Departure (2019) s01e01 Episode Script
Vanished
1
- ♪
- [HONKING]
Hi.
JFK as quickly as possible.
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
Hi.
- ♪
- Yeah.
Yes, that was me. Madelyn Strong.
[FRUSTRATED SIGH]
[CELL PHONE TINKLING]
Sorry, could you go a
little bit faster, please?
[SIREN BLARING]
[CELL PHONE TINKLING]
[PLANE ROARING]
- Which terminal, miss?
- BGA International.
- Arrivals.
- Thought you'd want departures.
No, I'm going to meet someone.
Just pull over right here.
OK, yeah, yeah, this is good!
- [CELL PHONE RINGING]
- Maddy.
Listen, Ali, I'm gonna be late.
They put me on another flight.
- ALI: What's wrong with the first one?
- I missed it.
- New York traffic.
- [DANCE MUSIC PLAYING]
Just text me a new flight
number and I'll pick you up.
No. You've been up all
night, I can cab it.
Maddy, name a time when I
haven't been there for you.
- Thanks.
- Straight up.
So, how was the interview?
Honestly, couldn't have gone better.
Columbia pretty much made
me an offer right there.
Joking? Yes, baby! That's awesome!
- Well done. I'm happy for you.
- Hey, hold on.
Allow me.
- Thank you.
- What's your name?
- Stella.
- Well, Stella,
we're good to go.
Walk-around looks good.
Let's go ahead with the pre-flight.
Did you talk to my dad?
Uh, yeah. Yeah, yeah,
yeah, I introduced myself.
- He knew who I was obviously.
- And ?
Yeah, he's accepted it. He'll
be ready, he'll be ready.
Really? Now, that
doesn't sound like him.
Look, no father, no dad wants to
mess up his daughter's big day.
I know, but it's usually
not that easy with him.
I took care of it, Maddy.
We're chill, it's all good.
Min fuel verify. 1-0-6 required.
1-3-2 on board.
1-0-6 required. 1-3-2 on board, check.
Flaps: Two sets, two indicated.
Two sets two indicated, check.
Why don't, uh why don't
you handle the next sector.
Thank you, sir.
[BEEPING]
Ladies and gentlemen, this is
your co-pilot Arthur Delaney.
Our pilot tonight
is Captain Richard Donovan.
We are pleased to welcome you
aboard BGA Flight 716 to London.
Our estimated flight time is
seven hours, ten minutes.
Please insure electronic devices
are turned off
as we prepare for departure.
- Thank you and enjoy your flight.
- OK,
I gotta go. Don't want my
mobile to fry the plane.
I love you, baby. My mix
is about to finish actually,
- I gotta go.
- I love you too.
- Ladies and gentlemen
- [INDISTINCT PA MESSAGE]
- You know that's a myth, right?
- Sorry?
There's no evidence that
phone signals interfere
- with aircraft equipment.
- Oh, good to know.
Talk away.
Laptop away, sir.
- Thank you.
- ♪
At this point, we are
number one for departure.
- You are cleared for takeoff.
- Prepare for takeoff.
BGA 716.
♪
[PLANE ENGINES REVVING UP]
- Gear up.
- [BEEPING]
Gear up. Check.
- [BANGING]
- [PEOPLE GASPING]
[WOMAN CHUCKLING]
♪
- Maintain 3-2-0.
- Gander, BGA 716, copy.
- Thank you. Good night.
- BGA 716,
- good night.
- Are you OK?
Uh, sorry. Got a
message from the missus.
- [INDISTINCT SPEAKING]
- ♪
Are you coming home tonight?
- Did something happen?
- No, no.
- I just miss you, that's all.
- I miss you too.
- You're sure everything's OK?
- Yeah.
Aunt Gillian's here if
you want to talk to her.
No, no, I'm good. Actually, I'm
running late for an appointment.
You're sure you're
just not out rowing again?
[CHUCKLING]: Cheeky.
Listen, why don't we celebrate
your homecoming tonight.
- Fancy Chinese?
- Yeah, it sounds great. OK.
- Bye.
- All right. Love you.
[SIREN BLARING]
OK, yeah.
Thanks for everything, Gillian.
- Take care, AJ. -
Yeah, I will. Bye-bye.
Well
- Are we cool?
- Yeah, we're cool. Let's go!
- Great! Let's fly!
- All right, go!
[INTERCOM]: Flight number
1-8-5-7, final call.
- Now boarding gate B-25.
- Are you coming?
[INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS]
- [BANGING]
- [PEOPLE GASPING]
What was that?
[INDISTINCT AIR TRAFFIC
CONTROL COMMUNICATION]
Everything's
functioning normally.
- [INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
- ♪
Shanwick, Shanwick, BGA 716.
88, cell call watch.
More than three hours to go.
Why don't you go on down and
get yourself a cup of coffee
- stretch your legs a bit.
- Ha! Are you sure?
Get me one too.
Haha! All right, Captain.
- Your aircraft.
- My aircraft.
Gorgeous. When is the big day?
Thank you. It's in May.
This is the longest I've been
away from him. I miss my husband.
- [BANGING]
- [PEOPLE GASPING AND SCREAMING]
I think we best sit down.
- Yeah.
- Is everything OK in there?
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
- Open up, please.
- I'm sorry.
- [BANGING]
- [PEOPLE GASPING AND SCREAMING]
- Oh, my gosh!
- Oh, my God!
What is going on? What's going on?
[WOMAN]: BGA 716, Shanwick
on 8-8-9-1. Good morning.
[MAN]: BGA 50, please move on.
BGA 716,
Shanwick on 11-2-7-9. Do you read?
- [BANGING]
- Oh! Oh, my God!
- [KNOCKING ON DOOR]
- Can you let me in?
Open up, please!
- Captain Donovan, open up!
- Ma'am, can you just go back
to your seat please,
OK? Back to your seat.
- [GASPING AND SCREAMING]
- OK, OK. OK, OK. Sorry.
Ma'am, please put your seatbelts on.
Seatbelts on. It's going to be fine, OK?
Buckle up, please. Sit down.
It's gonna be fine.
Back to your seat, ma'am.
Would you Can you
go back to your seat?
- [IMPACT]
- [PEOPLE SCREAMING, EXCLAIMING]
- What's the problem?
- 716 isn't answering
on primary or secondary.
There's nothing on SELCAL either.
Probably missed a nav turn.
Just keep your eye on it.
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING AND SCREAMING]
OK, let me try.
What the hell?
[SCREAMING]
♪
- Kendra?
- Howard!
- What are you doing here?
- There's been an incident.
A 9-5-0 has disappeared
over the Atlantic.
Departing from Toronto?
- No, JFK.
- Sorry, sir.
It's AJ. He's flying home from Toronto.
- How long since last contact?
- Almost two hours.
I'm sorry, Howard.
- I'm not the in-charge
- No. I need you.
It hasn't even been a
year since the accident.
You're the only one who can
find this plane. Come on.
♪
Come on, soldier.
[REPORTER]:
The BBC has confirmed
that a British Global aircraft
traveling from New York City
to London has vanished
over the North Atlantic.
It's believed that this is BGA Flight
716, though this has not yet
been verified.
No other details
have yet been released.
I want another one in ten minutes.
- Yes, sir.
- [CELL PHONE BUZZING]
- Derek Strong.
- Mr. Strong?
It's, uh My name's Ali Basra.
Yes, I know who you are.
