Silent Witness (1996) s28e07 Episode Script

1
This programme contains some scenes
which some viewers may find upsetting
HORNS BEEP
So, you said this is
your first time in Mumbai?
Yeah.
- Yeah, our first time.
- You're going to love it.
There's so much culture over here.
STAFF MEMBERS CONVERSE BRIEFLY
CHUCKLING
And, honestly,
this room is one of our best.
DOOR LOCK BEEPS
Oh, amazing!
You're going to absolutely love it.
Have a look at this.
- Wow, it's incredible.
- Wonderful, right?
- It's amazing.
- Yeah, um
Sorry, let me just, uh
..let some light in here.
DOOR CLOSES
That's better.
We have a beautiful garden outside.
You can take a walk in it
later, if you'd like.
- WHISPERS: Oh, have you got a tip?
- Oh, yes.
So, as I was saying,
you should definitely try
the street food in Mumbai.
You'd have to get used
to it, of course, but, um
HE SIGHS
Sorry, this should have been cleaned.
QUIET CHATTER
COINS RATTLE
Here.
Sir, madam, I'm very sorry,
but I think you need to leave.
Uh Er, why?
- What's going on?
- Just please try to understand, madam.
Nothing's happening, sir.
Please, but I need
- You OK?
- I'm OK, sir No, no, sir
- Oh, my God!
- What? What is it?
- Please, no, no, no
- Oh! No!
PANICKED MURMURING
Testator silens
Costestes e spiritu
Silencium
Testator silens. ♪
ANNOUNCEMENT: Would
all remaining passengers
for East-West Airlines
flight number EV609
departure to London Heathrow
please proceed directly to gate 43?
Hi, is this the flight to London?
- Yes.
- Ah, thank you.
It's simply not good enough.
JACK: So, how did the conference go?
- Just like you dreamed?
- Pretty much.
How was the reaction? Any tears?
No-one snored, thank goodness!
And they asked lots of follow-ups.
I even managed the intro in Hindi.
Look at you!
Jet-setting multilingual expert
on immunohistochemical methods
to estimate time since death!
You deserve
all the free champagne you get!
Nine hours of business-class bliss.
No phone calls, no interruptions.
Can't wait to see you.
How about I pick you up at the airport?
We could go for breakfast
at that place by the river.
Wow!
"Wow" good? "Wow" bad?
SHE CHUCKLES
The answer to breakfast
with you will always be yes.
Well, I'm glad to hear that!
ANNOUNCEMENT JINGLE
Hang on.
We regret to inform you
of a further one-hour delay
to our boarding to London Heathrow.
PASSENGERS GROAN
This is due to a small technical issue.
Did you hear that?
Oh, dear.
Later breakfast?
I guess so.
I'll see you on the other side.
You better.
Bye.
Bye.
I presume you're not smiling
about the delay.
No. That was my fiance.
I'm still not used to it.
Well, it's a strange word.
I'm also not used to being
picked up at the airport.
Ah, it's good to have someone
waiting for you.
Yes.
Yes, it is.
Are you heading home?
Me? Yeah. I'm, uh
Well, I've just been
on a bit of a walking tour.
I treated myself.
Sounds amazing.
Well, life's short, isn't it?
No-one in my family tends
to live that long,
so I just figured, what the heck.
Words to live by.
Yeah.
You you're in medicine
or something, aren't you?
Sorry, I couldn't help overhearing.
Are you a doctor?
I'm Nikki.
Tony. Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah, you meet all sorts
on a plane, don't you?
It kind of gets you close to people
you couldn't meet any other place.
Yeah. Democracy in the air.
I was once on the same flight
as that Prince.
Well, at least I think it was Prince -
he wore a balaclava the whole way.
BOTH CHUCKLE Yeah.
Are you travelling with anyone?
No. It's just me now.
Um, my, er, wife died
18 months ago.
Cancer.
- Oh. I'm sorry.
- Mm.
You'd have liked her.
Val was much nicer than me.
She'd have been saying,
"Leave the good doctor alone, Tony,
"you're talking her legs off."
You're not doing that.
You're kind.
Like her.
She cared for everyone.
But, um, it's good
to have met you, Doctor.
You too, Tony.
Oh, she'd have loved this, by the way.
See that? Business class. First time.
HE LAUGHS
You're probably used to it.
SHE SCOFFS
I wish!
Feel like we've done the Himalayas now.
We should do a sort of hot climate.
Maybe go to the jungle or something
ANNOUNCEMENT JINGLE
Ladies and gentlemen,
flight EV609 is now ready for boarding.
