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- Condor 6-Alpha-9er.

Levity, Bravo Magnitude.

- Chief Langdon.

- Bruce, it's Genevieve.

- Bruce, it's Genevieve.

- Ginny, is something wrong?

It's late.

Yes, something's wrong.

Turn on the news.

What is it?

I woke up on a plane.

- Did you hear me?

- Sh*t.

Woke up?

That's the story.

- Is it happening?

- Looks like it.

Jesus.

Did you put

my name on the list?

How could I?

I thought it was a dead project.

Bruce! Bruce!

Authorize.

Condor 6-Alpha-9er.

Levity, Bravo Magnitude!

This is the federal emergency

alert, please be advised...

Well...

I don't like this.

What did he say?

What list?

He may have just hit Denver.

I'm gonna need a second.

Great!

Even the trained killer

can't keep it together.

We're all gonna die!

Maybe we were put on this plane

so that we wouldn't die.

You the housewife?

That explains the insight.

Hey, man.

You okay?

This isn't real.

Listen, I'm sorry...

I'm telling you.

The whole thing...

It's a ruse.

I don't read the dictionary

all that much maybe...

It's fake.

It's not real.

Didn't you see all

that sh*t on the phone?

You want me to believe some video

I saw on a four-inch screen

that some guy

found in his seat pocket?

This kind of attack,

it doesn't happen anymore.

The cold war ended.

I'm not buying it.

I don't know, man.

Nobody thought 9/11

could happen either.

Come on, listen to yourself.

Do you have kids?

No.

Well, I know

my son is still alive.

That's something

a parent knows.

He's probably still

sitting where I left him.

You want to know what I think?

What?

I think this is all part of

some big government game.

They kidnap people,

they put them

in a hopeless situation

to see how they'll react.

It's not the first time

it's happened.

You can trust me on this.

But you're this

high-ranking guy.

Why would they put you up here?

Credibility.

Listen, I'm gonna...

I'm gonna go on

back to the group.

You sure you're all right?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Now?

Yeah, I'm okay.

Cole?

Our secret, okay?

He gonna be all right?

I'd ask that

about any of us right now.

Where's Genevieve?

Don't know.

Here.

I tried calling

every person I know,

but the phone is jacking up.

See if you have any luck.

I don't have anyone to call.

Uh...

you wanna try the cockpit door?

Maybe it'll

open up for a woman.

What makes you think

it's not a woman flying?

Well, maybe she likes girls.

You wanna give it a try?

If the pilot was gonna open up

he would've done it by now.

He would've

gone on the intercom.

Something.

We should spend our time

working on other things.

Like what?

What are you doing?

Getting a drink.

That's not gonna help

our situation.

It'll help my situation.

Look, you're the tech geek.

Figure out

how to make this phone work.

Let's just let the pilot

take us to wherever he's going.

The plane's

got to land some time.

Yeah, what she said.

And if we land in China?

North Korea?

I'd rather get off before then,

and I'm definitely

not gonna stop trying.

So what do you suggest?

Search the plane,

front to back...

and we need everyone helping.

Hey, we can't have a

drunk up here with us.

You have to help

with a clear head.

Why, so I can be

of sound mind when we crash

or get thrown

into a Chinese prison?

Listen, kid,

I'm not giving you an option.

I'm sorry.

Are we already

out of the jurisdiction

of the land of the free

and the home of the brave?

'Cause, if I'm not mistaken,

I'm an American citizen,

and as that,

I can do as I wish.

So I wish to say,

"Up yours, trucker boy. "

Let me know

if you find any whiskey.

Cole!

- It's ringing.

- What?

The phone, it's vibrating.

Hello?

- What?

- It's a video call.

Who is this?

This is Major Collins at NORAD.

Who's this?

You the fella

who put us up here?

Put the commanding officer on.

There's no commanding officer!

- What do you mean?

- I mean,

you got seven people

all freaking out up here.

Nobody telling us nothing!

- There's no one else?

- I'll say it again.

You got seven people

all wanting to know

why we woke up

inside this tin can!

Do you even know

what's happening?

Have you been listening to me?!

Oh, Christ.

You're not exactly filling us

with confidence, pal!

Look.

Something's gone wrong.

You were supposed to be full.

Full of what?

Evacuee's.

Look. You're part of a

classified evacuation plan

for citizens

that were deemed too valuable

to lose in an attack.

Too valuable?

Chief, I'm a truck driver

from Beaumont, Texas.

We got a housewife up here.

How the hell could that be?

'Cause it's a

government-run program.

Who else is with you?

I need names and occupation.

I need to run it

through a database and see

who's supposed to be there

and who's not.

Emily McConnell.

I'm a student at Duke.

Belinda Torres, housewife.

Aden Poe.

I do computers.

Genevieve Duncan.

I contract for the DHS.

Michael Deck.

Secretary of Transportation.

Glad you're on board,

Mr. Secretary.

And I'm your truck driver,

Cole Whethers.

I have six.

You said there were seven.

The other guy

is petrified of flying.

I had to lock him in the john.

Great job with that selection,

by the way.

Well, I need his name.

Okay, hold on, hold on.

Here we go.

Genevieve Duncan, you're on the list.

Aden Poe, you're on it.

Secretary Deck, of course.

Wait a second.

Why is Aden's name on the list?

I don't make

those decisions, sir.

- Emily McConnell?

- Hold on!

Why are

these people on the list?

I think it's important to know.

I interned for the president.

You're a white house intern?

Was.

Must've been good.

And what possible reason

could you have for being here?

Ever hear of "Anonymous"?

What's that?

A global hacking organization.

And if he were one of them,

- he wouldn't be telling us.

- "Used to be. " Thank you.

Uncle Sam commuted

a 27-year prison sentence

in exchange

for my credible ass.

Okay.

Anyone else?

So, what, Belinda and I

are, what, mistakes?

- I don't know.

- Then someone

accidentally drugged us

and put us on the one plane out.

I don't know.

I'm working on it.

Don't!

Just find us a place to land!

- No, you don't understand.

- Oh, I understand perfectly!

You kidnap us,

hold us hostage...

Would you shut up for a second?

What you don't understand

is you "can't" land!

What do you mean,

we can't land?

Look. We still don't know

who's behind these attacks.

It's beyond anything

we can comprehend.

They got DC,

New York, Houston, Miami...

God only knows

how many places in between.

The whole country's in chaos.

Everyone thinks they're next.

Jesus, God.

Look, you're in a

specially equipped 727

with engines and a pressurization

system capable of flying

over 65,000 feet,

and that's the only way

you've been able to avoid

all the shock waves.

Are we gonna crash?

Your original destination

was Joint Base Andrews,

but when they hit DC,

they got Andrews, too.

I'm afraid your destination

is nothing but a fuel of fire.

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