Hijack (2023) s01e05 Episode Script
Less Than an Hour
1
[LEWIS BREATHING WEAKLY, DISTORTED]
[LEWIS BREATHING WEAKLY]
[HIJACKER] Who did this?
Who let him get like this?
They tried to help him.
[BREATHING WEAKLY]
You, you're the doctor, right?
Tell me he's gonna make it.
[SIGHS] Right now he's stable, and
that's about as much as I can say.
Right. Stay with him.
The rest of you, out.
I made a phone call. [BREATHES SHAKILY]
I phoned Mum.
[HIJACKER] That's okay, mate.
Out!
[PASSENGERS MURMURING]
Where's Dad?
He's just helping a
poorly man out, mate.
[SIGHS]
[PASSENGERS SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
How is he?
Do you mind if I get a water?
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
[INHALES DEEPLY] Thanks.
Thanks, Anna.
[JAMIE] Keep moving.
[SIGHS]
[JAMIE] Back in your seat.
[SIGHS]
[SIGHING, GRUNTS]
[SAM BREATHES DEEPLY]
Well?
Are you gonna tell us what
the hell's been going on?
[SAM BREATHING SHARPLY]
[GRUNTS, INHALES SHARPLY]
What flag is that?
Italy.
The other way around.
Hungary. Why?
I've been thinking [EXHALES DEEPLY]
maybe we can end this.
[OVERLAPPING RADIO CHATTER]
["LONELY SOUL" PLAYING]
- [LOUISE] No, I know.
- [SUPERVISOR] Right now, it's just
- The main thing we need to find out
- [PERSON CLEARS THROAT]
The home secretary.
Neil, we've been calling you.
- [NEIL] Louise, where are you right now?
- Collingwood House.
What the hell are you doing there?
Because that's where we ended up.
I've been handed an
envelope marked "demands."
Demands?
We're actually not far from you.
- What sort of demands?
- We can be in Collingwood
- in less than two minutes.
- Neil.
And then we can discuss this together.
I need you to get in touch
with the security at
Whitehall to check that CCTV.
I need an ID on the man
who handed me this envelope.
Now, please.
[LINE BEEPS]
[LOUISE] The home secretary's
been handed a letter.
It may have nothing to do with any
of this, but he wants to share it,
so I've suggested he come in.
We don't focus on the hijackers.
They'll be too careful.
We focus on the friends and family
'cause if they're on social media,
they'll give these guys away.
The mother's house. [SIGHS]
Search it. Get whatever you can.
You may as well go together. Hmm?
Okay. Good.
[ELEVATOR DINGS]
[NEIL] Morning, everyone. [SIGHS]
Morning, Louise.
- Right. I've been given this.
- Uh, excuse me.
[NEIL] Um, it's quite
short, so I'll read it first.
You can tell me if it tallies
with anything that you have.
"For the attention of the home secretary
and members of the UK government.
On the 7th of January 2023,
Edgar Janssen and John Bailey-Brown
were wrongfully imprisoned.
As a direct result of this, Flight
KA29 has been hijacked." [SIGHS]
"This is your opportunity
to right that wrong.
You have the time it takes
for the plane to reach London
to release these men from prison.
Failure to do so or comply
with any subsequent instructions
will result in the death
of all 216 people on board."
[NEIL SIGHS]
So, there's quite a bit
to think about there, then.
[LEWIS BREATHES WEAKLY]
[HUGO] Whose mum?
No. He said, "I called Mum."
Not "my mum," but "Mum."
- So they're brothers?
- Yeah.
I mean, they could not be. He could
just know the younger guy's mum.
No, no. He said it
like they were brothers.
- Yeah.
- Guys, we're still over Romania.
Should be for about another 15 minutes.
So, if we do this, we should do it now.
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
Can I say one thing, all right?
Before you say anything,
just let me explain.
Yeah? Yeah?
I think you need to land this.
I'm not saying call it
off or anything like that.
You can take off again and
keep this whole thing going,
but he needs medical attention.
- He's stable.
- [SAM] He's dying.
- The doctor said he's stable.
- Think about it.
- You heard him.
- He's breathing through a Biro.
He's gonna die. If not now,
before we get to London.
Nah.
No, not for one person.
He's not one person though, is he?
[BREATHES DEEPLY] He's your brother.
- Yeah? Where'd you get that from?
- His heart's not even in this.
- Who said he's my brother?
- [SAM] He doesn't wanna let you down.
[HIJACKER] Who told you?
He told me, okay?
And now he's breathing through
a pen, and he's not gonna last.
The doctor told me that.
The doctor said he's stable.
The doctor told you
what you need to hear,
because he's fucking petrified.
The fact is, he's got
air trapped in his lung,
and that pen is not gonna last
the whole flight. That's a fact.
[SIGHS] Less than an hour.
He said that?
Less than an hour.
That's what he says.
[INHALES SHARPLY] You land this plane.
You get your brother the help
he needs, or you lose him.
That's the choice.
Less than an hour.
That was the phrase, was it?
Let's ask him, shall we?
I'll go there now and ask him
how long he thinks he's got.
No sugarcoating it this time.
And if he says any different,
someone else gets it. And they will.
Trust me.
The more you do, the easier it gets.
Yeah?
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
I'm sorry.
[EXHALES SHAKILY]
- [JAMIE] Oi!
- How do I call the back? What button?
- [DEEVIA] A-F-T.
- Back in your seat.
Yeah.
- [JAMIE] Now!
- Less Less than an hour.
Coming.
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
[LINE RINGS]
Hello?
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
I'm sorry?
That's the message. Less
than an hour. That
You told me he was stable,
but he's not, is he?
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
This tube that's helping him,
it's not gonna last, is it?
Tell me the truth now. No fucking about.
How long's he got?
[LEWIS BREATHING WEAKLY, WHEEZING]
Well, less than an hour.
[NEIL] There is a long
history in this country,
and it's fairly well-known that we
do not negotiate with terrorists.
Can we not just walk in here and
start calling them that, please?
[SIGHS] Whatever we're calling them
They're an organized crime
group. A proficient one.
[NEIL] The point being, we
cannot be seen to be blackmailed.
That is the line we
always take, is it not?
Well, absolutely. We cannot
be seen to be blackmailed.
Go on.
Well, never before have so many
UK nationals been held hostage,
and never with such a time clock.
Two hours, 49 minutes.
Not that it's playing
on our minds or anything.