CHEERING
Business class, please make
your way through the double doors
with your boarding passes ready.
ANNOUNCEMENTS CONTINUE INDISTINCTLY
Looks like we're good to go.
Are you OK?
Oh, me? Yeah! Yeah.
I think I am now.
It's time, isn't it?
Oh, sorry. Excuse me.
We'll brave it together.
- Sorry.
- Sorry.
BING-BONG
On behalf of the flight crew,
we would like to welcome you
on board this East-West
Airlines flight number EV609.
This is a polite reminder
that smoking is prohibited
for the duration of the flight.
MAN: Stow this for me,
will you, please?
Yes, of course.
Please sit back, relax
and enjoy the flight.
Thanks.
Oh, don't crush my hat, will you?
Don't worry, there's plenty of room.
You don't need to do that, you know.
That's what they're paid for.
BING-BONG
This is your captain
Jodi Wright speaking.
Our flight time to London tonight is
nine hours and five minutes.
We're expecting
a fairly smooth journey.
We ask that you please fasten
your seat belts at this time,
that your seats and table trays
are in the upright position,
and that you turn off all
personal electronic devices,
including laptops and cellphones.
Thank you for choosing
East-West Airlines.
Your cabin crew will now demonstrate
the safety instructions.
You know, all of that
was just a distraction.
If this plane goes down,
no amount of "brace, brace"
or blow-up belt and a whistle
is going to help you.
That's good to know.
SHE SIGHS
Grant Townsend.
Nikki Alexander.
Have you been in Mumbai long?
- Four days.
- Mm. Just long enough.
HE CHUCKLES
You probably think
it's, uh, noisy but charming.
Thanks. I do love being reduced
to a tourist stereotype.
I-I was the same, at the start.
I've been in India a year.
The Indian government's all in
on biofuels.
Our UK plant has been running
for ten years now.
We were one of the first.
Berkshire Biofuels?
Berkshire?
I think I've heard of you.
Well, don't believe it all.
- How are you today, Dr Alexander?
- Fine, thanks.
Looking forward
to some peace and quiet.
Should I wake you for dinner?
Oh, don't you dare!
..that your seats and trays
are in the upright position
and that you turn off all
personal electronic devices,
including laptops and cellphones.
BING-BONG
APP BEEPS RHYTHMICALLY
Are you going to stare
at that blinking dot
for the next nine hours?
Eight and three quarters.
I'm not staring.
I barely glanced at it.
Time was you'd go off on a conference
and they'd tag on a week's cruise
at the end of it.
Only way anyone could
get in touch with you was
via the ship's telegraph.
Oh, for the days of overemployment
and inflated Home Office expenses!
SHE CHUCKLES
We're planning a wedding. We need
to keep in touch.
Mm-hm.
There are a surprising amount
of details to iron out.
Nikki has quite a few opinions.
I did a postmortem
on a parrot once in India.
HE TUTS
- Of course you did.
- Murder?
No, no. Manslaughter, ultimately.
Is there anywhere you don't
have a story about, Harriet?
Biggleswade.
I've never been to Biggleswade.
My loss, I hear.
Oh, come on, Mr Lover Lover, go home.
Get some beauty sleep.
What passed for rumpled
Irish charm in your 20s
is more like crumpled
crisp packet at your age!
- Crisp packet?!
- Yeah.
Cask-aged Irish malt, I'd say.
ANNOUNCEMENT: ..has turned off
the "fasten seat belt" signs.
For your continued safety,
East-West Airlines
Dr Alexander?
Dr Alexander?
Yes?
Sorry, I was completely
Are you OK?
Me? Yes, of course. Um, it's just
..we need a doctor,
and I knew you were a doctor, so
What's happened?
My cabin service manager
will brief you.
If you don't mind coming with me?
Of course.
Are you sure you want to do this?
Are you insured?
Anything goes wrong,
it's you that's liable.
Thanks for your concern.
Please.
LABOURED BREATHING
- Er, hi.
- Hi.
Passenger complained of stomach pains.
Now he says he's having
difficulty breathing.
Right.
It's a lot to ask, I know
There really isn't
another doctor on the flight?
What's wrong?
Well, you are a doctor, right?
Well, yes, it's just that, um
well, I haven't done
much clinical medicine in a long time.
No-one else has come forward.
Maybe you can just take a quick look.
OK.
HE KNOCKS AT DOOR
Hello?
DOOR OPENS
TONY WHEEZES AND GROANS
Tony! What's wrong?
HE WHEEZES
What's he eaten? What was in his meal?
The spinach and lentil soup,
and the lamb masala.