Right, so, um
Maddy was supposed to return
from New York this morning,
but but her flight's disappeared.
What do you mean, disappeared?
The plane disappeared over the Atlantic.
♪
[SIGHING]
[SIREN BLARING]
♪
Well, you know most of the team,
but there's a new man for Operations.
- Dominic Hayes.
- Never heard of him.
- He was a copper.
- How is that related to Operations?
Well, the Ministry now
insists that we coordinate
- with law enforcement.
- Aaah I saw that coming.
Well, that's the way
things are, I'm afraid.
- All right, everyone
- Kendra! Hey.
- Welcome back.
- This is Kendra Malley.
You all know her for her stellar work
on the Aeroslav crash. Theo,
- would you bring her up to speed?
- Yes, sir.
- Thank you.
- Kendra, Nadia Torres,
marine meteorology. She's
on secondment from Lisbon.
This is Dominic Hayes,
he's on Operations.
- And you know Levi.
- Kendra.
- Hey.
- So, this is what we know so far. Levi?
These are the coordinates
of BGA Flight 716
when it last communicated
with the ground
at 7:03 Greenwich
Mean Time this morning.
- It hasn't been heard from since.
- Shanwick confirms
Primo 214 was 50 miles behind.
They saw the aircraft veer
southward on radar just before
the transponder went out.
♪
- [BEEPING]
- [FAST TYPING ON KEYBOARD]
[PING]
- There goes the transponder.
- There's more
than one way to track an
aircraft. What about ACARS?
[NADIA]: That's proprietary.
Shanwick wouldn't have that data.
Uh, I've got a contact at BGA
ground systems. I'll text him.
Is it strange that there was no
emergency squawk, no Mayday of any kind?
- It could've been a hijacking.
- That's what I'm thinking.
I'm going to reach out to
Security Services to see
Well, we don't know it's a hijacking.
It's just as likely
that an electrical fire
could have disabled the transponder.
- Or it could have been an explosive.
- Well, if it was a bomb,
then satellites would have
detected a heat signature.
- Not necessarily.
- And even if it was
a hijacking, wouldn't the pilot
have entered the hijack code?
Not if the cockpit was overrun
before the pilots could react.
The hijackers could still be flying.
And secondary radar would
have picked up a signal.
- ♪
- My point is,
we can't rule out any
possibility at this time.
For all we know,
that aircraft could still
be heading to London.
Uh, guys, this is live
- from Heathrow.
- With the aircraft still missing,
fears are growing that BGA
Flight 716 could be the worst
aviation disaster in UK history.
We're waiting for a reaction
from 10, Downing Street.
British Global Air has yet
to release the official
manifest of the aircraft's
passengers, but desperate
This one is going
to tear a lot of lives apart.
ever since the first rumours arose
of Flight 716's disappearance.
- Excuse me.
- grief counsellors
are on hand to deal
with the daunting task.
The Prime Minister is
looking for an update.
Kendra, are you all right?
- ♪
- Howard, being here, it just
- just brings it all back for me.
- Yes,
no one knows better than you
how everything can change in a moment.
How many, um How many souls on board?
They could still be alive.
- You trust me to do this?
- Silly question. Absolutely.
When did you become such a mug?
When did you start playing hard to get?
[BOTH CHUCKLING]
If there are survivors
on the open water,
six hours is all they will have.
Let's find this plane.
There's no My daughter was
- on that plane, so listen.
- I'm sorry, sir. There's no
Hi. I need to know if my daughter
was on the plane. Madelyn Strong.
- I'm sorry, sir. I can't help you from here.
- What?
- It's got to be on your screen.
- Sorry, sir. I don't have
access to the manifest.
It's been locked out.
What are you talking about?!
It's got to be in your system!
Why aren't you telling
me? What's wrong with you?
- Hey, I'm talking to you!
- Miss Ryan, over here, please.
- You know someone on Flight 716?
- Well, I don't know.
This woman won't tell me a
damn thing. Madelyn Strong.
She's my daughter.
- Please follow me, Mr. Strong.
- Wait. Wait.
Have you got the passenger list or not?
Nothing official. When
the manifest is confirmed,
then the families will
be informed. I promise.
Please, come with me.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
Search and rescue are on
their way to Flight 716's
last known location. But,
given what we know from TCAS,
that is not where the
aircraft went down.
OK, um, our job is to find
its true coordinates, so, Theo,
I want you and your team on
vector analysis. Nadia, take
a look at satellite imagery.
You know, we might get lucky.
All right, and another thing:
no one talks to the press.
Period. Confusion, message speculation:
all these things only
fuel conspiracy theory,
and I will not put up with
it on my watch. Any questions?
- I've got to take this.
- [PHONE RINGING]
OK, that's it.
No hits on the watch list
doesn't rule out terrorism;
it just means they're not on the list.
No, I agree.
Pilot's state of mind is top priority.
Can you get me all the
CCTV footage from JFK?
Thanks, mate.
[LEVI]: Well, Al-Maharib
is claiming responsibility.
- Who or what is Al-Maharib?
- An ISIS offshoot trying
to make a name for themselves.
They're saying Flight 716
- is just the beginning.
- Yeah, well,
somebody somewhere always takes
responsibility after a disaster.
♪
My airline contact says ACARS cut out
three minutes after the transponder.
- Which means ?
- Well, anyone can turn off
the transponder, but
switching off the ACARS system,
- that takes sophistication.
- So you're saying ?
Somebody on board wanted
the aircraft to disappear.
[SIGHING]
OK.
♪
- [KNOCKING]
- Alexis, do you still have
access to the Aviation
Authority's crew database?
I'm trying to track down
the pilot's next of kin.
Oh, sorry, Dom. Kendra
shifted me to search and rescue
for this one. Levi's your best bet.
[DOMINIC]: Four hours, eh?
Only if the passengers evacuated safely.
Any longer and they
all die of hypothermia.
How many vessels in the search area?
Twenty right now.
Ours, the Yanks, Iceland,
Canada, merchant vessels too,
- but so far nothing.
- Why?
The search area is half the
size of the North Atlantic.
We need to narrow it if we're
going to make that clock.
Right. Thanks, Alexis.
- Hey, Dom?
- Yeah?
- You all right?
- Why wouldn't I be?
Come on, Dom. This was
supposed to be your case.
I'd be furious if that happened to me.
- Well, it's not my call.
- Well, if it's any consolation,
Kendra's one of the best
investigators TSIB's ever had.
- Before the accident, you mean?
- Right.
I forgot you were still at
Scotland Yard when that happened.
Look, when her husband
died, she was devastated,
and, honestly, I didn't think
she'd come back to work here.
Well, here she is.
[KENDRA]: That's the
only satellite image?
Well, there is more, but
they're all like this.
No aircraft debris.
Are these the coordinates from the
transponder or the land earth station?
- They're from the transponder.
- Land earth station
the BGA fleet had Satcom?
Yeah. They began installing
them two months ago.
[KENDRA] Which network?
Vista or Equinox?
Equinox, I think. But
what does it matter?
- ACARS was deactivated.
- Yeah, maybe.
What are you thinking?
Hang on.
- Bob?
- Kenny!
- Hi. How's it going?
- Good to see you.
Is the rumour true?
You're back at the Bureau?
Yeah, I am. Flight 716,
it's on the Equinox network.
- Wait, what?
- Let's say
the ACARS system was manually
deactivated mid-flight.
I mean, the system, it would still
send out auto-handshake pings, right?
