got me,
Come with me,
So what is this, you gonna arrest me now?
Mr, Garrett, Tony Wilkes, Air Marshal,
So he's not arresting me,
Look, you need to understand my position,
We've been notified that there's an item on board,
It's my duty to protect everyone,
and everyone is a suspect,
Especially someone who's willing to help without being asked
and has demonstrated an awareness of
internal airline protocols in situations such as this,
Look, when you put it that way, it does sound suspicious,
Well, with all that aside, was I right?
Your experience and expertise
in this type of situation would help a lot right now,
Let's find this thing,
What is it? What's wrong?
Nothing, I'll just feel better once we find this IED,
Rough turbulence can sometimes set it off
if it's sensitive enough,
Okay, look, if you locate the IED,
don't move it, don't touch it,
Just leave it be,
What's an IED?
It's a device made up of otherwise harmless items,
but expertly combined to inflict as much damage as possible,
Let's go,
I wanna check back here,
Augh!
Wow, Major Banning,
Captain, we have a situation,
This is the FBI,
Special Agent Dietz, Agent Smith,
- What's going on? - They've just informed me
that there's an active bomb threat on a commercial airliner,
And the terror group responsible
used military grade AI to get past TSA,
You're serious?
There's more,
This group has ties to Volo,
Where did this happen?
JFK Airport,
TSA reports that the breach was swift and accurate,
So this AI, it's designed to go in jets?
- Like to fly them? - Pilots fly,
The AI must remain subordinate to the pilot,
If you remove pilots from the equation,
you're no longer creating a superior fighting force of men,
You're building heavily armed war machines running on software
too unpredictable to be relied upon for combat yet,
Why is it so unpredictable?
The AI algorithms work in simulated combat scenarios,
We have yet to fully develop what would happen
in real world combat scenarios,
So the computer brain acts more like a wingman than a pilot,
And don't let anybody tell you otherwise,
A commercial airliner has live ordnance on it,
So I assume the SOP is to bring it back to JFK?
That's correct,
Fuel dumping over the Atlantic,
We can't risk it going to a lower elevation airport
and endangering other lives,
SOP would also dictate it requires a military escort
to return it to origin,
Are you commandeering orders
that have yet to be assigned?
Just call it thinking ahead,
NORAD is bound to issue the order any minute,
Our location makes us the most likely to get it,
We might as well accept in advance,
Okay,
This is Banshee and Smoke, we're in the air,
Stay alert for enemy bogeys,
Coastal 2-1-Niner-1, be advised you'll be joined by
military escort to bring you in,
ETA 10 minutes due to weather,
Tower, this is Coastal, Copy that,
Storm is messing everything up,
Both cabins have been swept for the IED,
We haven't checked
the passengers' carry-ons, obviously,
We've got about 10 minutes left on this fuel dump
before we reach the approved landing weight,
Then,,,
Then we'll get the passengers ready for descent,
They're asking a lot of questions already,
They can wait 10 more minutes until we check
the baggage compartment down below,
The Air Marshal and one of the passengers
has agreed to go look for it,
What, are you kidding?
We can't allow a passenger to go down there,
His name is Taylor Garrett,
He's a retired army sergeant
who used to work on these type of IEDs,
So he has the skills and the training
to build something like this,
Which means he has a training
and he knows how to disarm something like this,
Look, Air Marshal Wilkes has checked with TSA,
He's clean, and,,,
he's the best and only expert we have right now,
Captain, it's your decision,
But if we can find this thing before we land,
we can give TSA a head start on dealing with it,
All right, but I want those passengers back in their seats
by initial descent,
We've only got 10 minutes,
Understood,
- What's the verdict? - You can both go
down to baggage and sweep the area together, but hurry,
We only have about nine minutes,
I'll have you hold onto this,
Follow me,
Excuse me, I'm trying to get to the restroom,
I'm trying to get to the restroom,,,
If I don't use it, I'ma use it on myself, okay?
Get off of me,
Down the hatch,
Hey, we'll find it,
Uh, $60 extra and I can't use the bathroom?
I'm sorry, this one's out of order,
The toilet not flushing properly,,,
That's fine, I,,, look,,,
Coastal Air, this is Cobra 1,
We're here to help bring you down safe and sound,
Cobra 1, this is Coastal,
You don't know how happy I am to hear that,
Hey, excuse me, flight attendant,
Yes, sir?