But he didn't have much.
He did drink a lot of champagne.
WHEEZING
Do you think you can move back
to your seat, Tony?
It might be a little more comfortable.
Do you think it's the alcohol?
I'm not sure.
I don't think so.
No, don't dispose of it.
Keep it isolated, put a bag around it.
We don't know
what we're dealing with yet.
Uh, Ms Tait, sorry to disturb you.
We're just going to have to ask you
to change seat, please.
OK.
Tony? Can you stand up?
Well done.
TONY WHEEZES AND GROANS
HE GROANS Can you sit here, Tony?
So they're turning
business class into A&E?
LABOURED BREATHING
I'll be right next to you.
Your pulse is quite fast, Tony.
I need you to talk to me, OK?
Can you point to where the pain is?
HE GRUNTS, GASPS
Is the pain just in that area
or does it go anywhere else?
There!
Is it increasing or decreasing?
I don't know.
Don't worry. We're going
to see you through this.
I'll be right back.
You need to stop them eating,
just in case.
Business class meals are prepared
in a separate facility to Economy.
HE SIGHS
But if we single out Business
- There'll be bloodshed.
- Yeah.
I'll speak to the pilot.
She'll make an announcement.
What sort of announcement?
BING-BONG
PILOT: I've switched the seat belt
signs on as a precaution,
as there are reports
of heavy turbulence ahead.
Cabin crew, please collect
all dinner trays immediately.
All passengers are to remain
in their seats
while the seat belt signs
are illuminated.
Sir, we're just going to have
to take that
Sorry?
We're expecting turbulence.
You'll get a chance later.
Sorry, sir, we just need to
take these cos of turbulence.
- Is everything all right?
- Yes, it's just some turbulence.
What are you doing?!
I've barely started!
What's going on?
Please, stay seated, sir.
Your seat belt snug
in case of turbulence.
It's sudden, violent.
Seems gastric, food-related.
Maybe something he had at the airport.
You help Mr Jenkins any way
you can, Dr Alexander.
We'll keep an eye
on the other passengers.
LABOURED BREATHING
HORNS BEEP
Specialist forensics only.
You've never had anything
like this before, Tony?
No food sensitivities, allergies?
Did you eat or drink anything
at the airport
or your hotel, before the flight?
Lunch at the hotel.
What's the name of your hotel?
Western. Uh, West Westfield?
I can't remember.
HE GRUNTS
That thing you said at the airport,
that your family don't live long.
Can you be more specific?
Is there some sort of
genetic illness in your family?
Ma'am, could you please move
from your seat?
Tony, we're giving you some oxygen.
Just breathe normally.
This should help.
I think we need to look
in his hand luggage,
see if there's any medication
he's taken
that could have caused this.
Is that OK?
Please, do what you have to do.
What I need to do is get him
to a hospital.
If his condition deteriorates,
the pilot will get him on the ground.
How much does he need to deteriorate?
Captain Wright's been in touch
with the medical support team.
They're already preparing
diversion options.
Well, let's not waste any more time.
Get him on the ground.
I'm just playing guessing games here.
LABOURED BREATHING
Is this your daughter, Tony?
Is she waiting for you back in England?
What's her name, Tony?
So far, no other passengers are
showing any signs of illness.
Fingers crossed,
this is an isolated incident.
I've brought more water.
I think he's stable for now.
If it is food poisoning, then
he might be able to sit it out.
You're worried.
We can't rule out other factors -
something in the air-filtration system.
Do you have any sort of sensors
for that kind of thing?
Only when more than one
passenger becomes overwhelmed
should we consider the presence
of something airborne.
What does that look like?
Most airborne pathogens present
like altitude sickness -
you start getting drowsy,
or elated and
Mr Jenkins is neither.
You really don't have
another doctor on board?
I'd like to see the captain.
Er, she stays
on the flight deck, I'm afraid.
If this is some kind of contaminant,
we can't let her get sick.
And post 9/11,
the door stays locked.
Well, of course,
but this isn't a terror attack.
Really? Look, we don't know
what this is yet.
A seemingly sick passenger
could be a cover for sleepers
looking to take over the plane.
- That's crazy!
- Well, it's happened before.
LOUD GROAN
Doctor!
GRUNTING
Here. I can take this for you, Tony.
That's it.
We need to keep you hydrated, Tony.
Please, just take a small sip.
Tony Tony!
PASSENGERS EXCLAIM
Tony! What the hell?!
WOMAN SCREAMS
Help me! Get him over,
into the recovery position.
Come on, Ade, you know this stuff! Now!