Yeah. The only way to disable that
would be to shut
down electrical totally.
Hold on, are you saying the
aircraft is still in the air?
Well, I was hoping
you could tell me.
Right. OK, I understand.
Time sensitive. Uh
here's the problem:
the satellite receives
thousands of pings every minute.
If the ACARS on the aircraft
was switched off,
I have no way to track the correct ping.
Bollocks. Well, can't you
well, can't you extrapolate from
the aircraft's previous pings?
In theory maybe, but it would take time.
- [KENDRA]: How much time?
- Two days?
Look, Bob, if there are
any survivors on open waters,
four hours is the most they have.
Then I best get on it. Um,
I'll need data on the ACARS.
Yeah, look, this is Theo, he's
our systems specialist. He'll get you
- whatever you need. Owe you one.
- Kendra.
- Thanks, Bob.
- BOB: Hi, Theo.
- [PHONE RINGING]
- Hi, Bob.
Surveillance videos from JFK.
- How did we get them?
- Dominic.
- He's reviewing them right now.
- Yeah, I bet he is. Come.
♪
[DOMINIC]: Skip ahead.
Wait.
His phone records aren't
showing any calls made
at 10:17 p.m. local time.
So, who is he talking to? Take it back.
Wait. Wait, wait.
Bloody hell!
Uh, what have you got?
Take a look at this.
That's Captain Donovan pre-boarding.
His phone records show that
he's using a GX7 Smartphone,
but that phone has a keyboard on it.
So why has our pilot got a second phone?
And who is he talking
to right before takeoff?
[KENDRA]: We'll need a warrant
to find out who he's calling.
No need.
It's covered under the Terrorism Act.
- Kendra, this is Janet Freeh.
- Security Service.
- MI5?
- Mhm.
You must be Kendra Malley.
I hear you're the first woman to
be given investigator-in-charge
role here. Pleasure to
be working alongside you.
Nice to meet you.
Let me know when
you've ID'ed the caller.
Do you mind playing that back?
You brought a spy
onto this investigation
- without telling me?
- She's not a spy.
She's counter-intelligence.
Look, until we have persuasive
evidence of terrorism, this case falls
under my jurisdiction,
not Security Service.
Your problem is with Howard.
He brought in the "spy",
not me.
- [INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
- [INTERCOM]: This is
a security announcement: please
do not leave any luggage
- Do you want a coffee?
- anywhere in the airport.
Unattended baggage may be
confiscated and destroyed
- by airport security.
- Mr. Strong, I'm Ali Basra.
I know who you are.
I, uh I spoke to
Maddy early this morning.
I told her you and I were cool;
everything was good.
I didn't want her to worry.
[EXHALING] She was supposed to be
on a different flight,
but she missed She
- She's gone.
- No, you don't know that.
Uh, it's been Temperature
in the North Atlantic is
Weren't you supposed to
be in New York with her?
Um, if I could have everyone's
attention, please. Uh, I am
Ethan Moreau, the CEO
of British Global Air.
I'd first like you to
know that we are doing
everything in our power to assist
with the search effort. In the
meantime, you have my personal assurance
that BGA is committed
to doing the right thing
for all of you. You will all be provided
with hotel accommodation
and counselling services
[WOMAN]: Why are you hiding
the passenger list from us?!
Ma'am, we're not hiding
anything, but mix-ups do happen
in these fluid situations,
and we have to be absolutely
certain of the passenger list
before we release any information.
Any other questions? Anyone else?
Hotel room?! I don't want a hotel
room, I want my daughter back!
We don't want to give the
wrong information to anyone.
This is ridiculous! You have
to know something by now.
- [CROWD CLAMOURING]
- [INAUDIBLE]
We're doing everything
that we possibly can.
[WOMAN]: We just need
information. Please.
Yes, yes, yes. I'll
I'll handle it.
The PMO is worried. Now, we have poured
billions into Windsor Aeronautics,
so that the UK can
finally have an answer
- to Airbus.
- And BGA is the flagship airline.
What? I may have been on leave,
but I still did read the news.
Well, then you know we
live in turbulent times.
- Meaning?
- Meaning that the Saudis and the Chinese
have placed orders for
almost a hundred aircraft.
If these orders are cancelled,
it's tits up for British aerospace.
Not my job, Howard, I go
where the evidence takes me.
- Hm
- ♪
You go ahead, I'll catch up.
- Where are you going?
- Uh, the captain's wife
lives in North London.
We're just heading there now.
I'll come with you.
ACARS data won't be in
for a while so let's do
some team building, shall we?
What do you mean, "behaving
strangely?" What are you saying?
Mrs. Donovan, at this early stage,
we don't know what
happened. But with your help,
we can try and rule certain things out.
Did he seem agitated
or upset in any way?
- No.
- Did he have health concerns?
- Was he taking any medication?
- No.
He was completely fine. We played tennis
- together all the time.
- Mrs. Donovan,
are you aware that your
husband had two mobile phones?
One for day-to-day use, and another
that he called someone from
New York before he took off.
Do you have any idea
who that might have been?
I'm sorry, Mrs. Donovan.
What we need to know is
did you see any changes
in your husband recently?
Attitude? Behaviour?
- Yeah.
- Mommy?
- Mommy, what's wrong?
- Yeah, uh
Your mommy's just
received some hard news.
Is Daddy coming home?
Is he still angry?
That's great work, Theo.
Look, send it through and
I'll be back as soon as I can.
The ACARS analysis just came in.
It looks like our plane was
in the air for 18 minutes
- after the transponder went off.
- Can that help us find it?
I hope so. Where's Levi?
He's gonna stay on for a bit,
see what else he can learn.
Yeah. He's a diligent
tin kicker that one.
That's funny because I heard
your nickname around the TSIB
was "The Shit-Kicker." Not
really living up to the hype.
Oh, sorry to disappoint you.
♪
Going a little bit fast, aren't you?
Would you care to drive?
No, thanks. I gave it up for lent.
Took up rowing instead?
Once a cop, always a cop.
I like to know who I'm working with.
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
Go ahead, Janet, I've
got Kendra in the car.
I've got the address for Captain
Donovan's final phone call.
Sandyford, just outside of Dublin.
That's great, Janet, thanks.
Forward it to me, please.
- I'm gonna head to the airfield.
- ♪
I'll drop you back at base,
then I'll head off to Dublin.
- [INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
- ♪
Tell me you found more from
the Sat data than I did.
Do we know where the aircraft is yet?
No. The auto-handshakes
don't contain any coordinates.
It's like trying to find
a mobile phone knowing only
that it pinged a certain
cell tower at certain times.
Based on the frequency of
the pings and the maximum
plausible speed of the aircraft,
it could be anywhere inside this area.
[SIGHING] May I?
- Please.
- OK, well
- [BEEPING]
- It didn't cross this line
because ground radar
would have picked it up.
And our carrier group
was positioned here at
the time of disappearance,
and they didn't pick up
anything on the radar, so
That still leaves thousands of square
miles to cover, it's impossible.
Yeah, but if we don't
find those black boxes,
then we'll never know what happened.
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
[BEEPING]
[BEEPING]
Theo, what's the interval
between the pings?
- It's every three minutes.
- No.
Three minutes is frequency at
which ACARS emits the pings;
it's not the frequency at
which the satellite receives it.
The Doppler effect.
- Great.
- What's what's happening?
The satellite isn't receiving the pings
exactly three minutes
apart because the satellite
and the aircraft are
moving away from each other.