[SIGHS]
There is one question we need to
answer before we do anything else.
Are these te [SIGHS]
Is this OCG likely to
make good this threat?
Do we have any evidence
of anything they've done
that demonstrates that
they have it in their makeup
to see this through?
If you're asking if they've
ever hijacked a plane before
That's not what I'm asking,
and you know it's not.
I want context.
Evidence first, that we
take them seriously enough
that they're even contemplating these.
That's what I want to know.
- [PEOPLE CHATTERING, LAUGHING]
- [DOG BARKING]
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
[CHILD] Gala.
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
[CHILD] Gala.
[COCKS GUN]
[IN MALAYALAM] Can Gala come and play?
I think you've got the wrong house, pal.
Come back tomorrow.
[DOOR THUDS]
- [DOG BARKING]
- [CHILDREN PLAYING]
[DOOR CLOSES]
[DOG WHIMPERING]
[DOG BARKING]
[DOG BARKING CONTINUES]
[MUSIC PLAYING ON HEADPHONES]
[SIGHS]
[KEYS RATTLE]
[SIGHS]
[SAM ON VOICE MAIL]
Hi. This is Sam Nelson.
Leave a message, and
I'll get back to you.
[LINE BEEPS]
[KAI] Guess what, Dad. I'm at your
place. I can't wait to see you.
["WAKE UP EVERYBODY" PLAYING]
I'm not saying we do it,
I'm saying it's an option.
There are no options.
We do what we said we'd do. End of.
He's my brother. Your mate.
You and him used to be together.
That was nothing.
Not to him.
Oi.
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
Get your hand off me.
He's dying.
Now.
Think of all the things
that could go wrong.
Then think of all the stuff to do
with the plane and taking off again,
that you know nothing about,
that could go wrong as well.
What could go more wrong than my
little brother dying in front of you?
[SIGHS, SWALLOWS]
[SIGHS]
- Come on.
- [INHALES SHARPLY]
- If we do this
- Yeah.
if, how will it work?
[HUGO] Wha
Well, first thing is to decide quickly.
You can't just land a plane
this size without warning.
You need to ask the others first.
- We need to speak to the ground.
- [JAMIE] Did you not hear what I said?
And turn the screens back on, just
for a minute, so I can see the map.
So I can work out which
airport we need to persuade.
Persuade?
To let us land.
Not everyone wants a hijacked
plane coming their way.
We need someone to land the plane.
- [STAMMERS]
- [SAM] We're flying over Hungary.
- You speak Hungarian, yes?
- Yeah, but
We need to persuade the Hungarians
to let us land this plane.
The Hungarian air traffic
control speak English.
- I I know. No, I know.
- You don't need Hungarian.
I We do, because the hijackers don't.
So if you can get a message
down to them in Hungarian,
this could all be over.
[DAVID] Come on, mate.
Keep talking. Keep looking.
Come on. What do you wanna talk
about? Uh, you wanna talk about music?
Um, football?
[SCOFFS] Don't know why I said football.
I know fuck all about football.
Although I did hear once that you're
meant to be a Leeds fan, you know.
And if you're not a fan of Leeds,
then you're not worth having as
a fan, apparently. [CHUCKLING]
[CHUCKLING, GROANING]
[STAMMERS] You're not
from Leeds, are you?
Uh, you sound like Londoners.
Is that where you're from?
Kent? Or London or somewhere?
[WHISPERING] Help me. [BREATHING WEAKLY]
What was that, mate? Say again.
[BREATHING WEAKLY]
Help me.
Help me. [BREATHING WEAKLY, WHEEZING]
Um, if we could, uh, crush those up,
and then we're gonna, um,
dissolve them in some water, yeah?
Then we'll help him drink it.
- [DEEVIA] How many?
- [DAVID] All of them.
Is that safe?
[HEAVY BREATHING, WHEEZING CONTINUES]
[CALL BUTTON BEEPS]
[PASSENGERS MURMURING]
Mum, look.
[MURMURING CONTINUES]
[ROBIN] They all speak basic
English, but none of them are fluent.
What we're asking, permission,
landing protocols, it's
all pretty technical.
Anna will help us explain.
[HIJACKER] We're only asking.
I wanna be sure they
can have doctors waiting
before we even think about landing.
We start by telling them that
all the passengers are safe, okay?
They do not want to
inherit a violent situation.
This is all about getting
medical assistance.
We need to take off again afterwards.
[JAMIE] Say it.
In Hungarian, "We need
medical assistance."
[IN HUNGARIAN] We need
medical assistance.
That's what you tell them.
You're not committing to anything,
remember? You check with me first.
- [BREATHING SHAKILY]
- [SAM] You okay with, um
You okay with doing all of that?
Yeah.
But I don't want him here.
I don't want him anywhere near me.
[BREATHES SHARPLY]
[ZAHRA] The Cheapside Firm, headed
by Edgar Janssen, on the left,
and John Bailey-Brown.
They're an organized crime group
working in the international drug trade.
They're not, uh, dealers or smugglers.
What they do is they run the
network. The tracks, not the trains.
British drug smugglers are only
as good as their points of entry.
So once a gang has found a secure
way in, they tend to stick to it.
And these points of entry are all
controlled by the Cheapside Firm?
[ZAHRA] Yeah. But it's not just drugs.
Sex workers, weapons,
a network running all across Europe
that wasn't busted until November.
And these two each got 35 years.
They're also ruthless individuals.
Right. Well, this is
where we do take the lead.
Uh, who are they?
Which agencies, databases, PNC,
HOLMES 2, hold their records?
And most importantly,
where are they now?
Uh, HMP Thorpe, just outside London.
[HEIDI] We're also
checking all Whitehall CCTV
for images on the man who
gave you the envelope, too.
[NEIL] Thank you.
To be clear, I understood
we weren't considering this.
We're not, but I'm just getting context.
We need to be prepared.
These are damaged. I need mine.
Budapest, this is Kingdom
2-9. Can you hear me?
Don't try anything clever. You'll
end up getting people killed.
Kingdom 2-9, we have
a red flag against you.
Please give your status.
Budapest, we have had
an incident on board.
All passengers are safe. But
we now require your cooperation.
- [FLIGHT CONTROLLER] Cooperation?
- I'm gonna switch to Hungarian now.
[IN HUNGARIAN] Budapest
We need medical assistance.
[FLIGHT CONTROLLER] Kingdom 2-9?
status for me, please.