Help me roll him on to his back.
All right, roll him over.
Put that away!
Here.
Are you OK?
Some guy's just vomited blood
everywhere.
Well, can food poisoning do this?
This isn't food poisoning.
Then what?
Maybe a virus.
What? Like Zika, or something like?
Well, don't we need to mask up?
If the contamination
has already happened,
then, unfortunately,
PPE won't be much use.
Covid taught us that.
You're doing great, Ade.
This is what you're trained for,
and I can see you're trained well.
We're just going to take this
step by step, OK?
- But if it's
- I don't know what this is.
But I know someone in London who will.
Can you get me in contact with him?
We can sat-phone the airline,
see if they can set up a relay.
We can use the phone in the galley.
His name's Jack Hodgson.
I'll give you his number.
We need all the help we can get.
TV: Scientists have been studying
the effectiveness for years
PHONE RINGS
Leading theories suggest
that whilst the phenomena have
been occurring for hundreds,
maybe thousands of years,
there's no clear indication
as to how they started
or what caused them.
Jack Hodgson.
WOMAN: Are you
Nikki Alexander's next of kin?
What?
What? Why? What's happened?
Is Nikki all right?
She's on a flight. Is everything OK?
She's fine.
I'm calling from the airline.
Dr Alexander is helping
with a medical emergency
on the aircraft and she says
she could use your help.
Emergency?
What kind of emergency?
We got through to Jack Hodgson
but they can't link
ground communications
through to the galley.
Can't I just go through to the cockpit,
use the comms from there?
Oh, 'course not. It's locked.
I really need to talk to my colleague.
What do you want me to do?
Yell through the door?
Well, it's possible Wi-Fi
will kick back in.
Is there really no other way
for me to contact London?
You don't have a satellite
phone in the galley, or?
CURTAIN SWISHES
Excuse me. Sorry.
Hi. Sorry, um, you're climbers, right?
Yeah.
You've been in the Himalayas?
Yeah, three months.
We just did Nanda Devi.
It means "bliss-giving goddess"
in Sanskrit.
- Great.
- Is everything all right up there?
We do have an unwell passenger,
but we're looking after him.
I was just wondering,
because you've been
up in the Himalayas,
do either of you happen to have
a satellite phone with you?
Oh, yeah, of course.
Latest spec, fully LEO, high capacity,
low latency, IP55
Amazing. Do you think
I could borrow it, please?
Yeah. Yeah. Um Where is it?
He's been unwell for around 90 minutes.
He's just thrown up blood.
That doesn't sound like food poisoning.
I agree. They're saying they might
need to divert the plane, Jack.
Absolutely, get him to hospital.
What about you, Nikki?
How are you feeling?
I'm OK.
Really.
It's not me we need to worry about.
Patient's name is Anthony Jenkins.
Could you access his medical records,
maybe get hold of someone who
could give us some background?
His wife has died, but I think
he has a young daughter.
Maybe he has some other family
that could help.
It's the middle of the night
here, but I'll get on it.
We need to find out
where he was staying in Mumbai.
He said his hotel was
the Western or West End -
something with West in it.
Right, I'll do a search,
make some calls.
Call me back on this number. HE SIGHS
Jack!
It's 11 o'clock at night.
Its way past my bedtime!
Sorry, Harriet. Nikki was adamant
she needed your help.
Oh, wonderful!
I haven't had an all-nighter
since Acapulco, 2015!
It's like The Godfathers.
IN AMERICAN ACCENT:
We're going to the mattresses!
SHE CHUCKLES
HE PUFFS
Don't worry about Nikki.
DOOR CLOSES
She'll be all right, Jack.
You know she won't be thinking
about herself.
Huh! She'll be thinking about you.
That's why I'm sure
she'll be all right.
LABOURED BREATHING
Dr Alexander, I've someone who says
she might be able to help.
Um, Beth Tyler, um,
senior A&E staff nurse
at St Stephen's, Colchester.
I heard you talking
to the climbing guys,
it seemed serious.
Thanks, Beth. Patient's name is Tony.
He's vomiting blood,
his heart rate is elevated.
Breathing shallow and irregular.
Um, right.
Uh Well, blood and raised heart rate
doesn't sound like food poisoning.
I'm down to viral or a poison.
In Mumbai, I read about an outbreak
of Nipah virus in Kerala,
but that's 1,000 miles south.
Are you a virologist?
Forensic pathologist.
OK. Well, let's hope
it doesn't come to that.
Can I help you?!
I realise you're not supposed
to release guests' details,
but this is an emergency.
