The Incredible Hulk (1978) s01e07 Episode Script
747
Everyone out there is going to die unless we find a pilot! (GROWLING) (SCREAMING) You absolutely have got to pull up.
I can't pull it back! Captain, tell me what to do! BRANDES: If you can't get the nose up, you are not going to make it.
Get out! (SCREAMING) Get out! (GROWLING) (BEEPING) NARRATOR: Dr.
David Banner.
Physician.
Scientist.
Searching for a way to tap into the hidden strengths that all humans have.
Then, an accidental overdose of gamma radiation alters his body chemistry.
And now, when David Banner grows angry or outraged, a startling metamorphosis occurs.
The creature is driven by rage and pursued by an investigative reporter.
Mr.
McGee, don't make me angry.
You wouldn't like me when I'm angry.
The creature is wanted for a murder he didn't commit.
David Banner is believed to be dead.
And he must let the world think that he is dead, until he can find a way to control the raging spirit that dwells within him.
(GROWLING) (SHIP HORN BLOWING) NURSE: Chicago Neurology Research Clinic.
Yes, hello.
May I speak to Dr.
Sanford Charles, please? (RINGING) Neuroradiology, Dr.
Charles' office.
Yes, my name is David Brown.
I'm very anxious to speak to Dr.
Charles.
It's extremely important.
Well, he's not in yet.
Are you a patient? No, I'm not, but I have a highly unusual synaptic dysfunction which occurs sporadically, and I'm convinced that Dr.
Charles' research on gamma rays and neuropsychology can help me.
Well, I'm sorry, sir, but Dr.
Charles is leaving this afternoon for a lecture tour in Europe.
Well, when is he leaving? 5:00.
Well, look, I'm in San Francisco.
I'll get the first flight out.
San Francisco? Well, if it's that important, I'll make sure he sees you.
If you can get here before he leaves.
Yes, yes, it is that important, and I'll be there.
Thank you very much.
It's going to be all right.
Don't worry.
(SIGHING) Stephanie, I wouldn't ask you to do this with me unless I was positive we were going to be successful.
I know.
STEPHANIE: The whole thing just worries me a lot.
You can understand that, can't you? PHIL: Sure.
Phil, what's that for? That's just a precaution.
This is the drug.
Now, do you remember the whole routine? If you have any questions, you better ask me now.
No, no, I remember.
You got nothing to worry about.
By tomorrow, we're gonna be knee-deep in caviar on some yacht in the Mediterranean.
Flight 14 won't know what hit it.
DAVID: To your right, over there, at Columbia Airlines.
Just keep the change, all right? Here you go.
Thanks a lot.
WOMAN: (ON P.
A.
SYSTEM) The white zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only.
No parking.
MAN: (ON P.
A.
SYSTEM) May I have your attention, please? Columbia Airlines announces the final call for Flight 14, nonstop service to Chicago.
All passengers for Flight Excuse me, this is my first time flying.
Can you tell me what seat this is? This is 20A and B.
See, it shows you right up there.
Oh, yeah.
And I'm 20C.
Small world.
Hello.
That's 10A and B, to your left.
DAVID: Hold it, miss, please! Hold it.
Wait, one Wait, wait! (PANTING) Oh, thanks.
I ran all the way.
I'm glad I saw you.
I wouldn't want to leave you behind and make you angry at our airlines.
You'll be over there, okay? Thank you.
Steph, give me a hand, all right? STEPHANIE: Sure.
Thank you.
Uh-huh.
(BUZZING) Yeah? STEPHANIE: Hi.
The forward hatch is secured.
Thanks, Steph.
Talk to you later.
(PLANE ENGINE REVVING) Let me help with this.
Oh, thanks.
Gotta take care of that camera.
Want to get some good shots in Chicago.
Oh.
You on vacation, too? No, no.
I'm seeing a doctor there.
MRS.
MACINTIRE: I hope it's nothing serious.
No.
We're taking our second honeymoon.
That's nice.
Thirty-four years ago we met on Lakeshore Drive.