I have English speakers on board,
so for them and for you I can confirm
the incident on board has been resolved,
but we now are in need of
urgent medical assistance.
Doctors waiting.
- Doctors waiting at Györ Airport.
- And an ambulance on the runway.
An ambulance on the runway.
[IN HUNGARIAN] But please understand
The Hijack is still happening.
[ENGINES RUMBLING]
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
Says it on the bins.
[OFFICER] Charlie Two,
moving into position.
- [LINE RINGING]
- Look at that.
Two hundred lives at stake, and
she's still wearing her dressing gown.
[ZAHRA] Go ahead. [SIGHS]
We've got eyes on Elaine.
We're checking if there's
anybody else at the property.
All right. As soon as you're ready,
I want you to go
straight in. Understood?
Copy that.
[WHISPERING] They've
taken the pilots back.
- Who has?
- We have.
They came and took the other one
out of her seat. The female pilot.
[FLIGHT CONTROLLER, IN
HUNGARIAN] Kingdom 2-9
We cannot give permission to land.
Not till we speak to our superiors.
- She's trying to get us permission
to land at Györ Airport.
[IN HUNGARIAN] A nice steady voice.
You must sound calm.
Kingdom 2-9, this is above my job level.
Why's she still talking?
[IN HUNGARIAN] I have 200 people
on board. This is our only chance.
- It's complicated, I think.
Am I asking you?
Say it in English.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Thank you for considering
our request, Budapest.
We are minus 19 from Györ Airport,
in anticipation of your decision
We will begin a gradual descent.
[IN HUNGARIAN] Tell them
we need "armed units".
Soldiers on the ground.
This this is an unscheduled landing!
[RUMBLING, RATTLING]
[PASSENGERS MURMURING]
[PASSENGER] We are going down.
Look, the clouds are going up.
[MOUTHING] What?
[WHISPERING] We're landing.
[DAVID] Last bit.
[SWALLOWS]
- [BREATHING SHAKILY, GRUNTING]
- Go on.
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
[DAVID] There you go.
- [LEWIS SIGHS]
- [RUMBLING, RATTLING]
- [DAVID] If we're landing, that's good.
- [BREATHING SHAKILY]
There'll be doctors to help you.
I don't understand.
- [ERICA] Elaine Atterton?
- [DOOR CLOSES]
You're the mother of Lewis
and Stuart Atterton, yeah?
You don't just come in here.
You wanna tell me who
they're involved with?
You wanna tell me who
they're with right now?
Get off that.
You might wanna tell us, Elaine.
Stop yourself getting arrested.
Don't know what you're on about.
Sit down.
I don't know anything about anything.
Down.
[TV PLAYING INDISTINCTLY]
[TV TURNS OFF]
[DANIEL] Listen to me carefully.
We don't have a lot of time.
I think you know why we're here, Elaine.
What your sons are involved
in, and how serious this is.
And I think we're gonna find activity
on this that's gonna prove it.
- Please, you're making a mistake.
- So either you start talking,
or you'll be detained under
Section 41 of the Terrorism Act.
And trust me, Elaine, that's
not a happy place to be.
See, this is the thing.
All of the people that we're trying
to save they have families too.
I have the PM ready to get on the line.
She can be phone, video,
whatever's encoded.
I've got the FPCC for you, right now.
FPCC first, please.
Are yo Are you joking?
I want the latest information.
- You're putting the PM on hold?
- Because she will too.
Thank you.
[LYDIA] U-Uh, putting you on speaker.
[ALICE] We have a
possible request to land.
There's talk of a
medical incident onboard.
Now, this is all secondhand information,
but there's no reason
the Hungarians would lie.
What you're looking at
now is still Romanian feed,
but as you can see,
it's on course for Györ.
[ZAHRA] And they know
about the hijacking?
[ALICE] Yes. Yeah,
and we've confirmed it.
And? Will they let it land?
They're talking right now.
But this is an easy request to refuse.
So, the feeling here is
there must be a chance.
And this is why we hold our nerve.
See what these hooligans are made of
before we let them amble out of prison.
- [SIREN WHOOPS]
- [DOOR THUDS]
- [RADIO BEEPS]
- [RADIO CHATTER]
[IN ARABIC] I saw the family go inside.
Then these cleaners came out.
They lock the door.
Then they drive away.
We keep knocking but no one's answering.
- Something is wrong.
- [DOG WHIMPERS, WHINES]
[DOG BARKING]
- [BARKING]
- [NEIGHBOR SPEAKS ARABIC]
[POLICE OFFICER SPEAKS ARABIC]
[DOG WHINING]
[BREATHES SHAKILY]
- [SIREN WAILING]
- [RADIO CHATTER]
[IN HUNGARIAN] Attention! Gather around.
One magazine loaded. One backup pistol.
We move out onto the runway in a bus
and wait for further instructions.
Whichever door the medics are called to,
we strike from the opposite side.
- Do I make myself clear?
- Yes, Captain!
C'mon let's do it!
we are at 12,000 feet.
We need your decision.
[FLIGHT CONTROLLER, IN HUNGARIAN]
Our decision is coming.
[JAMIE] We get permission. You ask
the others. Everyone has to agree.
Stuart!
[PASSENGERS MURMURING]
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
[FLIGHT CONTROLLER,
IN HUNGARIAN] Kingdom 2-9
[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
We understand the hijackers
intend to take off again?
[IN HUNGARIAN] But we understand
that it is your private wish
for them not to do so.
[FLIGHT CONTROLLER, IN
HUNGARIAN] Is that correct?
[FLIGHT CONTROLLER, IN HUNGARIAN]
You have permission to land.
I think everybody on board
will be happy to hear that.
[FLIGHT CONTROLLER, IN HUNGARIAN]
Armed units waiting on the ground.
[ANNA] Ambulance is waiting.
You have permission to land.
Do it.
- You don't get to decide.
- Do it.
Budapest, we are at 10,000 feet.
We are beginning our final descent.
[JAMIE] It's not his decision.
He can't just land it.
Tell him!
- [TERRY] It's a suicide mission.
- [STUART] He's dying.
For all of us.
Why, though? We got hostages.
Whoever's down there,
there's nothing they can do.
We get given a job. We get the job done.
We will get it done.
Exactly like we said we would.
Otherwise what?
[INHALES DEEPLY]
Otherwise what?
[DANIEL] Another call from Lewis.