I'm just trying to find out
if Anthony Jenkins checked out
of your ho
LINE GOES DEAD
FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
Shit!
What are you doing here this time
of night?
Harriet called me.
She seemed quite excited, something
about a six-espresso all-nighter.
What's the deal?
There are 75 hotels
in Mumbai with West in the name,
and none of them wants to tell me if
Tony Jenkins stayed there yesterday.
Is he the sick passenger? You think he
might have caught something at his hotel?
All I have
is a name and a passport number.
There's no crime, so I can't access
the national databases,
and Tony Jenkins is not exactly
a rare name.
Yeah. I had a geography teacher
called Mr Jenkins,
and he might have been a Tony,
but he would be at least 100 years
old by now.
Thanks. That's helpful.
What if this is a virus, Kit
..and not one of the nice ones?
HARRIET: The whole aircraft
filtration system is designed
to keep viruses out.
Fresh air, known as bleed air,
is taken directly
into the compressor systems
of the engine, here.
And then 250 degrees,
hot, compressed air is then fed
- into the air-conditioning packs.
- How do you know all this?
Well, it turns out that I have
an annoying capacity to remember
useless information which comes back
to me at times of acute necessity.
Viruses thrive even at low humidity.
A plane would be
a great playground for them.
HARRIET: A 747 has ten HEPA filters.
Anything 0.1 micrometres
or above won't get through.
KIT: What size are viruses?
Flu is 0.1, Covid 0.16.
Ebola is anywhere between 0.5 and 3.
We could be looking at 400 passengers
going down with a deadly virus.
396 passengers on that flight.
I checked.
PHONE VIBRATES
Tony Jenkins stayed
in the Westshore Hotel.
How do you know that?
They texted me back. There's more here.
A cleaner at the Westshore Hotel
was found dead.
The police are treating it
as suspicious.
His shirt was soaked with blood.
HE TREMBLES
Have you ever seen
anything like this before?
No.
No, not like this.
He's deteriorating.
Tony, can you hear me? It's Beth.
HE GASPS
Try to breathe normally.
We're going to help you
BREATHING QUICKENS
..I promise.
ADE: Dr Alexander? I'm sorry,
we need you in the galley.
I've spoken to the pilot.
Are you sure we need to land?
- I'm sure he's getting worse.
- The problem is our flight path.
- We've cleared Pakistani airspace.
- So?
We're heading over Iran.
Can't we divert?
Not a good idea
for a UK-registered airline
to suddenly divert into
an Iranian airfield.
Unless everyone's burning to death,
we don't go into a red area.
If we don't get him proper medical
care soon, he's going to die.
Still no idea what's causing this?
We need to run
blood and virology tests,
and that's not happening up here.
No. No, it's not.
So, where can we land, then?
Baku in Azerbaijan looks the best bet.
It's 45 minutes at best,
maybe an hour by the time
we circle and touch down.
- Is that going to work?
- It has to, doesn't it?
BETH: Dr Alexander! Nikki!
Tony
Oh, Tony Tony
Ohhh! Dr Alexander!
TONY GROANS
He's having a seizure.
Give him some space.
TONY GURGLES
Tony!
OK. He's gone into cardiac arrest.
He's stopped breathing.
Is there a defib machine on board?
Tony? Can you hear me, Tony?
Can you speak to me?
OK, everybody, please clear the area.
Please, mate, come on.
Do you know where you are?
Move the passengers away, please. Now!
We have to make some space.
- Clear to the back of the cabin.
- Please. OK.
Come on, mate.
Tony! Come on. Come on, Tony.
- They're on.
- OK. OK.
DEFIB: Call for help.
Do not touch the patient.
- OK.
- Analysing heart rhythm.
OK.
Do not touch the patient.
Analysing heart rhythm.
Shock advised.
- Clear head, clear waist, clear feet.
- Stand clear.
Press the red shock button.
DEFIB WHINES
Shocking.
Shock delivered. Begin CPR.
Push hard to centre of the chest.
Come on, Tony. Come on, Tony.
HE COUGHS AND GASPS
OK. He's breathing.
TONY GASPS
What's happening? Please?
You're back, Tony. It's OK.
I'm dying. I'm dying
KIT: Let's look at the timeline.
The hotel cleaner in Mumbai is found
dead at noon London time,
but the flight doesn't take off
for another seven and a half hours.
Tony Jenkins falls sick
two hours into the flight.
You think there was direct transmission
from the cleaner to Jenkins?
Doesn't suggest a virus.
The incubation period would be at least
a couple of days, wouldn't it?
We need the police to escalate this.
I'll get on to the
duty inspector at London Command.