Seems like yesterday, huh? Well, let us say, day before yesterday.
(CHUCKLING) That's more like it.
PHIL: (ON RADIO) San Francisco ground, Columbia 14 ready for gate departure.
CONTROLLER: Columbia 14.
Cleared to taxi 13 right.
Join the flight line and hold.
"Flight to Disaster.
" Well, that's encouraging.
Is it any good? It's okay.
But the technical stuff is all wrong.
Oh, yeah? How do you know? I learned all about jets when I used to go up on my dad's private one.
But my folks are split up now.
My dad left my mom.
I left him.
They just saw each other again.
I'd say it's his loss, either way.
Myself, I'm in shoes.
I can see that.
No, no, no, what I mean is, I run a shoe store.
Oh.
CONTROLLER: Columbia 14, you are cleared for takeoff on runway 25-A.
Contact San Francisco Center on 119.
2.
Columbia 14.
Good day.
(ENGINE ROARING) (PEOPLE CHATTERING) Okay.
Okay.
And here's your cream.
Thank you.
(BOTTLES CLINKING) Hey, it's time for the crew's coffee.
Can you handle this while I get it? Sure.
No problem.
Okay? What would you like to drink, sir? (INTERCOM BUZZING) Yes? Hi, honey.
How are you doing? Okay.
It's been pretty busy.
PHIL: You got some coffee for us? Yes.
I was just getting it ready.
STEPHANIE: Phil, I just You bring it right on up.
We're counting on you.
(GASPS) Excuse me, I'm terribly sorry.
DAVID: That's all right.
(MRS.
MACINTIRE SIGHS) You had to go ahead and do it anyway, didn't you? Look.
For 20 years I've had two cups of coffee with every meal.
One while I'm eating, and one after.
You might have waited until she brought it round.
Got a much bigger cup this way, though.
(CHUCKLING) Oh! Excuse me.
I'm sorry, but I'm a little concerned that you may have some coffee that was meant for one of the other passengers.
Well, it had some medicine in it.
I was just about to take it to them when you grabbed it.
You haven't had any yet, have you? You could say so.
I just finished it.
Tasted all right to me, though.
You sure it was in this cup? I thought so.
Maybe not.
What kind of medicine was it? Oh, just a vitamin supplement.
You know, Kevin, I have to make a confession.
There's something about flying that's always terrified me.
What's that, Mr.
Leggit? Being in the air.
There's nothing to worry about.
Aerodynamics is a sound principle.
In fact, the lift ratio on this jet is better than on many smaller planes.
Is that so? Right.
Because there's more surface area on the wings.
More surface area.
My exact thought.
Mrs.
Maclntire.
Yes? Is your husband all right? Oh, yes.
He's just resting.
But he was wide awake a few moments ago.
Must have been the medicine in the coffee.
Oh, I doubt it.
This man can fall asleep anywhere, anytime.
It's all right.
So anyway, Reggie Jackson comes up to bat, you know? The whole crowd is waiting.
We're expecting something tremendous.
Maybe a line drive over the center-field fence.
You know what Reggie does? He bunts.
(PILOTS LAUGHING) You fellas about ready for a coffee break? One for you.
One for you.
Excuse me.
Hi.
Hi.
The other flight attendant, the one that was helping you, where'd she go? Stephanie? Yeah.
Why? Oh, it's just that she looks like a girl I used to know.
I wanted to talk with her.
Oh, she'll be right back.
She took some coffee to the crew.
Coffee? Mmm-hmm.
Great, Steph.
Thank you.
Perfect.
Boy, that stuff doesn't fool around.
Denver Center, this is Columbia 14.
We're experiencing a slight problem with cabin pressurization at our present altitude.
Request permission to descend to 14,000 feet to check it out.
CONTROLLER: Columbia 14.
You may proceed to 140.
KEVIN: We're losing a little altitude.
Now I'll bring our airspeed down, put her on autopilot.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR) Take care of it.
May I help you? Yes.
The cup of coffee you took from Mr.