I can use the difference
between the observed frequency
and the expected frequency
to calculate the aircraft's
speed and heading. And the coordinates.
♪
[EXHALING SLOWLY]
OK. Nadia, punch in these coordinates.
- Ready.
- Latitude "51.2900,"
longitude "negative 30.6928."
- [PING]
- Next, "50.8423,
negative 30.2226."
- [PING]
- Next, "50.3946,
negative 29.7524."
[PING]
Next, "49.9469,
negative 29.2821."
Next, "49.4992,
negative 28.8119."
- ♪
- [PING]
Next, "49.0515, negative 28.3417."
[PING]
Next ping?
It's the last one.
That's where the aircraft went down.
All anyone's talking
about is Flight 716.
I mean, it's on every feed.
Yeah, well, disaster sells, right?
[INDISTINCT INTERCOM MESSAGE]
My mom just texted, she says
she's going to be home late,
- so want to go see London?
- I'm a bit jetlagged.
I think I want to sleep a bit first.
- I mean it, sleep.
- All right.
Hey, your stepmom
knows I'm coming, right?
- Yeah.
- She better.
All right, I need
every bit of information
- you guys have collected, pronto.
- Alexis,
we've got the new coordinates
from the aircraft's last known
- location. Kendra found them.
- Oh!
Brilliant! This'll make the
search area much smaller.
This ship right here.
"The HMS Monarch."
Yeah, that's the closest.
[TYPING ON KEYBOARD]
[THEO]: They've got an hour.
That's a storm front, isn't it?
- Yeah.
- That's gonna affect the search effort.
Let's just pray that it
doesn't move that fast.
- Mr. Strong?
- Yes?
The official manifest has been
released. If you'll please come with me.
I'm Ali Basra, I'm Madelyn's fiancé.
Please
Mr. Strong, Mr. Basra,
I want to sincerely apologize
for the uncertainty
we've put you through.
Unfortunately, it's been confirmed
that Madelyn Strong
was aboard Flight 716.
[CHUCKLING]
I'm very sorry.
- [ALI SNIFFLING]
- ♪
♪
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
[DISTANT DOG BARKING]
- Mr. Kelehar?
- Uh-huh?
20 hours ago, a man
named Richard Donovan
- telephoned this residence.
- Yes?
You know Richard Donovan?
Captain Richard Donovan?
Of course, he's my husband.
- Your husband?
- Yes. What's going on?
Where's Richard? Is everything OK?
Did something happen to his flight?
Would it be all right if I
stepped inside for a moment?
Of course.
♪
The disappearance of BGA Flight 716
comes at a crucial moment
- for British Aviation
- BGA and Windsor Aeronautics
recently announced
the sale of almost a hundred
- 950 aircraft to Saudi Arabia and China.
- It has been 10 hours
since last contact with BGA Flight 716,
and hope is fading
to find survivors.
A mid-Atlantic storm front
is moving into the area
and hampering
search and rescue efforts.
[BEEPING]
Yes. Exactly.
- Hey.
- The storm's getting worse.
- Oh, God.
- And it's headed right towards them.
The search vessels aren't
going to be able to get
to those new coordinates before dawn.
Exactly.
[THEO SIGHING]
Kendra's not gonna want
to admit that this is over.
I just told, we're moving
out of search and rescue
and into investigation and recovery.
- [BEEP]
- They haven't found any survivors, have they?
So, we'll have to focus
on the black boxes.
What is your take on those coordinates?
Well, Theo tested the methodology
on two other BGA flights,
and he was able to
- predict the path for both, so
- That's good.
That's great. Any other updates?
Janet came through
with a Dublin address.
Oh, we need all the help we can get.
But what you said "follow the evidence"
you were right. And if that results
in the Chinese cancelling
their order, so be it, fine.
I appreciate it, Howard, but we
both know that's bollocks, don't we?
Mm-hmm.
How's AJ doing?
Good days, bad days.
Hm. Well
go home, soldier.
Get some sleep.
♪
Sorry to keep you waiting, Mr. Strong.
A shuttle bus is ready to
take you to your hotel now.
Will Madelyn's mother
be joining you later?
She passed away a year ago.
- Oh.
- Leukemia.
I'm so sorry. If there's
anything else you need,
- BGA will cover all costs.
- Yes, thank you.
I wasn't in New York
because I got a gig at a new club
opening here in London,
and that's why Maddy
was alone on the plane.
I should have been with her, I'm sorry.
Come on, come on
[ALI SOBBING]
There's always value
- to be found in good assets.
- [MAN 2]: As in 9-11,
someone always profits
from disaster
Aviation is the only industry
where a man
with a box cutter can put
- a halt on billions of revenue
- In the case of of Flight 716
- that someone is Pavel Bartok.
- so why would I invest?
Oligarch, fascist
and now mass murderer.
[MAN SPEAKING RUSSIAN]
Do you ever stop working?
The ships searching for
the missing aircraft,
they want to use my vessel, the Sokutsk,
- to join in the effort.
- And you agreed?
Of course. But I did send my bill
to Ethan Moreau at British Global Air.
They can still afford it
today.
I just had a very awkward conversation
- with Captain Donovan's husband.
- KENDRA: Husband?
He's been living a double life:
wife and daughter in London,
husband and new baby in Dublin.
Seems our pilot's just climbed
to the top of our suspect board.
[KENDRA]: OK. I'll see you tomorrow.
♪
- Hey!
- Hey.
- You OK?
- Yeah.
I see you got the third
lifeboat already, huh?
What else am I going to
do without you around, huh?
Well, you could go to work.
Yeah, I was, uh
I was going to talk to you about that.
It's the Flight 716 disappearance.
- Yeah, I figured.
- Look, AJ,
I know I know the
job is hard on us, but
No, I think I think you should do it.
You do?
Yeah. Nobody's as good as you anyway.
[WOMAN]: AJ?
AJ, are you coming to bed?
Hmm
And she is?
- AJ?
- Yeah?
Who's the girl?
I'm 18, I'm I'm an adult.
Yeah, then why don't you
start acting like one?
Why didn't you tell me about this girl?
'Cause I knew you'd say no.
I'm going to bed.
[EXHALING]
[SOFTLY]: Shit.
♪
Rescue 502. Alpha check.
- Marshall 502.
- [INDISTINCT SPEAKING]
Rescue 502. Copy.
Heard you were here all night.
- Yeah, thanks.
- I couldn't sleep either.
This is for the little
girl on the flight, yeah?
[ALEXIS]: Yeah.
The whole town of Maidenhead came out
- to give their prayers.
- 11 years old.
Can't even imagine what her
parents are going through.
God, it's heartbreaking.
[BEEPING]
The weather system cleared.
Yeah, and the first ships
are at the coordinates
- we have gave them, but
- What?
No sign of debris. Not
even a seat cushion.
- [THEO SIGHING]
- ♪
[RINGING]
[DOORBELL RINGING]
- Dom.
- Can I come in?
Yeah, but what are you doing here?
Take a look at this.
On the manifest, he's Harold
Rossi. But his passport's a fake,
- which is why we didn't know sooner.
- Know what sooner?
[DOMINIC]: His real
name is Hassan Esmaili.
On the watch list.
And he's been trained as a pilot.
♪
- OK.
- [CELL PHONE BUZZING]
They found debris?
No.
A survivor.
- ♪
- [WOMAN BREATHING AUDIBLY]
- ♪
- [HONKING]
Hi.