The same number that called
your landline from the plane.
You tell us what the
plan is, what you know.
It doesn't matter what I know,
they'll have made their minds up.
And once they've done that,
there ain't no stopping this.
It's our job to stop them.
You're asking what I
know, and I'm telling you.
They'll come for you just
like they'll come for me.
Just like they came for my Peter.
Pete was with them 20 years, trusted.
But when he crossed the line,
they sent someone 'round here
to put a bullet inside him.
Lewis was the one who found him,
came home to find his
old man dead in the hall.
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
Is somebody gonna tell us
what the hell's happening?
- [PASSENGERS EXCLAIM]
- [WHISPERING] Shut the fuck up.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
You need to stop it. Tell
them we don't need the landing.
- Me? [GASPS]
- You tell them he's gonna be okay.
We need to stop it, the landing.
- We can take off again.
- We can't, they might stop us.
If we don't stick to the plan,
they'll kill us, our
families, your family.
- My family?
- We sent your passport details to them.
- Why my family?
- Any passenger causing problems.
Anyone who might get in the way,
that's what we were told to do.
And we do what they
want, always. We have to.
Otherwise, it's over.
[SIGHS] How do you know that?
The people we work for
had his old man shot.
He went against them, he
paid the price. Didn't he?
[BREATHES HEAVILY]
- How do you know that?
- [SIGHS]
[STAMMERS] They were They
were laying down a marker.
[STAMMERS] They let everyone
see they were serious.
They They sent They
They sent a hit man round.
They who? How do you know it was them?
Because I was the hit man they sent.
[BREATHING WEAKLY]
[TERRY] If I hadn't have done it,
they'd have shot me
and sent someone else.
[INHALES SHARPLY] And
if we fuck this up,
they'll do it to your family and all.
Sam Nelson.
These people are serious.
They live in this street.
Their family, the relatives, they
live in the houses all along here.
Edgar and Johnnie,
they own the whole lot.
And they'll send
people to clean this up.
[PHONE BUZZING]
Someone will have seen you
arrive. They know you're here.
[DOOR CLOSES]
And they don't trust me
after what happened with Pete.
After After they thought
he grassed, but he never.
And I never grassed neither.
[CLICKS TONGUE] I know you didn't.
[CRIES] You came to
me. [BREATHES DEEPLY]
I know.
I just want my boys. [CRYING]
[SNIFFLES] Can I get a tissue?
Sure.
[SNIFFLING, CRYING]
What exactly has she told you?
She's spoken to the younger
Atterton brother on the actual plane.
She's admitted it.
[ZAHRA] Get her out of
there, secure the house,
put her in a car, and take her
to the address I'm sending you.
Learn it. Delete it. Do not put it
in your maps or your satnav. [SIGHS]
- Where are we taking her?
- Erica, don't be so naive.
If they're taking
hostages, then so are we.
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
Where is she?
Got upset and went to get a tissue.
Michael, at the back. At the back.
Hey!
[CALL BUTTON BEEPS]
[DEEVIA] Ladies and gentlemen,
please ensure your seat
belts remain fastened.
The plane will indeed be landing
but for medical reasons only.
I repeat, this is a medical stop only.
Remain in your seats. The
situation onboard is unchanged.
[IN HUNGARIAN] Confirm visual on plane.
Visual confirmed.
Ladies and gentlemen,
please stow away any loose items.
- Look there.
- Fold your tray table away.
And return your seat
to the upright position.
We are now beginning our final descent.
[BREATHES WEAKLY] Please.
Hey. [BREATHING SHAKILY]
No landing.
[BREATHING SHAKILY] No landing.
[LEWIS INHALES DEEPLY, SIGHS]
[SIGHS] Oh, fuck.
[PANTING]
[PANTING CONTINUES]
[CRIES, BREATHING HEAVILY]
[DANIEL] Hey!
[PANTS]
[CAR HORNS HONKING]
[DANIEL BREATHING HEAVILY]
[CAR HORN HONKS]
[HORN HONKING]
Elaine, no!
We need We need to
s stop it, the landing.
- We're not stopping nothing.
- [SAM] Yeah.
He's dying. They're waiting.
Let them land it.
This was your idea.
My brother is dying.
It's your brother that's saying
it. He doesn't want you to land.
[STAMMERS] Ask him yourself, please.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[STUART] Where is it?
The pen. Where the fuck's it
gone? What the fuck did you do?
- Hey! Stop!
- What the fuck have you done?
[SAM] Look! Just look.
We We didn't do anything.
It's there in his hand.
He did it himself.
He didn't want you to save him.
He wanted to save you.
[PHONE RINGS]
[SAM] Abort the landing.
[DEEVIA] Abort? We can't
Yeah. No, no. Abort the landing.
- [DEEVIA SIGHS]
- We keep on going.
[BREATHES SHAKILY]
[PASSENGERS MURMURING]
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
[OFFICER ON RADIO, IN HUNGARIAN]
All units Stand down.
Repeat. All units, stand down.
Kingdom 2-9 descended
to a low of 6,000 feet but did not land.
It is now returning to
its cruising altitude.
Budapest has [SIGHS]
attempted contact
since the aborted landing,
but so far Kingdom 2-9
is not responding. [INHALES SHARPLY]
Kingdom 2-9 is now 90 minutes away
from the earliest point at which
we can have a direct dialogue.
Give me one second. You have
Patrick from the PM's office.
[LOUISE] The situation is still live.
There are casualties on board,
requests for medical
attention, an aborted landing.
But right now [INHALES DEEPLY]
the plane is still airborne
and once again ignoring all
attempted contact from the ground.
- [HEIDI] You need to see this.
- You need to wait.
All of you.
[LOUISE] Patrick, more as we have it.
One of the baggage security staff
who checked the business
class passengers onto KA29
has been found dead in her home.
The rest of her family
also have been murdered,
leading them to speculate that
they might have been held captive
so that she'd let the
hijackers onto the plane.
A Dubai air traffic controller
then went looking for her.
He's been found too.
If anyone's squeamish,
maybe look away now.
- [ZAHRA SIGHS]
- [WHISPERING] Jesus.
[EXHALES SHARPLY] That's what
happens when you do what they want.
What was it you asked?
Do they make good on their threat?
I think you have the
answer to that question.