Maclntire, did you ever find out what was in it? A vitamin supplement, like I said before.
No, no.
The man is out cold in the seat next to me, and it didn't take him very long to get there.
Now, I'd like to talk to the passenger whose medication that was.
I really don't think that is necessary.
I do.
I'm sorry, sir, I cannot Miss, look, you and I could go around in circles over this for ever.
I'd like to speak to the Captain and I'd like to speak to him right now.
I'll get him for you.
Thank you.
Yes, sir? What seems to be the trouble? The gentleman in the seat next to me has been drugged.
What? How? Well, he accidentally picked up a cup of coffee that your flight attendant put some medication in.
Are you a doctor? Yes, I am.
Now, did any of you have any of that coffee? Yes, we have, but we're fine.
It must've been just that one cup.
Now, have you administered any first aid to this man? No, I didn't want to do anything until I'd spoken to you.
Good.
I wonder if you could come with me? I could use your help.
All right.
Sure.
Down this way, into the hold.
Why are we here? There's a medical crisis kit in one of our containers, for poisonings and other extreme cases.
We've never had to use it before.
It's too dark in here.
I can't see a thing.
You want to try? All right.
It's a large white kit.
What are you doing? There's no use yelling.
Nobody up there's gonna hear you.
What's going on? (INTERCOM BUZZING) Yeah? STEPHANIE: Is everything all right? Everything's just fine.
Our curious friend is all packaged up.
A few more minutes.
How's our pilot? Still unconscious.
We're over Aspen.
Do you have the parachutes? Yeah.
Everything is going according to schedule.
STEPHANIE: Please hurry! Fremont Pass isn't much beyond Aspen.
Stephanie! I'll be up in a few minutes.
So the rest of the flight crew is drugged.
Doesn't it bother you that this jet is going to crash with everyone aboard? Except, of course, you and Stephanie.
The crew will wake in time to land.
How do you know that? What did you give them? Just shut up! What if you don't come down where you planned to? There's a lot of mountains out there.
A lot of snow.
You could freeze to death.
And just where do you think we plan to come down? Fremont Pass.
Isn't that what Stephanie said? Yeah.
Too bad you heard that.
(WHOOSHING) You're gonna land a little sooner than the rest of us! (GRUNTS) What are you doing? No! DAVID: Stop! Stop! (THUDDING) (GROWLING) (GUN FIRING) (SCREAMING) Help! Help me! (HULK ROARS) (HULK GRUNTING) (GROWLING) (DOOR CLOSING) Kevin.
I'm learning something about flying.
What's that? How it feels to be airsick.
Here.
Try putting a little cold water on your face, too.
Anybody there? You're not gonna believe me.
What's the matter? You're not gonna believe me.
Big and green? I told you you wouldn't believe me.
He was green all over? Yeah, all over.
Even his hair.
Boy.
Kevin, quiet.
Mr.
Leggit, I think we'd better get you some aspirin.
Oh, miss.
May I get you something? Yeah, a big net.
He'd like two aspirins.
Look, I know you think I'm crazy, but there is something in that hold.
Some kind of something.
Mr.
Leggit, I'm sure it's just your imagination.
It's not my imagination! He said he was big and green.
Kevin If it'll make you feel better, I'll go check the hold myself, okay? Thank you.
Oh, Bob.
Bob, please wake up.
Who is that? What are you doing down here? Help me with the door! How do you close it? Come on.
I tried, but I couldn't get the hatch closed.
The switch is over here.
Hold on to me.
What happened here? He tried to kill me.
I had to knock him out.
Why would he even bring you down here? Because I discovered that he and the other flight stewardess had drugged one of the passengers and the flight crew.
What are you talking about? Look, they were going to steal some of the Egyptian artifacts and bail out together.
Now, this man has a possible concussion and we have to get him to a hospital as soon as this plane lands! What did you hit him with? Considering he was trying to push me out the cargo door, I hit him with anything that I could.
Push you out the door? Yes.
He didn't want a witness.
I don't believe any of this.
I'm calling the Captain.