JFK as quickly as possible.
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
Hi.
- ♪
- Yeah.
Yes, that was me. Madelyn Strong.
[FRUSTRATED SIGH]
[CELL PHONE TINKLING]
Sorry, could you go a
little bit faster, please?
[SIREN BLARING]
[CELL PHONE TINKLING]
[PLANE ROARING]
- Which terminal, miss?
- BGA International.
- Arrivals.
- Thought you'd want departures.
No, I'm going to meet someone.
Just pull over right here.
OK, yeah, yeah, this is good!
- [CELL PHONE RINGING]
- Maddy.
Listen, Ali, I'm gonna be late.
They put me on another flight.
- ALI: What's wrong with the first one?
- I missed it.
- New York traffic.
- [DANCE MUSIC PLAYING]
Just text me a new flight
number and I'll pick you up.
No. You've been up all
night, I can cab it.
Maddy, name a time when I
haven't been there for you.
- Thanks.
- Straight up.
So, how was the interview?
Honestly, couldn't have gone better.
Columbia pretty much made
me an offer right there.
Joking? Yes, baby! That's awesome!
- Well done. I'm happy for you.
- Hey, hold on.
Allow me.
- Thank you.
- What's your name?
- Stella.
- Well, Stella,
we're good to go.
Walk-around looks good.
Let's go ahead with the pre-flight.
Did you talk to my dad?
Uh, yeah. Yeah, yeah,
yeah, I introduced myself.
- He knew who I was obviously.
- And ?
Yeah, he's accepted it. He'll
be ready, he'll be ready.
Really? Now, that
doesn't sound like him.
Look, no father, no dad wants to
mess up his daughter's big day.
I know, but it's usually
not that easy with him.
I took care of it, Maddy.
We're chill, it's all good.
Min fuel verify. 1-0-6 required.
1-3-2 on board.
1-0-6 required. 1-3-2 on board, check.
Flaps: Two sets, two indicated.
Two sets two indicated, check.
Why don't, uh why don't
you handle the next sector.
Thank you, sir.
[BEEPING]
Ladies and gentlemen, this is
your co-pilot Arthur Delaney.
Our pilot tonight
is Captain Richard Donovan.
We are pleased to welcome you
aboard BGA Flight 716 to London.
Our estimated flight time is
seven hours, ten minutes.
Please insure electronic devices
are turned off
as we prepare for departure.
- Thank you and enjoy your flight.
- OK,
I gotta go. Don't want my
mobile to fry the plane.
I love you, baby. My mix
is about to finish actually,
- I gotta go.
- I love you too.
- Ladies and gentlemen
- [INDISTINCT PA MESSAGE]
- You know that's a myth, right?
- Sorry?
There's no evidence that
phone signals interfere
- with aircraft equipment.
- Oh, good to know.
Talk away.
Laptop away, sir.
- Thank you.
- ♪
At this point, we are
number one for departure.
- You are cleared for takeoff.
- Prepare for takeoff.
BGA 716.
♪
[PLANE ENGINES REVVING UP]
- Gear up.
- [BEEPING]
Gear up. Check.
- [BANGING]
- [PEOPLE GASPING]
[WOMAN CHUCKLING]
♪
- Maintain 3-2-0.
- Gander, BGA 716, copy.
- Thank you. Good night.
- BGA 716,
- good night.
- Are you OK?
Uh, sorry. Got a
message from the missus.
- [INDISTINCT SPEAKING]
- ♪
Are you coming home tonight?
- Did something happen?
- No, no.
- I just miss you, that's all.
- I miss you too.
- You're sure everything's OK?
- Yeah.
Aunt Gillian's here if
you want to talk to her.
No, no, I'm good. Actually, I'm
running late for an appointment.
You're sure you're
just not out rowing again?
[CHUCKLING]: Cheeky.
Listen, why don't we celebrate
your homecoming tonight.
- Fancy Chinese?
- Yeah, it sounds great. OK.
- Bye.
- All right. Love you.
[SIREN BLARING]
OK, yeah.
Thanks for everything, Gillian.
- Take care, AJ. -
Yeah, I will. Bye-bye.
Well
- Are we cool?
- Yeah, we're cool. Let's go!
- Great! Let's fly!
- All right, go!
[INTERCOM]: Flight number
1-8-5-7, final call.
- Now boarding gate B-25.
- Are you coming?
[INAUDIBLE CONVERSATIONS]
- [BANGING]
- [PEOPLE GASPING]
What was that?
[INDISTINCT AIR TRAFFIC
CONTROL COMMUNICATION]
Everything's
functioning normally.
- [INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
- ♪
Shanwick, Shanwick, BGA 716.
88, cell call watch.
More than three hours to go.
Why don't you go on down and
get yourself a cup of coffee
- stretch your legs a bit.
- Ha! Are you sure?
Get me one too.
Haha! All right, Captain.
- Your aircraft.
- My aircraft.
Gorgeous. When is the big day?
Thank you. It's in May.
This is the longest I've been
away from him. I miss my husband.
- [BANGING]
- [PEOPLE GASPING AND SCREAMING]
I think we best sit down.
- Yeah.
- Is everything OK in there?
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
- Open up, please.
- I'm sorry.
- [BANGING]
- [PEOPLE GASPING AND SCREAMING]
- Oh, my gosh!
- Oh, my God!
What is going on? What's going on?
[WOMAN]: BGA 716, Shanwick
on 8-8-9-1. Good morning.
[MAN]: BGA 50, please move on.
BGA 716,
Shanwick on 11-2-7-9. Do you read?
- [BANGING]
- Oh! Oh, my God!
- [KNOCKING ON DOOR]
- Can you let me in?
Open up, please!
- Captain Donovan, open up!
- Ma'am, can you just go back
to your seat please,
OK? Back to your seat.
- [GASPING AND SCREAMING]
- OK, OK. OK, OK. Sorry.
Ma'am, please put your seatbelts on.
Seatbelts on. It's going to be fine, OK?
Buckle up, please. Sit down.
It's gonna be fine.
Back to your seat, ma'am.
Would you Can you
go back to your seat?
- [IMPACT]
- [PEOPLE SCREAMING, EXCLAIMING]
- What's the problem?
- 716 isn't answering
on primary or secondary.
There's nothing on SELCAL either.
Probably missed a nav turn.
Just keep your eye on it.
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING AND SCREAMING]
OK, let me try.
What the hell?
[SCREAMING]
♪
- Kendra?
- Howard!
- What are you doing here?
- There's been an incident.
A 9-5-0 has disappeared
over the Atlantic.
Departing from Toronto?
- No, JFK.
- Sorry, sir.
It's AJ. He's flying home from Toronto.
- How long since last contact?
- Almost two hours.
I'm sorry, Howard.
- I'm not the in-charge
- No. I need you.
It hasn't even been a
year since the accident.
You're the only one who can
find this plane. Come on.
♪
Come on, soldier.
[REPORTER]:
The BBC has confirmed
that a British Global aircraft
traveling from New York City
to London has vanished
over the North Atlantic.
It's believed that this is BGA Flight
716, though this has not yet
been verified.
No other details
have yet been released.
I want another one in ten minutes.
- Yes, sir.
- [CELL PHONE BUZZING]
- Derek Strong.
- Mr. Strong?
It's, uh My name's Ali Basra.
Yes, I know who you are.
Right, so, um
Maddy was supposed to return
from New York this morning,
but but her flight's disappeared.