Uh, is there problem?
Pilots have not said anything,
And maybe you could tell us what's happening,
Uh, I have no other information,
I only know what you know at this time,
- Oh, come on! - Please, please,,,
I'm sorry, look, I'll go ask the flight deck
for an update as soon as possible,
I want to know as badly as you,
Please, Please,
Cobra 2, I've got a pair of bogeys on approach
coming in 0-8-0, westbound,
Affirmative, Due west,
19 miles out,
Those are fighter jets!
What's going on?
It's freezing down here,
Yeah, well, if we're gonna be
moving these bags around,
we'll break out in a sweat,
They must have made a killing overweight bag fees today,
Whoa, whoa, whoa, what is that? What'd you just pick up?
You smell that?
It's acetone,
I smell it now,
Do not drop that bag,
All right, we're gonna set this down real easy, okay?
Nice and easy, Very gentle,
That's triacetone triperoxide in the detonator,
TATP? That's the same shit that the shoe bomber used,
Yeah, except there's a lot more of it in here,
Hey, this bag didn't go through security,
There's no baggage check tag on here,
That's a clue,
All right,
Okay,
I don't see any wires or pins,
I think it's safe to open,
I need something sharp, I'm gonna cut through this bag,
The zippers could be rigged,
Never leave home without 'em,
Thatta boy, always be prepared,
We got a barometric IED,
It's a live weapon,
Okay,,,
we need to pile up these suitcases and bags,
Form a kind of barricade to, you know,
absorb some,,, if something goes horribly wrong,
Let's start stacking these up,
Very carefully,
Look, just be careful going near the IED,
Don't touch anything,
Shouldn't we move this to an LRBL?
No, not right now, a sudden movement
could make it detonate,
We'll try moving it to a least risk bomb location
once I figure out what we're dealing with,
Let's just hope this is the only one on board,
Let's just stack these carefully,
We can't have them collapsing down on top of the IED,
Otherwise, it's goodnight,
So, Vanessa, we have the IED,
It's in baggage and it's armed,
- Can we disarm it? - Can you disarm it?
- This is garbage, man, - Where are we supposed to go?
I'm sorry, please, there's more lavatories in the back,
This one's out of order right now, okay?
Stand by,
We're about to find out,
Careful,
Okay, the IED is armed
with an Aneroid Altimeter,
It's detecting changes in altitude,
That definitely armed the thing,
Mother of Satan,
Don't,
It's very sensitive to impact infriction,
There's enough in here to tear the plane apart,
But I already moved it,
Well, now that the bag is open,
it's more sensitive to pressure changes and abrasion,
Just stay there,
All right, there's a signal box,
A signal box?
What kind of signal is it emitting?
No, it's not emitting,
It's detecting signals,
They set it up as a trigger for the IED,
If that's the trigger, where's the signal?
It's reading electrical signals
from LVDT and RVDT sensors,
I saw this all the time in Kabul
on our patrol in Helmand Province,
Wh-What are the sensors?
They're electromechanical transducers,
They convert rectilinear motion of objects
into electrical signals,
Aircrafts like this are full of them,
Why? What for?
Well, they make sure that the flight controls,
all the systems are operating properly,
So that box, it detects electrical signals?
Yes,
Well, if the plane hasn't blown up,
it hasn't gotten the right signal, right?
That's correct,
So what signal is it waiting for?
We're at landing weight, Vanessa, get them back
to their seats, We're gonna land,
Taylor, we're getting ready to begin our descent,
You and Wolfe need to get back up here, copy?
Now wait a minute,
You said that these sensors are all over the plane,
- Right? - Yeah, y,,,
And they make sure that the flight controls
and the mechanical structures are working, right?
Yeah, yoke, foot pedals, thrust levers, you name it,
What parts of the plane with these sensors aren't being used?
No, they're all in use,
Since this thing has become active,
It's the landing gear, It's gotta be the landing gear,
The landing gear is a mechanical structure
- and has those sensors? - Yes,
There's a sensor in the nose wheel steering column,
The landing gear was retracted when the IED was armed,
We can't land the plane,
Jesus Christ,
Vanessa, Vanessa, do not land this plane,
Do not land the plane,
We have the IED but it's set to explode
when you extend the landing gear,
You cannot land, Do not land,
Engines are down to fuel reserves,
Tower, this is Coastal 2-1-Niner-1,
The IED has been located
in the baggage compartment of our aircraft,
We are unable to land,
Repeat, we are unable to land,
Coastal 2-1-Niner-1, you found the device
but you're unable to descend?
