Flightplan Page #10

KYLE:

No.

RICH:

Are you under any medication right

now?

KYLE:

I have a few sleeping pills with me like

every other passenger on board.

She pauses, weighing whether or not to trust him... then:

KYLE (CONT'D)

I'm also carrying Klonepin. They're

for anxiety. I took two this morning.

RICH:

I see. How long have you been on

them?

KYLE:

I'm not "on" them.

RICH:

How long?

Kyle eyes him, cold as hell. F*** this guy:

KYLE:

I filled the prescription last week.

That's when my husband died. My

daughter and I are taking his body

back to Long Island for the burial.

Silence, just like that.

The tenor of things just changed... especially for Rich. He

eyes Kyle, more softly now.

STEFAN:

There is a casket in the hold,

Captain. Paperwork's from Kaiser

Wilhelm Hospital, on Hochstrasse.

Rich nods, looks to Kyle. Nothing but compassion for her.

KYLE:

He fell. The roof of our building.

Six days ago.

The others try not to jump to any conclusions about that but

it's impossible. Kyle reads their faces.

RICH:

I'm very sorry, Ma'am.

Kyle nods. Rich eyes his team, troubled.

RICH (CONT'D)

Does anybody on board remember seeing

the girl? Passengers in her row?

Fiona and Rich don't want to report this, but...

FIONA:

No, Captain.

STEFAN:

No, Sir.

RICH:

You're seated near her - isn't that

right, Mister Carson?

CARSON:

That's right.

RICH:

Did you see her?

Carson hates to say this, but...

CARSON:

(reluctantly)

No.

Rich eyes Kyle. It doesn't look good. Kyle knows that. But

she can't crack. She has to convince these people.

KYLE:

I want you to think about what you're

suggesting, Captain. You're

suggesting that I imagined bringing

my daughter on board and am now

pretending to be looking for her.

Does that make sense to you?

Can you think of any reason in the

world why I would do that? I'm not

drunk. I'm not loaded. I'm not

looking for attention. I've worked on

airplanes my whole life, same as you.

The last thing I'd ever wanna do is

disturb a flight.

No one answers; it's maddening. She wants to scream...

KYLE (CONT'D)

There are protocols about these

things. Post nine-eleven if a pilot

finds that he's got an inaccurate

passenger manifest, he's supposed to

land at the nearest--

RICH:

A teddy bear does not constitute an

inaccurate passenger mani--

KYLE:

But I'm telling you it's inaccurate.

That obligates you to do a real

search, nose to tail. A thorough

search. Like you would if you had a

child that was missing.

That pissed Rich off, so Kyle interrupts herself - doesn't

want to alienate the guy. She struggles for calm...

KYLE (CONT'D)

Julia's only four, and she's not in

very good shape right now. She just

lost her father. Everything scares

her. I had to hide her under my coat

just to get her into the car this

morning.

(eyeing them)

But she did get in that car. And she

got on this plane, like everyone

else. I fell asleep, which I never

should've done... But she was sitting

right next to me. When we took off. I

held her hand.

Just barely keeping it together now...

KYLE (CONT'D)

(right at Rich:
)

Please. You have to help her.

Rich pauses. Their eyes lock. Then Rich turns to Stefan:

RICH:

Get the lights up, get every

passenger seated. No one in the

lavatories, no exceptions. Open every

closet and bin. We search for the

girl, nose to tail, understand?

Kyle sighs with relief. There's hope...

INT. AIRJET - MAIN AND UPPER DECKS - VARIOUS - MOMENTS LATER

-Every CABIN LIGHT comes on.

-Overhead bins and closets are thrown open.

-Hanging-bags are pulled off a rack by Fiona, who is

searching diligently.

-The "Fasten Seatbelts" signs are lit.

-Passengers waiting to use lavatories are instead shown to

their seats.

-Anna pins SIGNS on the lavatory doors, in German and

English:
"Out of Service - Please Do Not Use"

INT. AIRJET - MAIN DECK - COACH CABIN - SAME

DOLLYING DOWN the aisles we hear grumbling, lots of it, in

snippets of conversations: "Air Marshall." "Arguing with the

Captain." "We might have to turn around."

And the focus of it all... is Kyle. She makes her way down an

aisle, ignoring the way these people are looking at her.

INT. AIRJET - MAIN DECK - FIRST CLASS - CLOSET - SAME

Stefan empties a CLOSET, tossing carry-ons and hanging-bags

aside. Helping him is another flight attendant, IRENE.

Once the closet is empty, we discover a HATCH hidden on the

closet floor. Stefan jerks the hatch open... revealing a hole

that descends into a tiny, lighted ROOM below.

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