What do you mean, disappeared?
The plane disappeared over the Atlantic.
♪
[SIGHING]
[SIREN BLARING]
♪
Well, you know most of the team,
but there's a new man for Operations.
- Dominic Hayes.
- Never heard of him.
- He was a copper.
- How is that related to Operations?
Well, the Ministry now
insists that we coordinate
- with law enforcement.
- Aaah I saw that coming.
Well, that's the way
things are, I'm afraid.
- All right, everyone
- Kendra! Hey.
- Welcome back.
- This is Kendra Malley.
You all know her for her stellar work
on the Aeroslav crash. Theo,
- would you bring her up to speed?
- Yes, sir.
- Thank you.
- Kendra, Nadia Torres,
marine meteorology. She's
on secondment from Lisbon.
This is Dominic Hayes,
he's on Operations.
- And you know Levi.
- Kendra.
- Hey.
- So, this is what we know so far. Levi?
These are the coordinates
of BGA Flight 716
when it last communicated
with the ground
at 7:03 Greenwich
Mean Time this morning.
- It hasn't been heard from since.
- Shanwick confirms
Primo 214 was 50 miles behind.
They saw the aircraft veer
southward on radar just before
the transponder went out.
♪
- [BEEPING]
- [FAST TYPING ON KEYBOARD]
[PING]
- There goes the transponder.
- There's more
than one way to track an
aircraft. What about ACARS?
[NADIA]: That's proprietary.
Shanwick wouldn't have that data.
Uh, I've got a contact at BGA
ground systems. I'll text him.
Is it strange that there was no
emergency squawk, no Mayday of any kind?
- It could've been a hijacking.
- That's what I'm thinking.
I'm going to reach out to
Security Services to see
Well, we don't know it's a hijacking.
It's just as likely
that an electrical fire
could have disabled the transponder.
- Or it could have been an explosive.
- Well, if it was a bomb,
then satellites would have
detected a heat signature.
- Not necessarily.
- And even if it was
a hijacking, wouldn't the pilot
have entered the hijack code?
Not if the cockpit was overrun
before the pilots could react.
The hijackers could still be flying.
And secondary radar would
have picked up a signal.
- ♪
- My point is,
we can't rule out any
possibility at this time.
For all we know,
that aircraft could still
be heading to London.
Uh, guys, this is live
- from Heathrow.
- With the aircraft still missing,
fears are growing that BGA
Flight 716 could be the worst
aviation disaster in UK history.
We're waiting for a reaction
from 10, Downing Street.
British Global Air has yet
to release the official
manifest of the aircraft's
passengers, but desperate
This one is going
to tear a lot of lives apart.
ever since the first rumours arose
of Flight 716's disappearance.
- Excuse me.
- grief counsellors
are on hand to deal
with the daunting task.
The Prime Minister is
looking for an update.
Kendra, are you all right?
- ♪
- Howard, being here, it just
- just brings it all back for me.
- Yes,
no one knows better than you
how everything can change in a moment.
How many, um How many souls on board?
They could still be alive.
- You trust me to do this?
- Silly question. Absolutely.
When did you become such a mug?
When did you start playing hard to get?
[BOTH CHUCKLING]
If there are survivors
on the open water,
six hours is all they will have.
Let's find this plane.
There's no My daughter was
- on that plane, so listen.
- I'm sorry, sir. There's no
Hi. I need to know if my daughter
was on the plane. Madelyn Strong.
- I'm sorry, sir. I can't help you from here.
- What?
- It's got to be on your screen.
- Sorry, sir. I don't have
access to the manifest.
It's been locked out.
What are you talking about?!
It's got to be in your system!
Why aren't you telling
me? What's wrong with you?
- Hey, I'm talking to you!
- Miss Ryan, over here, please.
- You know someone on Flight 716?
- Well, I don't know.
This woman won't tell me a
damn thing. Madelyn Strong.
She's my daughter.
- Please follow me, Mr. Strong.
- Wait. Wait.
Have you got the passenger list or not?
Nothing official. When
the manifest is confirmed,
then the families will
be informed. I promise.
Please, come with me.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
Search and rescue are on
their way to Flight 716's
last known location. But,
given what we know from TCAS,
that is not where the
aircraft went down.
OK, um, our job is to find
its true coordinates, so, Theo,
I want you and your team on
vector analysis. Nadia, take
a look at satellite imagery.
You know, we might get lucky.
All right, and another thing:
no one talks to the press.
Period. Confusion, message speculation:
all these things only
fuel conspiracy theory,
and I will not put up with
it on my watch. Any questions?
- I've got to take this.
- [PHONE RINGING]
OK, that's it.
No hits on the watch list
doesn't rule out terrorism;
it just means they're not on the list.
No, I agree.
Pilot's state of mind is top priority.
Can you get me all the
CCTV footage from JFK?
Thanks, mate.
[LEVI]: Well, Al-Maharib
is claiming responsibility.
- Who or what is Al-Maharib?
- An ISIS offshoot trying
to make a name for themselves.
They're saying Flight 716
- is just the beginning.
- Yeah, well,
somebody somewhere always takes
responsibility after a disaster.
♪
My airline contact says ACARS cut out
three minutes after the transponder.
- Which means ?
- Well, anyone can turn off
the transponder, but
switching off the ACARS system,
- that takes sophistication.
- So you're saying ?
Somebody on board wanted
the aircraft to disappear.
[SIGHING]
OK.
♪
- [KNOCKING]
- Alexis, do you still have
access to the Aviation
Authority's crew database?
I'm trying to track down
the pilot's next of kin.
Oh, sorry, Dom. Kendra
shifted me to search and rescue
for this one. Levi's your best bet.
[DOMINIC]: Four hours, eh?
Only if the passengers evacuated safely.
Any longer and they
all die of hypothermia.
How many vessels in the search area?
Twenty right now.
Ours, the Yanks, Iceland,
Canada, merchant vessels too,
- but so far nothing.
- Why?
The search area is half the
size of the North Atlantic.
We need to narrow it if we're
going to make that clock.
Right. Thanks, Alexis.
- Hey, Dom?
- Yeah?
- You all right?
- Why wouldn't I be?
Come on, Dom. This was
supposed to be your case.
I'd be furious if that happened to me.
- Well, it's not my call.
- Well, if it's any consolation,
Kendra's one of the best
investigators TSIB's ever had.
- Before the accident, you mean?
- Right.
I forgot you were still at
Scotland Yard when that happened.
Look, when her husband
died, she was devastated,
and, honestly, I didn't think
she'd come back to work here.
Well, here she is.
[KENDRA]: That's the
only satellite image?
Well, there is more, but
they're all like this.
No aircraft debris.
Are these the coordinates from the
transponder or the land earth station?
- They're from the transponder.
- Land earth station
the BGA fleet had Satcom?
Yeah. They began installing
them two months ago.
[KENDRA] Which network?
Vista or Equinox?
Equinox, I think. But
what does it matter?
- ACARS was deactivated.
- Yeah, maybe.
What are you thinking?
Hang on.
- Bob?
- Kenny!
- Hi. How's it going?
- Good to see you.
Is the rumour true?
You're back at the Bureau?
Yeah, I am. Flight 716,
it's on the Equinox network.
- Wait, what?
- Let's say
the ACARS system was manually
deactivated mid-flight.
I mean, the system, it would still
send out auto-handshake pings, right?