They found it, Why can't they land?
Coastal, copy that, Be advised
that you are currently heading into
a pretty nasty weather pattern
and we'll try to swing you around
- as best we can, but,,, - Copy that,
We are unable to descend because,,,
because the bomb is somehow wired to the landing gear,
Jesus,
Okay, stand by for alternate heading for the storm,
I gotta tell you,
it's a pretty major system,
Whoa!
Tony, don't move,
Oh, no,,,
What the hell was that?
Taylor? Taylor, is everything all right down there?
Tony,,,
Tony!
Taylor, what happened?
Remote proximity choice,
What bags did you bastards put it in?
Taylor, the storm is coming closer,
Oh, Jesus,
All right,
Here we go,
Okay,
ATC,
any update on that alternative route?
We're going right for the storm,
It's a negative, Coastal,
You'll lose too much fuel going around,
You're gonna have to fly through,
You should probably get back,
What the hell,,, this damn turbulence!
Holy shit,
Taylor? Taylor, are you there?
Yeah, I'm okay,
I'm still here,
How'd it go? Is it still active?
We're not out of the woods yet,
We're not,,, Why,,,
Would you give me that, please?
This is Captain Curtis,
What's going on down there?
Look, whoever did this
expected every move we were gonna make,
They stuck remote charges in the other passengers' bags
'cause they knew we would surround the device with luggage
to soften the blow in case it went off,
So they knew our procedures
and they're using them against us?
Yeah, the IED sent a remote beacon
that armed the charges in the other bags,
Is that device disabled now?
I mean, we have to land this plane,
Look, we can't land yet,
Listen, we dumped our fuel,
What we're flying on now is reserves,
which means we've only got 30 minutes tops,
Captain, you're carrying TATP,
It's acetone peroxide,
It's been taped up tight in sealed containers,
making it extremely unstable,
sensitive to both shock and friction,
the two things you're gonna get when you try to touch down,
The slightest nudge might detonate them,
We lost Wilkes,
What? What happened?
When the IED sent the remote beacon to arm
the charges in the other bags,
Tony caught one,
prevented it from falling on the IED,
Shielded it with his own body,
He saved the plane,
The man went out a hero,
Listen, Taylor, I've been flying for eight years,
I think I can handle a smooth landing,
Yeah, and I've been dealing with this stuff for 12,
This has nothing to do with your landing abilities,
We're gonna have to land in the storm,
Even if the weather clears, it's windy
and the runway is wet,
You'll need to descend faster than five feet per second
just to stop hydroplaning,
He's right, we'd have to execute
a positive landing at that rate of speed,
Look, we don't know what failsafes these terrorists
have installed elsewhere in the plane,
but until we can do a scan of the entire aircraft
we have to assume it's not safe to land,
Sophie, what's AWC saying?
Advisory's still in effect for the Tri-State area
until 8:30 p,m,
Okay, so what do you suggest we do?
Look, we don't have the luxury of a proper disposal,
I have to throw it out of the plane over the ocean,
But first we're gonna shield it,
Better let JFK know what's going on,
Yeah, I'll need to transfer the IED
to one of these hard shell suitcases,
- Vanessa? - I'm sorry,
I'm,,, I'll be all right,
I hate to say it,
but were we wrong to trust Taylor?
No, he was vetted by ATC
and he put his life at risk to go down there,
If he wanted to blow up the plane,
he would've done it already,
Besides, none of us know how to defuse a bomb,
You're right,
- Do you need a minute? - No, sorry,
I'm,,, I'm all right,
Taylor, I can show you where the designated
LRVL is on the plane,
There is a cabin closet in the bulkhead divider
at the rear galley,
No, look, we can't take that risk,
I'll have to pack it up and toss it out down here,
Tower, this is Coastal 2-1-Niner-1,
The explosive device has been defused,
However, it is too unstable to land at this time,
We are going to try to dispose of the device in midair,
Do you copy?
Coastal, what is your current fuel level?
Did they disable it?
Reroute all your planes
for vertical and horizontal separation,
They found the device and disabled it,
but they don't know if the bomb
could be reactivated on landing,
So what are they going to do?