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
[SOFT THUMP OVERHEAD]
[COCKS GUN]
[COCKS GUN]
["WAKE UP EVERYBODY" PLAYING]
[LEWIS BREATHING WEAKLY, DISTORTED]
[LEWIS BREATHING WEAKLY]
[HIJACKER] Who did this?
Who let him get like this?
They tried to help him.
[BREATHING WEAKLY]
You, you're the doctor, right?
Tell me he's gonna make it.
[SIGHS] Right now he's stable, and
that's about as much as I can say.
Right. Stay with him.
The rest of you, out.
I made a phone call. [BREATHES SHAKILY]
I phoned Mum.
[HIJACKER] That's okay, mate.
Out!
[PASSENGERS MURMURING]
Where's Dad?
He's just helping a
poorly man out, mate.
[SIGHS]
[PASSENGERS SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
How is he?
Do you mind if I get a water?
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
[INHALES DEEPLY] Thanks.
Thanks, Anna.
[JAMIE] Keep moving.
[SIGHS]
[JAMIE] Back in your seat.
[SIGHS]
[SIGHING, GRUNTS]
[SAM BREATHES DEEPLY]
Well?
Are you gonna tell us what
the hell's been going on?
[SAM BREATHING SHARPLY]
[GRUNTS, INHALES SHARPLY]
What flag is that?
Italy.
The other way around.
Hungary. Why?
I've been thinking [EXHALES DEEPLY]
maybe we can end this.
[OVERLAPPING RADIO CHATTER]
["LONELY SOUL" PLAYING]
- [LOUISE] No, I know.
- [SUPERVISOR] Right now, it's just
- The main thing we need to find out
- [PERSON CLEARS THROAT]
The home secretary.
Neil, we've been calling you.
- [NEIL] Louise, where are you right now?
- Collingwood House.
What the hell are you doing there?
Because that's where we ended up.
I've been handed an
envelope marked "demands."
Demands?
We're actually not far from you.
- What sort of demands?
- We can be in Collingwood
- in less than two minutes.
- Neil.
And then we can discuss this together.
I need you to get in touch
with the security at
Whitehall to check that CCTV.
I need an ID on the man
who handed me this envelope.
Now, please.
[LINE BEEPS]
[LOUISE] The home secretary's
been handed a letter.
It may have nothing to do with any
of this, but he wants to share it,
so I've suggested he come in.
We don't focus on the hijackers.
They'll be too careful.
We focus on the friends and family
'cause if they're on social media,
they'll give these guys away.
The mother's house. [SIGHS]
Search it. Get whatever you can.
You may as well go together. Hmm?
Okay. Good.
[ELEVATOR DINGS]
[NEIL] Morning, everyone. [SIGHS]
Morning, Louise.
- Right. I've been given this.
- Uh, excuse me.
[NEIL] Um, it's quite
short, so I'll read it first.
You can tell me if it tallies
with anything that you have.
"For the attention of the home secretary
and members of the UK government.
On the 7th of January 2023,
Edgar Janssen and John Bailey-Brown
were wrongfully imprisoned.
As a direct result of this, Flight
KA29 has been hijacked." [SIGHS]
"This is your opportunity
to right that wrong.
You have the time it takes
for the plane to reach London
to release these men from prison.
Failure to do so or comply
with any subsequent instructions
will result in the death
of all 216 people on board."
[NEIL SIGHS]
So, there's quite a bit
to think about there, then.
[LEWIS BREATHES WEAKLY]
[HUGO] Whose mum?
No. He said, "I called Mum."
Not "my mum," but "Mum."
- So they're brothers?
- Yeah.
I mean, they could not be. He could
just know the younger guy's mum.
No, no. He said it
like they were brothers.
- Yeah.
- Guys, we're still over Romania.
Should be for about another 15 minutes.
So, if we do this, we should do it now.
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
Can I say one thing, all right?
Before you say anything,
just let me explain.
Yeah? Yeah?
I think you need to land this.
I'm not saying call it
off or anything like that.
You can take off again and
keep this whole thing going,
but he needs medical attention.
- He's stable.
- [SAM] He's dying.
- The doctor said he's stable.
- Think about it.
- You heard him.
- He's breathing through a Biro.
He's gonna die. If not now,
before we get to London.
Nah.
No, not for one person.
He's not one person though, is he?
[BREATHES DEEPLY] He's your brother.
- Yeah? Where'd you get that from?
- His heart's not even in this.
- Who said he's my brother?
- [SAM] He doesn't wanna let you down.
[HIJACKER] Who told you?
He told me, okay?
And now he's breathing through
a pen, and he's not gonna last.
The doctor told me that.
The doctor said he's stable.
The doctor told you
what you need to hear,
because he's fucking petrified.
The fact is, he's got
air trapped in his lung,
and that pen is not gonna last
the whole flight. That's a fact.
[SIGHS] Less than an hour.
He said that?
Less than an hour.
That's what he says.
[INHALES SHARPLY] You land this plane.
You get your brother the help
he needs, or you lose him.
That's the choice.
Less than an hour.
That was the phrase, was it?
Let's ask him, shall we?
I'll go there now and ask him
how long he thinks he's got.
No sugarcoating it this time.
And if he says any different,
someone else gets it. And they will.
Trust me.
The more you do, the easier it gets.
Yeah?
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
I'm sorry.
[EXHALES SHAKILY]
- [JAMIE] Oi!
- How do I call the back? What button?
- [DEEVIA] A-F-T.
- Back in your seat.
Yeah.
- [JAMIE] Now!
- Less Less than an hour.
Coming.
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
[LINE RINGS]
Hello?
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
I'm sorry?
That's the message. Less
than an hour. That
You told me he was stable,
but he's not, is he?
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
This tube that's helping him,
it's not gonna last, is it?
Tell me the truth now. No fucking about.
How long's he got?
[LEWIS BREATHING WEAKLY, WHEEZING]
Well, less than an hour.
[NEIL] There is a long
history in this country,
and it's fairly well-known that we
do not negotiate with terrorists.
Can we not just walk in here and
start calling them that, please?
[SIGHS] Whatever we're calling them
They're an organized crime
group. A proficient one.
[NEIL] The point being, we
cannot be seen to be blackmailed.
That is the line we
always take, is it not?
Well, absolutely. We cannot
be seen to be blackmailed.
Go on.
Well, never before have so many
UK nationals been held hostage,
and never with such a time clock.
Two hours, 49 minutes.
Not that it's playing
on our minds or anything.
[SIGHS]
There is one question we need to
answer before we do anything else.