Yeah. The only way to disable that
would be to shut
down electrical totally.
Hold on, are you saying the
aircraft is still in the air?
Well, I was hoping
you could tell me.
Right. OK, I understand.
Time sensitive. Uh
here's the problem:
the satellite receives
thousands of pings every minute.
If the ACARS on the aircraft
was switched off,
I have no way to track the correct ping.
Bollocks. Well, can't you
well, can't you extrapolate from
the aircraft's previous pings?
In theory maybe, but it would take time.
- [KENDRA]: How much time?
- Two days?
Look, Bob, if there are
any survivors on open waters,
four hours is the most they have.
Then I best get on it. Um,
I'll need data on the ACARS.
Yeah, look, this is Theo, he's
our systems specialist. He'll get you
- whatever you need. Owe you one.
- Kendra.
- Thanks, Bob.
- BOB: Hi, Theo.
- [PHONE RINGING]
- Hi, Bob.
Surveillance videos from JFK.
- How did we get them?
- Dominic.
- He's reviewing them right now.
- Yeah, I bet he is. Come.
♪
[DOMINIC]: Skip ahead.
Wait.
His phone records aren't
showing any calls made
at 10:17 p.m. local time.
So, who is he talking to? Take it back.
Wait. Wait, wait.
Bloody hell!
Uh, what have you got?
Take a look at this.
That's Captain Donovan pre-boarding.
His phone records show that
he's using a GX7 Smartphone,
but that phone has a keyboard on it.
So why has our pilot got a second phone?
And who is he talking
to right before takeoff?
[KENDRA]: We'll need a warrant
to find out who he's calling.
No need.
It's covered under the Terrorism Act.
- Kendra, this is Janet Freeh.
- Security Service.
- MI5?
- Mhm.
You must be Kendra Malley.
I hear you're the first woman to
be given investigator-in-charge
role here. Pleasure to
be working alongside you.
Nice to meet you.
Let me know when
you've ID'ed the caller.
Do you mind playing that back?
You brought a spy
onto this investigation
- without telling me?
- She's not a spy.
She's counter-intelligence.
Look, until we have persuasive
evidence of terrorism, this case falls
under my jurisdiction,
not Security Service.
Your problem is with Howard.
He brought in the "spy",
not me.
- [INDISTINCT CHATTERING]
- [INTERCOM]: This is
a security announcement: please
do not leave any luggage
- Do you want a coffee?
- anywhere in the airport.
Unattended baggage may be
confiscated and destroyed
- by airport security.
- Mr. Strong, I'm Ali Basra.
I know who you are.
I, uh I spoke to
Maddy early this morning.
I told her you and I were cool;
everything was good.
I didn't want her to worry.
[EXHALING] She was supposed to be
on a different flight,
but she missed She
- She's gone.
- No, you don't know that.
Uh, it's been Temperature
in the North Atlantic is
Weren't you supposed to
be in New York with her?
Um, if I could have everyone's
attention, please. Uh, I am
Ethan Moreau, the CEO
of British Global Air.
I'd first like you to
know that we are doing
everything in our power to assist
with the search effort. In the
meantime, you have my personal assurance
that BGA is committed
to doing the right thing
for all of you. You will all be provided
with hotel accommodation
and counselling services
[WOMAN]: Why are you hiding
the passenger list from us?!
Ma'am, we're not hiding
anything, but mix-ups do happen
in these fluid situations,
and we have to be absolutely
certain of the passenger list
before we release any information.
Any other questions? Anyone else?
Hotel room?! I don't want a hotel
room, I want my daughter back!
We don't want to give the
wrong information to anyone.
This is ridiculous! You have
to know something by now.
- [CROWD CLAMOURING]
- [INAUDIBLE]
We're doing everything
that we possibly can.
[WOMAN]: We just need
information. Please.
Yes, yes, yes. I'll
I'll handle it.
The PMO is worried. Now, we have poured
billions into Windsor Aeronautics,
so that the UK can
finally have an answer
- to Airbus.
- And BGA is the flagship airline.
What? I may have been on leave,
but I still did read the news.
Well, then you know we
live in turbulent times.
- Meaning?
- Meaning that the Saudis and the Chinese
have placed orders for
almost a hundred aircraft.
If these orders are cancelled,
it's tits up for British aerospace.
Not my job, Howard, I go
where the evidence takes me.
- Hm
- ♪
You go ahead, I'll catch up.
- Where are you going?
- Uh, the captain's wife
lives in North London.
We're just heading there now.
I'll come with you.
ACARS data won't be in
for a while so let's do
some team building, shall we?
What do you mean, "behaving
strangely?" What are you saying?
Mrs. Donovan, at this early stage,
we don't know what
happened. But with your help,
we can try and rule certain things out.
Did he seem agitated
or upset in any way?
- No.
- Did he have health concerns?
- Was he taking any medication?
- No.
He was completely fine. We played tennis
- together all the time.
- Mrs. Donovan,
are you aware that your
husband had two mobile phones?
One for day-to-day use, and another
that he called someone from
New York before he took off.
Do you have any idea
who that might have been?
I'm sorry, Mrs. Donovan.
What we need to know is
did you see any changes
in your husband recently?
Attitude? Behaviour?
- Yeah.
- Mommy?
- Mommy, what's wrong?
- Yeah, uh
Your mommy's just
received some hard news.
Is Daddy coming home?
Is he still angry?
That's great work, Theo.
Look, send it through and
I'll be back as soon as I can.
The ACARS analysis just came in.
It looks like our plane was
in the air for 18 minutes
- after the transponder went off.
- Can that help us find it?
I hope so. Where's Levi?
He's gonna stay on for a bit,
see what else he can learn.
Yeah. He's a diligent
tin kicker that one.
That's funny because I heard
your nickname around the TSIB
was "The Shit-Kicker." Not
really living up to the hype.
Oh, sorry to disappoint you.
♪
Going a little bit fast, aren't you?
Would you care to drive?
No, thanks. I gave it up for lent.
Took up rowing instead?
Once a cop, always a cop.
I like to know who I'm working with.
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
Go ahead, Janet, I've
got Kendra in the car.
I've got the address for Captain
Donovan's final phone call.
Sandyford, just outside of Dublin.
That's great, Janet, thanks.
Forward it to me, please.
- I'm gonna head to the airfield.
- ♪
I'll drop you back at base,
then I'll head off to Dublin.
- [INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]
- ♪
Tell me you found more from
the Sat data than I did.
Do we know where the aircraft is yet?
No. The auto-handshakes
don't contain any coordinates.
It's like trying to find
a mobile phone knowing only
that it pinged a certain
cell tower at certain times.
Based on the frequency of
the pings and the maximum
plausible speed of the aircraft,
it could be anywhere inside this area.
[SIGHING] May I?
- Please.
- OK, well
- [BEEPING]
- It didn't cross this line
because ground radar
would have picked it up.
And our carrier group
was positioned here at
the time of disappearance,
and they didn't pick up
anything on the radar, so
That still leaves thousands of square
miles to cover, it's impossible.
Yeah, but if we don't
find those black boxes,
then we'll never know what happened.
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
[BEEPING]
[BEEPING]
Theo, what's the interval
between the pings?
- It's every three minutes.
- No.
Three minutes is frequency at
which ACARS emits the pings;
it's not the frequency at
which the satellite receives it.
The Doppler effect.
- Great.
- What's what's happening?
The satellite isn't receiving the pings
exactly three minutes
apart because the satellite
and the aircraft are
moving away from each other.