I've been trying to find
the pathologist
on the Westshore cleaner case.
There were quite a lot of our lot
in India, but most of them
have retired from breathing, sadly.
The crime scene manager from
Nikki's Hillingdon case last year,
he said his brother was
a police inspector in Mumbai.
Maybe the brother could get us
to the pathologist.
- What was that SOCO guy's name?
- It's the middle of the night, Jack.
Sammy Chopra.
Sammy
is a bit of a raver.
It's Friday night, Kit.
I'm betting he's still up.
You think this thing is contagious?
I'm sorry, we don't know
what we're dealing with yet.
Listen, the guy is vomiting blood.
We need to be told.
The airline has a duty of care.
We're doing everything we can,
Mr Townsend.
Now, if you could just return to
your seat
This affects us all.
We have meetings, families.
We have lives to get back to.
Mr Townsend, please,
the pilot is in constant contact
with the medical support team in
London. We'll make an announcement
when we have more information.
I told you.
I told you not to get involved.
HARRIET: What were
your findings, Dr Patel?
Initial observations indicate
no signs of blunt trauma,
no broken skin. There were
no indications of narcotics
or suspicious substances
in the hotel room.
I'll send bloods
to Toxicology and Histopathology,
but the way the labs are, it could
take several days to get results.
We don't have days.
One passenger is very sick,
and we have a plane
full of other potential victims.
I've asked for everything
from the hotel room to be bagged
and sent to my lab. I'll run
the preliminary tests myself
- and keep you posted.
- I've got an idea.
I have to speak to Nikki.
BEEP
Hello.
HARRIET: Nikki, it's me.
How's the patient?
He went into cardiac arrest.
They have a defib on board, and
he's currently stable, but
I'm not confident that will last.
Well, something's come up,
a death in Mumbai
that might connect to the patient.
The same hotel.
Now, I think that we're dealing with
some kind of pathogen,
maybe picked up in Mumbai
and maybe in the same hotel.
OK.
There's a plane full of people
here, Harriet.
Yes, I know. That's why I'm saying this.
I think that you should consider
doing a living autopsy.
What?
Is the patient able to speak?
Even a little?
Erm Yes.
Maybe.
When Litvinenko
was poisoned by the Russians
it became very clear quite soon
we wouldn't be able to save him,
so it was agreed that we would
carry out a living autopsy,
with his consent, noting all
the signs and the symptoms we could,
in order to aid us
in the inevitable postmortem.
An attempt to understand
what he was dying of
- while he was dying of it?
- Nicely put, yes.
We can try.
- How are you, Nikki?
- I'm fine.
Really. No symptoms.
Good. Well, take care of yourself,
for Jack as much as for you. Bye.
I'm Dr Nikki Alexander,
and this is a record
of the symptoms of Anthony Jenkins.
Mr Jenkins states that he's
suffering from acute internal pain.
Can you show me where, please, Tony?
TONY BREATHES RAPIDLY
The pain appears to be
in the lower and upper abdomen
and the upper chest.
What is she doing?
It's good.
- What's good, Tony?
- Good that you record this.
Help others.
BING-BONG
This is your captain speaking.
Due to a medical emergency
involving one of our passengers,
we will be diverting
to Lankaran International Airport
in Azerbaijan.
PASSENGERS GRUMBLE
I've had clearance from
the Azerbaijani authorities
to make our approach. I'm turning on
- This is bloody ridiculous!
- ..the fasten seat-belt signs,
as we'll be on the ground
in approximately 20 minutes.
We're landing, Tony.
We're getting you to hospital.
Thank you, Nikki.
They're diverting to
an airport in Azerbaijan.
Baku? They've got
great hospitals there.
My cousin got her dentals done in Baku.
I'm very happy for her.
It's not Baku, it's Lankaran,
near the Iranian border.
I spoke to the duty commander.
She's escalated to the
senior national coordinator,
who's talking to the Foreign Office.
- They're worried.
- British national possibly poisoned by
an unknown pathogen.
One dead in India, possibly poisoned
by the same pathogen.
Feels like an international
incident to me.
Tony
TONY GASPS
Tony?
Can you keep your eyes open? Please.
Focus on me.
Your daughter.
You want to see your daughter
again, don't you?
Yeah.
TONY GROANS
Here. Focus on her.
What's your daughter's name, Tony?
It's Becky. It's Becky.
You'll see her soon.
Yes.
Where does she live?
They say a parent
shouldn't bury a child.
I hate that.
Parents are burying children every day.
Becky died?
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Good survival rates.
Just just not not for her.