Are these te [SIGHS]
Is this OCG likely to
make good this threat?
Do we have any evidence
of anything they've done
that demonstrates that
they have it in their makeup
to see this through?
If you're asking if they've
ever hijacked a plane before
That's not what I'm asking,
and you know it's not.
I want context.
Evidence first, that we
take them seriously enough
that they're even contemplating these.
That's what I want to know.
- [PEOPLE CHATTERING, LAUGHING]
- [DOG BARKING]
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
[CHILD] Gala.
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
[CHILD] Gala.
[COCKS GUN]
[IN MALAYALAM] Can Gala come and play?
I think you've got the wrong house, pal.
Come back tomorrow.
[DOOR THUDS]
- [DOG BARKING]
- [CHILDREN PLAYING]
[DOOR CLOSES]
[DOG WHIMPERING]
[DOG BARKING]
[DOG BARKING CONTINUES]
[MUSIC PLAYING ON HEADPHONES]
[SIGHS]
[KEYS RATTLE]
[SIGHS]
[SAM ON VOICE MAIL]
Hi. This is Sam Nelson.
Leave a message, and
I'll get back to you.
[LINE BEEPS]
[KAI] Guess what, Dad. I'm at your
place. I can't wait to see you.
["WAKE UP EVERYBODY" PLAYING]
I'm not saying we do it,
I'm saying it's an option.
There are no options.
We do what we said we'd do. End of.
He's my brother. Your mate.
You and him used to be together.
That was nothing.
Not to him.
Oi.
[EXHALES DEEPLY]
Get your hand off me.
He's dying.
Now.
Think of all the things
that could go wrong.
Then think of all the stuff to do
with the plane and taking off again,
that you know nothing about,
that could go wrong as well.
What could go more wrong than my
little brother dying in front of you?
[SIGHS, SWALLOWS]
[SIGHS]
- Come on.
- [INHALES SHARPLY]
- If we do this
- Yeah.
if, how will it work?
[HUGO] Wha
Well, first thing is to decide quickly.
You can't just land a plane
this size without warning.
You need to ask the others first.
- We need to speak to the ground.
- [JAMIE] Did you not hear what I said?
And turn the screens back on, just
for a minute, so I can see the map.
So I can work out which
airport we need to persuade.
Persuade?
To let us land.
Not everyone wants a hijacked
plane coming their way.
We need someone to land the plane.
- [STAMMERS]
- [SAM] We're flying over Hungary.
- You speak Hungarian, yes?
- Yeah, but
We need to persuade the Hungarians
to let us land this plane.
The Hungarian air traffic
control speak English.
- I I know. No, I know.
- You don't need Hungarian.
I We do, because the hijackers don't.
So if you can get a message
down to them in Hungarian,
this could all be over.
[DAVID] Come on, mate.
Keep talking. Keep looking.
Come on. What do you wanna talk
about? Uh, you wanna talk about music?
Um, football?
[SCOFFS] Don't know why I said football.
I know fuck all about football.
Although I did hear once that you're
meant to be a Leeds fan, you know.
And if you're not a fan of Leeds,
then you're not worth having as
a fan, apparently. [CHUCKLING]
[CHUCKLING, GROANING]
[STAMMERS] You're not
from Leeds, are you?
Uh, you sound like Londoners.
Is that where you're from?
Kent? Or London or somewhere?
[WHISPERING] Help me. [BREATHING WEAKLY]
What was that, mate? Say again.
[BREATHING WEAKLY]
Help me.
Help me. [BREATHING WEAKLY, WHEEZING]
Um, if we could, uh, crush those up,
and then we're gonna, um,
dissolve them in some water, yeah?
Then we'll help him drink it.
- [DEEVIA] How many?
- [DAVID] All of them.
Is that safe?
[HEAVY BREATHING, WHEEZING CONTINUES]
[CALL BUTTON BEEPS]
[PASSENGERS MURMURING]
Mum, look.
[MURMURING CONTINUES]
[ROBIN] They all speak basic
English, but none of them are fluent.
What we're asking, permission,
landing protocols, it's
all pretty technical.
Anna will help us explain.
[HIJACKER] We're only asking.
I wanna be sure they
can have doctors waiting
before we even think about landing.
We start by telling them that
all the passengers are safe, okay?
They do not want to
inherit a violent situation.
This is all about getting
medical assistance.
We need to take off again afterwards.
[JAMIE] Say it.
In Hungarian, "We need
medical assistance."
[IN HUNGARIAN] We need
medical assistance.
That's what you tell them.
You're not committing to anything,
remember? You check with me first.
- [BREATHING SHAKILY]
- [SAM] You okay with, um
You okay with doing all of that?
Yeah.
But I don't want him here.
I don't want him anywhere near me.
[BREATHES SHARPLY]
[ZAHRA] The Cheapside Firm, headed
by Edgar Janssen, on the left,
and John Bailey-Brown.
They're an organized crime group
working in the international drug trade.
They're not, uh, dealers or smugglers.
What they do is they run the
network. The tracks, not the trains.
British drug smugglers are only
as good as their points of entry.
So once a gang has found a secure
way in, they tend to stick to it.
And these points of entry are all
controlled by the Cheapside Firm?
[ZAHRA] Yeah. But it's not just drugs.
Sex workers, weapons,
a network running all across Europe
that wasn't busted until November.
And these two each got 35 years.
They're also ruthless individuals.
Right. Well, this is
where we do take the lead.
Uh, who are they?
Which agencies, databases, PNC,
HOLMES 2, hold their records?
And most importantly,
where are they now?
Uh, HMP Thorpe, just outside London.
[HEIDI] We're also
checking all Whitehall CCTV
for images on the man who
gave you the envelope, too.
[NEIL] Thank you.
To be clear, I understood
we weren't considering this.
We're not, but I'm just getting context.
We need to be prepared.
These are damaged. I need mine.
Budapest, this is Kingdom
2-9. Can you hear me?
Don't try anything clever. You'll
end up getting people killed.
Kingdom 2-9, we have
a red flag against you.
Please give your status.
Budapest, we have had
an incident on board.
All passengers are safe. But
we now require your cooperation.
- [FLIGHT CONTROLLER] Cooperation?
- I'm gonna switch to Hungarian now.
[IN HUNGARIAN] Budapest
We need medical assistance.
[FLIGHT CONTROLLER] Kingdom 2-9?
status for me, please.