They're gonna drop them from the plane,
Better alert the Coast Guard,
Have them clear all the ships and vessels from the area,
Yeah, this'll work,
Coastal 2-1-Niner-1, I have an unidentified aircraft
moving your way extremely fast along heading 1-2-5,
Cobra 2, I've got an unidentified aircraft
approaching at 1-2-5, You seein' this?
I've got that same bogey coming in real hot
on 1-2-5, 18 miles,
What is it doing here?
Cobra 2, bogey, bandit moving westbound,
Appears he's on his own,
Copy, Cobra 1, Proceeding as threat hostile,
Threat hostile!
Cobra 2, arm hot,
Tower, this is Coastal 2-1-Niner-1,
Just got a visual on that bogey from earlier,
Cobra 2, Fox 1!
Cobra 2, he's on me,
Cobra 2, MiG staying on me,
The guy won't let me out of the defensive,
Cobra 2, Fox 3!
Yes! Splash one!
Splash one! Whooo!
Cobra 2, return to escort immediately,
Copy that,
That was a Volodrezjkan MiG,
Our bogey was buzzing an American airliner?
We may be over international waters,
but he's a long way from the Bahamas,
Coastal Air, this is Cobra 1,
We just encountered a lone enemy bogey
entering our airspace,
Do you have any further information as to the nature
of the threat against your aircraft?
This is Coastal 2-1-Niner-1,
please be advised, we have been given
no further information about the threat at this time,
No dignitaries or important individuals on board
who may be of interest to enemy combatants?
Cobra 1, we have nothing that would be
of interest on the vessel,
No persons of interest,
Maybe,,, the bomb?
Hey, nobody goes in there, all right?
It's out of order, you got me?
Yeah,
Look, I need you to get me the crash axe,
fire gloves, fire blankets, goggles and duct tape,
Fire gloves, blankets, goggles, and duct tape are all in
- forward emergency stowage, - First class,
Mm-hmm, and the crash axe
is in the flight deck, I'll go get it,
All right,
How's it going out there?
Passengers are getting angry, they're scared,
and to be honest, I don't blame them,
You have the controls,
Passengers, this is your Captain Wayne Curtis,
It is my duty to inform you
that we have an emergency situation,
There has been a bomb scare against this aircraft
and we are circling over the Atlantic
before we return to JFK,
Emergency crews will be canvassing the aircraft,
at which time we will exit in an orderly fashion,
You may have noticed the F-16s,
We have been given a military escort
due to the bomb threat against this aircraft,
We will return to JFK and exit the aircraft
in an orderly fashion,
No! No!
No! No! No no no no!
Let me in! Let me in!
Let me in!
Come on! Let me in!
Let me in! Let me in!
Come on, let me in!
Let me in! Come on!
No! Let me in!
Let me in! Come on, come on!
- They're gonna kill us,,, - It's okay, my friend!
Okay, okay, stay calm, my friend, okay?
I got you, okay?
Okay? Stay calm,
The pilot said to st,,, stay calm, okay?
The pilot is gonna kill us! The pilot is gonna kill us!
The pilot said to stay calm,
The pilot is gonna kill us!
We gotta stop 'em! They're gonna kill us!
They're gonna kill all of us!
Get off of me! Get off of me!
- Okay, stay calm, - All right, hold him,
- Hold him, hold him! - Get off of me!
- It's all right! - They're gonna kill us!
You're gonna let 'em kill us! You're gonna let 'em kill us!
They've got him back from the door,
It's okay, It's okay,
They're gonna kill us all!
Okay, calm down, calm down!
I'm fine, really, I am, I am, I just,,,
I just lost,,, I lost my head for a second,
But I'm fine now, I am,
I know, I know, I just want to make sure you
and all the other passengers feel safe, okay?
You can go ahead and take your seat, sir,
Fasten your seat belt, thank you so much for your help,
- Is he going to be all right? - Yes,
I'ma be fine soon as he done feeling me up,
Hey,
Thanks for stepping up to help me,
Taylor,
I'm Peter,
Just goes to show,
you never know where the threat is coming from,
Stewardess, you have to untie me,
You can't keep me here, I'm a paying customer,
I know my rights,
That's mine,
It's clear, nothing here,
Who gave you the right to just go through my stuff?
He's not our guy,
Hey!
I wanna see some credentials!
Credentials!
I want to see 'em!
Okay, we'll be waiting on that email,
Two minutes, right?