I'm sorry, Tony.
Your wife and your daughter
died from cancer?
Becky first,
then Val a year later.
But I I I couldn't.
I couldn't. I wanted to live.
I found something to live for.
What was that?
A cause.
What cause, Tony?
TONY COUGHS
TONY GASPS
Listen to me.
- Listen.
- Uh-huh.
Victor
Vi
Victor
- Vict
- Who's Victor?
Victory.
- What are you saying?
- What victory?
HE GROANS
Tony, we're landing. Ten minutes.
We're here, Tony.
You're going to the hospital.
They're going to help you.
They're going to help you, Tony.
I I failed.
- Tony
- Tony!
- Tony!
- There's no pulse.
Tony!
GIGGLING
Quick, Beth.
- No pulse.
- The defib, quick.
DEFIB: Call for help.
Do not touch the patient.
Do not touch the patient.
Analysing heart rhythm.
Do not touch the patient.
Do not touch the patient.
Analysing heart rhythm.
Shock advised.
Clear head, clear waist,
- clear feet.
- Stand clear.
Press the red shock button.
Shock delivered.
Begin CPR. Push hard and fast
in the centre of the chest.
- Come on, Tony.
- Come on, Tony
- Come on, Tony.
- Come on, Tony.
Come on, Tony.
NIKKI PANTS
ADE: Doctor?
Dr Alexander?
Nikki?
You're the only doctor on board.
Only you have the authority
to pronounce death.
OK. OK. OK.
PANTING SLOWS
The patient presents no carotid pulse.
I am verifying life extinct.
Subject, Anthony Jenkins.
Time of death,
23:45 GMT,
on Flight EV609.
We need you back in your seat,
Nikki. We're landing now.
COMMS: Ladies and gentlemen,
we are now landing
at Lankaran International Airport.
Please remain in your seats,
and the captain will be in touch
shortly with an update.
What?!
Er, it's protocol, Nikki.
This is just until the authorities
here disembark him.
We have to.
I couldn't help.
I'm sorry we put you through this.
He was so excited for the flight.
Not excited.
Euphoric, maybe.
He was doing something
he'd never done before.
You did everything you could,
Doctor. I saw.
We have to make sure
they're very careful with the body.
There has to be a full forensic
investigation.
Will that happen here, in Azerbaijan?
Not at home?
I should think so.
The coroner in the UK
might want a second PM
once the body's been repatriated.
So they'll find out exactly what
he died of, what caused it?
- Sometimes we can't be definitive.
- But you will with him, right?
I mean, his wife died,
and his daughter, too.
He was thinking of them at the end.
Well, that never leaves you. I mean
They need to find out
what killed him. We owe him that.
DOOR OPENS
Dr Alexander? Captain Wright.
Thank you for your efforts.
We have to notify
the Azerbaijani authorities.
That's what I'm doing. I'm going to
liaise with the ground staff.
We need to inform them
that this could be a CBRN event.
Chemical, biological, radiological
or nuclear material.
The thing is, Doctor, I need
your help to deplane the deceased.
What? They'll send a team on board
to do that, surely?
No, they won't. They weren't
expecting a dead body.
I told them we had an unwell passenger.
They're not coming aboard.
They said airline personnel only
to disembark.
And you.
They're not coming for the body?
They're giving us a body bag.
They want us to carry
the passenger off the plane.
Jack?
The Foreign Office
just told the police -
the patient, Tony, he died
on the plane.
Oh, no.
Poor Nikki. Um
Are they going to stay in Azerbaijan?
Nikki stay with them, help with the PM?
The police don't seem
to know much right now.
Maybe I should go out there.
Yeah, I should go out there.
Let's see, Jack.
I'm in touch with the airline,
the security coordinator's on it.
Do you know when they're doing
- the postmortem in India?
- In a few hours, I should think.
She's going to be OK, Jack.
Really?
You know that?
WIND WHISTLES
We're parked a long way
from the terminal.
QUIET CHATTER
How long is this circus going to take?
I'm sorry, sir, I don't know.
We just need a little more
patience, please.
What's taking so long?
They're being cautious.
I would be, in their position.
They're not allowing the body
into the terminal.
They're right.
They need to transport him
straight to a biosecure morgue.
They wanted to know a cause of
death. I said we don't have one.
Which is why they have to do
a postmortem as soon as possible.
We need to know
what killed Tony Jenkins.
Do they know about
the other death in Mumbai?
- What other death?
- A hotel cleaner. Same symptoms.
Shit!
Do I need to worry about
my other passengers, Dr Alexander?
I don't know.