I can use the difference
between the observed frequency
and the expected frequency
to calculate the aircraft's
speed and heading. And the coordinates.
♪
[EXHALING SLOWLY]
OK. Nadia, punch in these coordinates.
- Ready.
- Latitude "51.2900,"
longitude "negative 30.6928."
- [PING]
- Next, "50.8423,
negative 30.2226."
- [PING]
- Next, "50.3946,
negative 29.7524."
[PING]
Next, "49.9469,
negative 29.2821."
Next, "49.4992,
negative 28.8119."
- ♪
- [PING]
Next, "49.0515, negative 28.3417."
[PING]
Next ping?
It's the last one.
That's where the aircraft went down.
All anyone's talking
about is Flight 716.
I mean, it's on every feed.
Yeah, well, disaster sells, right?
[INDISTINCT INTERCOM MESSAGE]
My mom just texted, she says
she's going to be home late,
- so want to go see London?
- I'm a bit jetlagged.
I think I want to sleep a bit first.
- I mean it, sleep.
- All right.
Hey, your stepmom
knows I'm coming, right?
- Yeah.
- She better.
All right, I need
every bit of information
- you guys have collected, pronto.
- Alexis,
we've got the new coordinates
from the aircraft's last known
- location. Kendra found them.
- Oh!
Brilliant! This'll make the
search area much smaller.
This ship right here.
"The HMS Monarch."
Yeah, that's the closest.
[TYPING ON KEYBOARD]
[THEO]: They've got an hour.
That's a storm front, isn't it?
- Yeah.
- That's gonna affect the search effort.
Let's just pray that it
doesn't move that fast.
- Mr. Strong?
- Yes?
The official manifest has been
released. If you'll please come with me.
I'm Ali Basra, I'm Madelyn's fiancé.
Please
Mr. Strong, Mr. Basra,
I want to sincerely apologize
for the uncertainty
we've put you through.
Unfortunately, it's been confirmed
that Madelyn Strong
was aboard Flight 716.
[CHUCKLING]
I'm very sorry.
- [ALI SNIFFLING]
- ♪
♪
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
[DISTANT DOG BARKING]
- Mr. Kelehar?
- Uh-huh?
20 hours ago, a man
named Richard Donovan
- telephoned this residence.
- Yes?
You know Richard Donovan?
Captain Richard Donovan?
Of course, he's my husband.
- Your husband?
- Yes. What's going on?
Where's Richard? Is everything OK?
Did something happen to his flight?
Would it be all right if I
stepped inside for a moment?
Of course.
♪
The disappearance of BGA Flight 716
comes at a crucial moment
- for British Aviation
- BGA and Windsor Aeronautics
recently announced
the sale of almost a hundred
- 950 aircraft to Saudi Arabia and China.
- It has been 10 hours
since last contact with BGA Flight 716,
and hope is fading
to find survivors.
A mid-Atlantic storm front
is moving into the area
and hampering
search and rescue efforts.
[BEEPING]
Yes. Exactly.
- Hey.
- The storm's getting worse.
- Oh, God.
- And it's headed right towards them.
The search vessels aren't
going to be able to get
to those new coordinates before dawn.
Exactly.
[THEO SIGHING]
Kendra's not gonna want
to admit that this is over.
I just told, we're moving
out of search and rescue
and into investigation and recovery.
- [BEEP]
- They haven't found any survivors, have they?
So, we'll have to focus
on the black boxes.
What is your take on those coordinates?
Well, Theo tested the methodology
on two other BGA flights,
and he was able to
- predict the path for both, so
- That's good.
That's great. Any other updates?
Janet came through
with a Dublin address.
Oh, we need all the help we can get.
But what you said "follow the evidence"
you were right. And if that results
in the Chinese cancelling
their order, so be it, fine.
I appreciate it, Howard, but we
both know that's bollocks, don't we?
Mm-hmm.
How's AJ doing?
Good days, bad days.
Hm. Well
go home, soldier.
Get some sleep.
♪
Sorry to keep you waiting, Mr. Strong.
A shuttle bus is ready to
take you to your hotel now.
Will Madelyn's mother
be joining you later?
She passed away a year ago.
- Oh.
- Leukemia.
I'm so sorry. If there's
anything else you need,
- BGA will cover all costs.
- Yes, thank you.
I wasn't in New York
because I got a gig at a new club
opening here in London,
and that's why Maddy
was alone on the plane.
I should have been with her, I'm sorry.
Come on, come on
[ALI SOBBING]
There's always value
- to be found in good assets.
- [MAN 2]: As in 9-11,
someone always profits
from disaster
Aviation is the only industry
where a man
with a box cutter can put
- a halt on billions of revenue
- In the case of of Flight 716
- that someone is Pavel Bartok.
- so why would I invest?
Oligarch, fascist
and now mass murderer.
[MAN SPEAKING RUSSIAN]
Do you ever stop working?
The ships searching for
the missing aircraft,
they want to use my vessel, the Sokutsk,
- to join in the effort.
- And you agreed?
Of course. But I did send my bill
to Ethan Moreau at British Global Air.
They can still afford it
today.
I just had a very awkward conversation
- with Captain Donovan's husband.
- KENDRA: Husband?
He's been living a double life:
wife and daughter in London,
husband and new baby in Dublin.
Seems our pilot's just climbed
to the top of our suspect board.
[KENDRA]: OK. I'll see you tomorrow.
♪
- Hey!
- Hey.
- You OK?
- Yeah.
I see you got the third
lifeboat already, huh?
What else am I going to
do without you around, huh?
Well, you could go to work.
Yeah, I was, uh
I was going to talk to you about that.
It's the Flight 716 disappearance.
- Yeah, I figured.
- Look, AJ,
I know I know the
job is hard on us, but
No, I think I think you should do it.
You do?
Yeah. Nobody's as good as you anyway.
[WOMAN]: AJ?
AJ, are you coming to bed?
Hmm
And she is?
- AJ?
- Yeah?
Who's the girl?
I'm 18, I'm I'm an adult.
Yeah, then why don't you
start acting like one?
Why didn't you tell me about this girl?
'Cause I knew you'd say no.
I'm going to bed.
[EXHALING]
[SOFTLY]: Shit.
♪
Rescue 502. Alpha check.
- Marshall 502.
- [INDISTINCT SPEAKING]
Rescue 502. Copy.
Heard you were here all night.
- Yeah, thanks.
- I couldn't sleep either.
This is for the little
girl on the flight, yeah?
[ALEXIS]: Yeah.
The whole town of Maidenhead came out
- to give their prayers.
- 11 years old.
Can't even imagine what her
parents are going through.
God, it's heartbreaking.
[BEEPING]
The weather system cleared.
Yeah, and the first ships
are at the coordinates
- we have gave them, but
- What?
No sign of debris. Not
even a seat cushion.
- [THEO SIGHING]
- ♪
[RINGING]
[DOORBELL RINGING]
- Dom.
- Can I come in?
Yeah, but what are you doing here?
Take a look at this.
On the manifest, he's Harold
Rossi. But his passport's a fake,
- which is why we didn't know sooner.
- Know what sooner?
[DOMINIC]: His real
name is Hassan Esmaili.
On the watch list.
And he's been trained as a pilot.
♪
- OK.
- [CELL PHONE BUZZING]
They found debris?
No.
A survivor.
- ♪
- [WOMAN BREATHING AUDIBLY]