Thanks,
Dietz, Wolfe, Coastal Air is sending over
the passenger manifest for 2191,
Send the manifest to the field office,
When it arrives, they'll cross-ref for flags,
Cobra 2, let's deploy left,
Meet 'em halfway,
Go burners,
Captain, that's two more bogeys on approach,
Jesus, who are they? What do they want?
Taylor, our military escort just broke off to engage
more fighters, Whatever you're doing, do it fast,
What are you doing down here? It's not safe, go back up,
It's not safe for anyone on board, so just let me
help you, What are you doing, why you chopping up suitcases?
It's mine, It's got Kevlar panels,
It was a gift from the guys in my unit,
Okay, look, help me quick and then go back up,
All right, here,
Get the tape,
Tape it around my torso,
This is a makeshift blast suit,
it's not much, but it's all I got,
- There you go, yep, - Tight? Okay,
Tower, this is Coastal 2-1-Niner-1,
F-16s engaging bogeys on two more aircraft,
I repeat, F-16s engaging bogeys on two more aircraft,
- Okay, we good? - Yeah,
- All right, now go back up, - Okay,
Hey, stay on walkie, I'll let you know
when I'm at the compartment door,
And the captain needs to disarm the outer door,
Okay, he's got us at a low enough altitude
- for depressurization, - Okay,
Oh, God,
Cobra 2, bandits heading 3-2-0,
I'm on MiG 1,
Copy 1, I'm on 2,
Cobra 2, bogey bandits breaking,
- Stay on MiG 2, - I'm on him!
Did you hear from the field office?
Wolfe, we got a hit, we're about to get on the chopper,
Patch us through to the plane,
We know we have to keep the ATC line open,
Try the cell numbers of the flight crew on the manifest,
Hello, this is Vanessa Jensen,
Miss Jensen, this is Special Agent Rico Dietz
of the FBI JTTF,
We received a manifest from Coastal Air,
We had our office cross reference every name on here,
Peter Guren,
He's part of an international hacktivist collective
called Peanut Ravioli,
They go after foreign governments,
religious groups, politicians, anyone they deem corrupt,
He's on our plane? Do you have a photo of him?
I'll text it to you now,
Cobra 2, he's on you,
Break away, evade,
I'll come up from behind,
They got us on the defensive!
Cobra 2,,,
Cobra 2, they're going for 2-1-Niner-1,
They're firing on us!
Gotcha!
MiG 1, splash!
There's nobody in it,
The Hat Trick AI targeting system didn't burn up,
It was stolen,
That's our tech!
Cobra 1, bandit 2 targeting Coastal,
Cobra 1, R-33's away, on approach!
Oh, my God, It's gonna hit that plane,
There's nothing they can do, they're just sitting ducks!
Banshee,,,
Finish this fight,
Cobra 2?
Cobra 2!
Come on, Garrett, get this thing off the plane!
- No, taken! - Is that so, Pete?
Wanna tell me what you're doing with a laptop in the lavatory?
- No, no,,, - This is Piotr Gurin,
He look familiar to you?
Who sent you this?
- FBI? - You're a suspect now,
Probably their only suspect,
You think I'm the one
who put bomb on plane?
No, I'm not trying to blow up plane,
I need plane to get out of New York,
- It is not safe for me there, - Why? FBI closing in on you?
I need to get out of city,
Lay low, Dominican Republic,
Well, we are headed back to JFK now,
I'm going to hold on to this, and the FBI will deal with it
- when we get there, - No, please, no, please,
I need that, please,
The plane, it didn't get to cruising altitude,
No WiFi, I need to use VPN,
I can't do that,
No, he has people,
He has people,
They are hunting us one by one,
What are you talking about?
I am Volodrezjkan,
The Artosk regime is coming after me,
and he has no problem blowing up plane
full of Americans to do it,
Especially since your government got involved with the rebels
who are fighting against him,
Why would he be after you?
I am a good guy,
I can prove it, I can prove it,
Artosk regime turned Volodrezjka into
surveillance state, but we turned it against him,
We are going to bring down his regime in disgrace,
Look, none of this is making sense to me,
You can explain it to the FBI when we land,
No, please, please!
No, please, I can't let you take it,
I have emails, I have documents,
I have evidence against him, okay?
Before he kills us!
He will kill us all, do you understand?
I've had enough unruly passengers for one flight,
- You're taking your seat, sir! - Please, please!