I have English speakers on board,
so for them and for you I can confirm
the incident on board has been resolved,
but we now are in need of
urgent medical assistance.
Doctors waiting.
- Doctors waiting at Györ Airport.
- And an ambulance on the runway.
An ambulance on the runway.
[IN HUNGARIAN] But please understand
The Hijack is still happening.
[ENGINES RUMBLING]
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
Says it on the bins.
[OFFICER] Charlie Two,
moving into position.
- [LINE RINGING]
- Look at that.
Two hundred lives at stake, and
she's still wearing her dressing gown.
[ZAHRA] Go ahead. [SIGHS]
We've got eyes on Elaine.
We're checking if there's
anybody else at the property.
All right. As soon as you're ready,
I want you to go
straight in. Understood?
Copy that.
[WHISPERING] They've
taken the pilots back.
- Who has?
- We have.
They came and took the other one
out of her seat. The female pilot.
[FLIGHT CONTROLLER, IN
HUNGARIAN] Kingdom 2-9
We cannot give permission to land.
Not till we speak to our superiors.
- She's trying to get us permission
to land at Györ Airport.
[IN HUNGARIAN] A nice steady voice.
You must sound calm.
Kingdom 2-9, this is above my job level.
Why's she still talking?
[IN HUNGARIAN] I have 200 people
on board. This is our only chance.
- It's complicated, I think.
Am I asking you?
Say it in English.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Thank you for considering
our request, Budapest.
We are minus 19 from Györ Airport,
in anticipation of your decision
We will begin a gradual descent.
[IN HUNGARIAN] Tell them
we need "armed units".
Soldiers on the ground.
This this is an unscheduled landing!
[RUMBLING, RATTLING]
[PASSENGERS MURMURING]
[PASSENGER] We are going down.
Look, the clouds are going up.
[MOUTHING] What?
[WHISPERING] We're landing.
[DAVID] Last bit.
[SWALLOWS]
- [BREATHING SHAKILY, GRUNTING]
- Go on.
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
[DAVID] There you go.
- [LEWIS SIGHS]
- [RUMBLING, RATTLING]
- [DAVID] If we're landing, that's good.
- [BREATHING SHAKILY]
There'll be doctors to help you.
I don't understand.
- [ERICA] Elaine Atterton?
- [DOOR CLOSES]
You're the mother of Lewis
and Stuart Atterton, yeah?
You don't just come in here.
You wanna tell me who
they're involved with?
You wanna tell me who
they're with right now?
Get off that.
You might wanna tell us, Elaine.
Stop yourself getting arrested.
Don't know what you're on about.
Sit down.
I don't know anything about anything.
Down.
[TV PLAYING INDISTINCTLY]
[TV TURNS OFF]
[DANIEL] Listen to me carefully.
We don't have a lot of time.
I think you know why we're here, Elaine.
What your sons are involved
in, and how serious this is.
And I think we're gonna find activity
on this that's gonna prove it.
- Please, you're making a mistake.
- So either you start talking,
or you'll be detained under
Section 41 of the Terrorism Act.
And trust me, Elaine, that's
not a happy place to be.
See, this is the thing.
All of the people that we're trying
to save they have families too.
I have the PM ready to get on the line.
She can be phone, video,
whatever's encoded.
I've got the FPCC for you, right now.
FPCC first, please.
Are yo Are you joking?
I want the latest information.
- You're putting the PM on hold?
- Because she will too.
Thank you.
[LYDIA] U-Uh, putting you on speaker.
[ALICE] We have a
possible request to land.
There's talk of a
medical incident onboard.
Now, this is all secondhand information,
but there's no reason
the Hungarians would lie.
What you're looking at
now is still Romanian feed,
but as you can see,
it's on course for Györ.
[ZAHRA] And they know
about the hijacking?
[ALICE] Yes. Yeah,
and we've confirmed it.
And? Will they let it land?
They're talking right now.
But this is an easy request to refuse.
So, the feeling here is
there must be a chance.
And this is why we hold our nerve.
See what these hooligans are made of
before we let them amble out of prison.
- [SIREN WHOOPS]
- [DOOR THUDS]
- [RADIO BEEPS]
- [RADIO CHATTER]
[IN ARABIC] I saw the family go inside.
Then these cleaners came out.
They lock the door.
Then they drive away.
We keep knocking but no one's answering.
- Something is wrong.
- [DOG WHIMPERS, WHINES]
[DOG BARKING]
- [BARKING]
- [NEIGHBOR SPEAKS ARABIC]
[POLICE OFFICER SPEAKS ARABIC]
[DOG WHINING]
[BREATHES SHAKILY]
- [SIREN WAILING]
- [RADIO CHATTER]
[IN HUNGARIAN] Attention! Gather around.
One magazine loaded. One backup pistol.
We move out onto the runway in a bus
and wait for further instructions.
Whichever door the medics are called to,
we strike from the opposite side.
- Do I make myself clear?
- Yes, Captain!
C'mon let's do it!
we are at 12,000 feet.
We need your decision.
[FLIGHT CONTROLLER, IN HUNGARIAN]
Our decision is coming.
[JAMIE] We get permission. You ask
the others. Everyone has to agree.
Stuart!
[PASSENGERS MURMURING]
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
[FLIGHT CONTROLLER,
IN HUNGARIAN] Kingdom 2-9
[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
We understand the hijackers
intend to take off again?
[IN HUNGARIAN] But we understand
that it is your private wish
for them not to do so.
[FLIGHT CONTROLLER, IN
HUNGARIAN] Is that correct?
[FLIGHT CONTROLLER, IN HUNGARIAN]
You have permission to land.
I think everybody on board
will be happy to hear that.
[FLIGHT CONTROLLER, IN HUNGARIAN]
Armed units waiting on the ground.
[ANNA] Ambulance is waiting.
You have permission to land.
Do it.
- You don't get to decide.
- Do it.
Budapest, we are at 10,000 feet.
We are beginning our final descent.
[JAMIE] It's not his decision.
He can't just land it.
Tell him!
- [TERRY] It's a suicide mission.
- [STUART] He's dying.
For all of us.
Why, though? We got hostages.
Whoever's down there,
there's nothing they can do.
We get given a job. We get the job done.
We will get it done.
Exactly like we said we would.
Otherwise what?
[INHALES DEEPLY]
Otherwise what?
[DANIEL] Another call from Lewis.
The same number that called
your landline from the plane.