Yes. I told you, until we know
what we're dealing with,
we should be concerned
for everyone here.
ENGINE STARTS
VEHICLE BEEPS
What's going on?
Hey! Hey!
They're heading to the hold.
- Are we being deplaned?
- They're saying there's no crime,
so the body has to continue to the UK.
No crime? But how do they know that?
Because we couldn't confirm
otherwise. We have to take him home.
In the hold? They're serious?
They can't put the body
back on the plane!
Correct procedure is to disembark
and do health checks
on every single passenger.
That is not going to happen.
They want us out of here. They say
no crime, so the body goes back
on the plane, goes back to the UK.
RADIO CHATTER
- Hey!
- Nikki!
Hey Nikki!
You can't do this!
If this is a chemical or biological
agent or some kind of virus
- Nikki!
- What?
I know you're
used to being in charge of
a situation like this,
but my duty is to my passengers,
and I have sole jurisdiction
over this aircraft.
We need to take off.
- But the body
- The body comes with us.
QUIET CHATTER
Please remain seated
with your seat belts fastened.
Hey! I want to speak to the captain.
This is ridiculous.
We all need to get back to London.
You need to take care of
the live passengers, too, you know.
The captain is liaising
with the local authorities.
- I'm sure we will have
- The local authorities?
Look, I have $5 billion worth
of business in Azer.
- I'm getting off.
- No! Please.
Mr Townsend, our orders are for all
passengers to remain on the airplane.
Orders?
Is that right?
You never stop, do you? Eh?
SHE SCREAMS
What the hell's going on?!
- Wait.
- I'm fine.
Don't touch me! Don't touch me.
I'm OK. I'm OK.
Do I need to call the airport police?
No, she just
Any more trouble,
and my cabin crew will be
forced to restrain you.
Do I make myself clear?
Do you know how much business I do
with this airline, Captain?
Your threats are
entirely inappropriate.
Sit down, sir.
Now.
COMMS BEEP
- Hello?
- JACK: Hey.
- Are you OK?
- Jack
He died, Jack.
I couldn't do anything.
I know. I'm so sorry.
It was just so bizarre.
I watched his vitals collapse,
no matter what we did.
I don't understand, Jack.
What does that?
He was such a warm, gentle man.
Have the authorities found
anything on the body?
They haven't touched it.
They put him in the hold.
- What?! On the plane? Your plane?
- We're flying back to London.
Can you set Harriet up for the PM?
I don't want anyone else on this.
- Please, Jack.
- Of course, but
aren't they worried about contagion?
BING-BONG
This is Captain Wright. We only have
a small window to get going here.
Please fasten your seat belts
for immediate take-off.
All trays and seats
in the upright position.
Table up, please.
If you could do up
your seat belt, that'd be great.
What are they doing? Why are they
putting the body back in the hold?
Great, he's started again.
- Who?
- Some guy convinced this is
his own private airline.
I've got to go, Jack.
OK. The app says you should be
home in six hours.
In time for breakfast.
I'll be there.
I know you will.
- Thanks, Jack.
- OK. Bye.
Are we in any danger
from whatever he died of?
- It's a fair question.
- And, as I explained,
the captain needs us
to take off quickly.
Please, there's no time right now.
Why did you bring the body
back on the plane if you don't know?
Huh? Are you crazy?
You tell me. You're a doctor.
What the hell is going on?
This has been terrible for everyone,
Mr Townsend. If you sit down for
take-off, I will talk to you calmly.
- Don't tell me to be calm!
- Please, sir.
- Can you just take your seat?
- Listen
Don't you touch me.
I'll smash your face in.
The captain warned you. Sit!
- Hey!
- Hands.
Hands!
Ow!
Stay put, or I will tie you
to the seat. I mean it.
East-West Airlines thanks you
for your cooperation.
HE MUTTERS
I'll see the bloody lot of you
fired. Especially you.
I'll buy this shitty airline,
if I have to.
ENGINES POWER UP
Sorry, Dr Alexander.
If you don't mind, we need you
to fill out a report
for the UK authorities
for when we land.
- Of course.
- In your own time.
It's called the vanishing point,
apparently.
It's where the Earth and the sky meet.
I've always thought
that's where we go. You know
..when the time comes.
I like that, Ade.
It's a nice thought.
CHATTER
BETH COUGHS
SHE BREATHES RAGGEDLY
Oh, God.
Not yet.
Oh, God
BETH GASPS
Everything OK?
Hello? Do you need some assistance?
- Sorry.
- Oh
Yeah, I'm fine, thanks.
Right. OK.
Er, please
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