Coastal Air, this is Cobra 1,
We lost Cobra 2,
I repeat, Cobra 2 has been shot down,
Be advised, begin your descent ASAP,
These jets are unmanned,
AI control, Hat Trick,
I don't know what they're capable of,
I thought that AI was lost?
Well, they found it,
Coastal, there are more of them coming,
Two more MiGs, I repeat, begin your descent,
Coastal, you're under attack,
- Incoming MiG! - We see it,
Give me the flight deck, Captain,
I can outmaneuver these guys,
It's all yours, Lieutenant,
Coastal, the MiG is coming right for you
at heading 0-9-0!
Cobra 1, seeing bandit,
MiG-29,,,
0-5-0,
50,
Angels 10,
Coastal, here comes MiG 1,
I'm on him, go evasive,
Cobra 1, enemy MiG attempting collision with our aircraft,
Vanessa, tell the captain to open the hatch,
Captain, disarm the baggage compartment door,
You're good to go,
Fox 1,
Fox 2,
Splash one MiG,
Do you see he's circling?
MiG 2 circling back,
On collision heading,,,
Aaah!
Sayonara, you son of a bitch,
Oh, God, oh, God!
We have to land the plane,
I don't know how to fly a plane!
Look, I don't either, We don't have a choice,
unless you wanna get on the PA and find out if we got
any pilots on board as we go screaming into the Atlantic,
Come on!
Coastal, do you copy?
This is Ground, come in,
Coastal, do you copy?
Nothing, I'm getting nothing from the plane,
What? You can't hail 2191 on the radio?
No,
Coastal 2191, do you copy?
Are you there? Do you read me?
Are you there?
The pilots are dead!
It's them, they're on the way in!
- Take the phone, - Hello?
We're bringing it in for a landing,
We're landing,
What? You're what?
Okay, okay, listen closely, I'll steer you in,
You're gonna be coming in on runway 13R,,,
Whoa, whoa, whoa, I don't know what any of that means,
Okay, okay, okay,
Pay close attention and do not deviate,
You're going to be coming in slowly on runway 13R,
Give me that, I'll bring them in,
This is Janis, your ATC supervisor
Listen very carefully to every word,
Now, the system switched to autopilot because
of all the rain from the runway
and I'm gonna need your help steering her in,
I got you, ATC,
My headset isn't working,
Now the water from the rain is not going to make it easy,
so I don't know how much autopilot is going to work,
Listen very carefully, I'm gonna need your help
to steer her in,
Where's the landing gear?
I can't find the switch!
I think the comms are down!
All right, we're going in without wheels,
The switch for the landing gear
is directly above your head!
I repeat, directly above your head!
Who is that?
I got the comm to work,
Coastal, flip that switch now!
All right, listen carefully,
Increase speed,
Reach for that throttle by your side,
They're coming in too fast,
- Are you looking at the screen? - Reach for that throttle,
increase the speed,
Now thrust it forward and bring the nose down,
Okay, uh, yeah,
we're getting some kind of a sound,
a very bad sound, some kind of alarm going,
You're doing it on purpose,
You're gonna crash the plane!
What did you s,,, Give me that phone!
You're under arrest,
No! Let it crash!
Let 'em all crash!
Oh, my God!
I'm not ready for this,
Okay, we can do this
We're gonna land this plane!
We did it,
We did it, we landed the plane,
Oh my,,, Holy,,,
We did it, we did it,
It's okay, it's okay,
This is yours,
Thank you,
I've just been debriefed by Mr, Gurin here,
He's told me why the aircraft was targeted,
We're going to place him under federal protected custody
so that way he can meet with the State Department,
Artosk labeled our group as enemy of state,
They got the Pavdekshem to bomb the plane,
For what?
Plausible deniability?
Yes, of course,
Blame us for the crime in front of the whole world
and then tell Pavdekshem they are free from exile
if they do dirty work, like bomb airline carrier,
But when it didn't work
he got his military drones to attack,
You're all free to go,
We're gonna put him on a flight to DC within the hour,
Maybe put him on a train this time,
I feel like I wanna barf,
So, what are your plans for the night?
Why?
What do you have in mind?
Want to go to a wedding?
Are you kidding me? Go on another flight?
Hey there,
You two need a lift?
I don't think we'll fly this one,
So what do you think?
Sure, why not?
There's some good flying you guys did up there,
Well, we had some help,
We're natural born pilots, I guess,
That's what we do,
Pilots fly,