You tell us what the
plan is, what you know.
It doesn't matter what I know,
they'll have made their minds up.
And once they've done that,
there ain't no stopping this.
It's our job to stop them.
You're asking what I
know, and I'm telling you.
They'll come for you just
like they'll come for me.
Just like they came for my Peter.
Pete was with them 20 years, trusted.
But when he crossed the line,
they sent someone 'round here
to put a bullet inside him.
Lewis was the one who found him,
came home to find his
old man dead in the hall.
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
Is somebody gonna tell us
what the hell's happening?
- [PASSENGERS EXCLAIM]
- [WHISPERING] Shut the fuck up.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
You need to stop it. Tell
them we don't need the landing.
- Me? [GASPS]
- You tell them he's gonna be okay.
We need to stop it, the landing.
- We can take off again.
- We can't, they might stop us.
If we don't stick to the plan,
they'll kill us, our
families, your family.
- My family?
- We sent your passport details to them.
- Why my family?
- Any passenger causing problems.
Anyone who might get in the way,
that's what we were told to do.
And we do what they
want, always. We have to.
Otherwise, it's over.
[SIGHS] How do you know that?
The people we work for
had his old man shot.
He went against them, he
paid the price. Didn't he?
[BREATHES HEAVILY]
- How do you know that?
- [SIGHS]
[STAMMERS] They were They
were laying down a marker.
[STAMMERS] They let everyone
see they were serious.
They They sent They
They sent a hit man round.
They who? How do you know it was them?
Because I was the hit man they sent.
[BREATHING WEAKLY]
[TERRY] If I hadn't have done it,
they'd have shot me
and sent someone else.
[INHALES SHARPLY] And
if we fuck this up,
they'll do it to your family and all.
Sam Nelson.
These people are serious.
They live in this street.
Their family, the relatives, they
live in the houses all along here.
Edgar and Johnnie,
they own the whole lot.
And they'll send
people to clean this up.
[PHONE BUZZING]
Someone will have seen you
arrive. They know you're here.
[DOOR CLOSES]
And they don't trust me
after what happened with Pete.
After After they thought
he grassed, but he never.
And I never grassed neither.
[CLICKS TONGUE] I know you didn't.
[CRIES] You came to
me. [BREATHES DEEPLY]
I know.
I just want my boys. [CRYING]
[SNIFFLES] Can I get a tissue?
Sure.
[SNIFFLING, CRYING]
What exactly has she told you?
She's spoken to the younger
Atterton brother on the actual plane.
She's admitted it.
[ZAHRA] Get her out of
there, secure the house,
put her in a car, and take her
to the address I'm sending you.
Learn it. Delete it. Do not put it
in your maps or your satnav. [SIGHS]
- Where are we taking her?
- Erica, don't be so naive.
If they're taking
hostages, then so are we.
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]
Where is she?
Got upset and went to get a tissue.
Michael, at the back. At the back.
Hey!
[CALL BUTTON BEEPS]
[DEEVIA] Ladies and gentlemen,
please ensure your seat
belts remain fastened.
The plane will indeed be landing
but for medical reasons only.
I repeat, this is a medical stop only.
Remain in your seats. The
situation onboard is unchanged.
[IN HUNGARIAN] Confirm visual on plane.
Visual confirmed.
Ladies and gentlemen,
please stow away any loose items.
- Look there.
- Fold your tray table away.
And return your seat
to the upright position.
We are now beginning our final descent.
[BREATHES WEAKLY] Please.
Hey. [BREATHING SHAKILY]
No landing.
[BREATHING SHAKILY] No landing.
[LEWIS INHALES DEEPLY, SIGHS]
[SIGHS] Oh, fuck.
[PANTING]
[PANTING CONTINUES]
[CRIES, BREATHING HEAVILY]
[DANIEL] Hey!
[PANTS]
[CAR HORNS HONKING]
[DANIEL BREATHING HEAVILY]
[CAR HORN HONKS]
[HORN HONKING]
Elaine, no!
We need We need to
s stop it, the landing.
- We're not stopping nothing.
- [SAM] Yeah.
He's dying. They're waiting.
Let them land it.
This was your idea.
My brother is dying.
It's your brother that's saying
it. He doesn't want you to land.
[STAMMERS] Ask him yourself, please.
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[STUART] Where is it?
The pen. Where the fuck's it
gone? What the fuck did you do?
- Hey! Stop!
- What the fuck have you done?
[SAM] Look! Just look.
We We didn't do anything.
It's there in his hand.
He did it himself.
He didn't want you to save him.
He wanted to save you.
[PHONE RINGS]
[SAM] Abort the landing.
[DEEVIA] Abort? We can't
Yeah. No, no. Abort the landing.
- [DEEVIA SIGHS]
- We keep on going.
[BREATHES SHAKILY]
[PASSENGERS MURMURING]
[BREATHES DEEPLY]
[OFFICER ON RADIO, IN HUNGARIAN]
All units Stand down.
Repeat. All units, stand down.
Kingdom 2-9 descended
to a low of 6,000 feet but did not land.
It is now returning to
its cruising altitude.
Budapest has [SIGHS]
attempted contact
since the aborted landing,
but so far Kingdom 2-9
is not responding. [INHALES SHARPLY]
Kingdom 2-9 is now 90 minutes away
from the earliest point at which
we can have a direct dialogue.
Give me one second. You have
Patrick from the PM's office.
[LOUISE] The situation is still live.
There are casualties on board,
requests for medical
attention, an aborted landing.
But right now [INHALES DEEPLY]
the plane is still airborne
and once again ignoring all
attempted contact from the ground.
- [HEIDI] You need to see this.
- You need to wait.
All of you.
[LOUISE] Patrick, more as we have it.
One of the baggage security staff
who checked the business
class passengers onto KA29
has been found dead in her home.
The rest of her family
also have been murdered,
leading them to speculate that
they might have been held captive
so that she'd let the
hijackers onto the plane.
A Dubai air traffic controller
then went looking for her.
He's been found too.
If anyone's squeamish,
maybe look away now.
- [ZAHRA SIGHS]
- [WHISPERING] Jesus.
[EXHALES SHARPLY] That's what
happens when you do what they want.
What was it you asked?
Do they make good on their threat?
I think you have the
answer to that question.
[BREATHING SHAKILY]
[SOFT THUMP OVERHEAD]
[COCKS GUN]
[COCKS GUN]
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