Executive Decision Page #4

the President's decision to free Jaffa.

That bastard might be

our last avenue of hope.

We have no means

to communicate with him.

But he has arranged to contact you

as soon as you're airborne.

I can assure you, that plane

won't be allowed to reach the U.S.

If you can convince him. . .

. . .to divert the aircraft

to an isolated base. . .

. . .and release the passengers. . .

. . .he has the word of the President

of the United States. . .

. . .he and his men will be given

passage to any country.

I'll do everything I can. . .

. . .in the interests of peace.

Sorry, Cappy. We got a bad one here.

So. . .

. . .we know we've got DZ-5

in binary canisters. . .

. . .and 1 6 pounds of Semtex.

Let's take a look inside.

A computer trigger.

Microprocessor.

Dedicated drive. . .

. . .probably monitor a dozen sensors.

This ain't no pipe bomb

with a six-volt battery.

Take me closer.

Stop.

Take me in on that.

There.

What are you looking at?

That long, silver cylinder.

That's a barometric pressure switch.

Activated on takeoff, probably

set to airburst during landing. . .

. . .with an isolated trigger.

I tell you what. . .

. . .if I can. . .

. . .I mean. . .

. . .if you can disable the switch,

it'll buy you some time.

Then we got a chance.

We shut it down, take over

the plane, land it someplace safe.

Who gets to play

with the bomb?

What about Cahill?

He's a design engineer.

If he can build a computer. . .

. . .he can take one apart.

What do you think?

We're looking up the ass of a

dead dog, but it's worth a try.

But hurry, the morphine's kicking in.

Let's do it.

Get Cahill in here.

Overhead mid-cabin.

First class. I'll take the cockpit

and business class.

Use Channel B to Grant,

keep A open for assault.

I think you have problem.

I counted four in mid-cabin,

but there could be six.

Can you take them all?

I could take three or four,

but that's pushing it.

We need another gun.

What do you want me to do?

Jesus.

We're doing a simple

electronic bypass.

Ignore the rest of it.

Just ignore. . .

. . .the rest of it.

If you screw up, you'll never know it.

So. . .

. . .Iet's get to it.

Once more.

Push hard, up the ladder. . .

. . .Ieft in the companionway.

I'll surprise them.

That's it. You got it.

This isn't my thing.

With that, you can't miss.

Just aim for his chest and fire.

Whatever you do,

don't look into his eyes.

Then come back down the hall.

Okay, Cahill.

Meter reads 1 5 ohms.

That's good. That means

it's in parallel and isolated.

Let's complete the bypass.

Now take the red alligator clips

and set in the bypass.

Now take the red-handled dikes. . .

. . .and put the red wire on this side.

But don't touch anything else.

Ready, forward section.

Sit-rep.

Ready.

Baker up.

I'm ready.

Do it.

Tell them it's all theirs.

Thank God.

Cappy says the bomb is safe.

The dude's in my sights.

I'll blow the lights,

and we go on my signal.

Oh, Jesus!

Stop them.

Tell Rat to stop the attack!

Rat, stop the hit.

Cappy says to stop the attack.

Hold positions.

What's going on?

Someone ran a program test on the bomb.

Whoever it is. . .

. . .has an override switch

with his finger. . .

...on the damned trigger!

Can you override it?

I said, can you override it?

What's going on?

I think we might have lost Cappy.

Cappy's dead. I think Cappy's dead.

Calm down.

I'll be right there.

What happened?

Cappy's okay.

Just unconscious.

I am free and in flight.

The Americans wish me to tell you. . .

. . .they agree to all your demands.

You are victorious. Come home.

I rejoice in your freedom, Abu Jaffa.

Allah has blessed us.

A great destiny awaits us both.

You'll see I've achieved

a glorious victory on your behalf.

All of lslam will embrace you

as its chosen leader.

I am your flame.

The sword of Allah.

And with it I will strike deep

into the heart of the infidel.

Listen to me! They know!

They will destroy the plane!

Listen!

He cut him off.

Christ!

Jaffa's free.

Jaffa's free!

Anytime, guys. Anytime.

Tell Admiral Crosby to order

the F-1 4's to intercept the 747.

Make the plane divert.

Do it.

Call the President.

It's an executive decision now.

Now that Abu Jaffa's free,

shall I order the plane to Algeria?

Why?

-What's going on?

-Jaffa's been freed.

The second-in-command

is challenging Hassan.

He wants to know. . .

. . .why they're not diverting to Algeria. . .

. . .now that Jaffa's been released.

Allah has chosen for us a task

far greater than Jaffa's freedom.

We are the true soldiers of lslam.

Our destiny is to deliver

the vengence of Allah. . .

. . .into the belly of the infidel.

This has nothing to do with lslam.

It is not Allah's will.

You're blinded by hatred.

I'll have nothing to do with it.

Our mission was to free Abu Jaffa.

He is our leader, not you.

What happened?

He just killed one of his men.

Get back to your posts.

You son of a b*tch!

What'd you get me into?

What did you get me into?

The others can't know about the bomb.

But somebody ran a test.

There must be a sleeper.

Triggerman. One of the passengers.

There're 400 passengers.

It could be anyone.

No way we'll find him.

We still have the element of surprise.

Let's hit them now,

forget the bomb and maybe get lucky.

Even if you kill them all,

the sleeper can destroy the plane.

But at least we'll save Washington.

We're out of time.

This is the best option we have.

Maybe not.

We still got an hour and 20 minutes.

Listen, we must give

that bomb another try.

You need Cappy for that.

-Maybe Cahill can.

-Forget it.

If he can neutralize it,

finding the sleeper won't matter.

And if he can't?

Then we must find the sleeper.

But I think. . .

. . .I know who it might be.

Can you hook up a probe. . .

. . .so I can see

into the cabin on this monitor?

We can't transmit between

the probe and the monitor.

Would a video camera work?

-You got one?

-No.

Sh*t.

Baggage.

We'll find one in baggage.

There are 400 faces up there.

You'll check each one?

Not without help.

Where's the weak link?

How do we pull

the teeth on this thing?

Come on, you're an engineer.

Go with your instincts.

Cappy said two power sources.

This is one.

I'm pretty sure this is the other.

If we had our own power supply. . .

. . .we could isolate

the bomb's power sources. . .

. . .Iike a heart bypass machine.

The bomb'll think it's online.

Along with the sleeper. With no power,

no detonation. Brilliant.

In theory.

That's all we've got.

Cahill, you're the man.

Go with your instincts.

I hope I'm right.

Whatever you do, don't cut that wire.

We found a camcorder in baggage.

We're ready to try this.

Be right there.

What? You can't leave now.

You've got Cappy.

What if he passes out again?

If things really get desperate. . .

. . .use your magic wand.

Okay. I got power.

Got the cable down the elevator shaft.

They won't see it.

Now for the hard part.

Let's try this.

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