Well, don't let me stop you.
STEPHANIE: Phil, what's taking you so long? Stephanie, this is Denise, I'm in the hold.
I'd like to speak to the Captain, please.
Phil! Stephanie, what's happening? I think that's pretty obvious.
Stephanie.
What did you put in their coffee? I don't know.
Now, listen to me.
I need your help.
What did you put in their coffee? Cab something.
Cabritol? Yes, yes, that's it.
Cabritol.
All right.
I want you to think as clearly as possible.
Exactly how much did you give each man? I don't know! I can't remember.
I Try, try.
(STUTTERING) I just divided the bottle up between them.
Five or six apiece, maybe.
It might interest you to know that your plan wouldn't have worked even if I hadn't been on this flight.
What do you mean? The amount of drugs you gave to each one of these men, they never would have awakened in time to land this plane.
Now, everyone out there is going to die unless we find a pilot! Where's Phil? In the hold, unconscious! (SOBBING) Oh, my God.
David, there's no one left to land this plane.
I know.
Mayday, mayday.
Denver Center, this is Columbia 14.
Mayday.
Denver Center, this is Columbia 14.
Do you read? Mayday, mayday.
Denver Center, this is Columbia 14.
Mayday.
This is Denver Center, Columbia 14.
Go ahead.
We have an emergency situation aboard.
Our flight crew has been drugged.
We are out without a pilot.
(BEEPING) Please switch to emergency frequency 118.
7.
That's 118.
7, Columbia, and I'll meet you there.
Columbia 14 switching.
Hello, Jim? This is Charlie.
I got a Columbia 47 on 118 and he's in trouble.
Can you send someone down? Here.
This is Columbia 14.
Are you there, Denver? This is Denver Center, Columbia 14.
Yes, we are, and we acknowledge your status.
Is the crew permanently disabled? I'm a passenger.
I'm a doctor.
I just examined the flight crew and Well, I would have to say, based on their heart rate, respiration, they will be unconscious for approximately six hours.
I copy, 14.
Are you a pilot? No.
The automatic pilot is on.
All right.
Can you tell me what your fuel gauge reads? CHARLIE: Say again, 14.
One-six-two-zero-zero.
They can only stay up there for about two hours.
Get on the horn to Columbia operations and get me a 747 pilot down here right away.
Columbia 14, have you determined whether or not you have a qualified civilian pilot aboard? No.
Please find out and inform immediately.
Here, you do it.
Tell them you're the pilot.
Press this.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is your pilot speaking.
If there are any qualified pilots aboard, I'd like to extend an invitation for you to come up to the cockpit now and see some new developments in the workings of a 747.
Thank you.
Hi.
Bob Brandes, Columbia.
Yeah, you better believe it.
The crew's been drugged.
How many people you got aboard? One hundred and fifty three.
Plus King Tut.
King Tut? Yeah, the Egyptian exhibit, but nobody was supposed to know about that.
Listen, you better grab that headset there.
Oh, yeah.
(KNOCK ON DOOR) A pilot.
I'm not a pilot yet, but I want to be.
Hey, where are the real pilots? You don't have any? CHARLIE: Columbia 14, have you located a pilot yet? No, I'm afraid not.
There are no pilots on board.
All right, Columbia 14, this is Captain Bob Brandes.
I'm gonna talk you down.
BRANDES: Columbia 14, do you copy? I Yes.
My name is David Brown.
I'm I'm one of the passengers.
What do I do first? All right, just remain calm and concentrate, David.
The 747 is the best aircraft ever built and the easiest to fly.
Not much more trouble than driving your own car.
(CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY) I don't have a car.
Listen carefully, David.
Now, the first thing I want you to do is find the altimeter and the airspeed indicator and tell me what they read.
The altimeter and the airspeed indicator, where are they? It's that one and that one.
My father has a private jet.
The altimeter reads 14,200.
Airspeed is 190.
At that altitude he's gonna fly right into the side of Mount Lincoln.
All right, now you're going to adjust your course five degrees to the right.
I want you to find the autopilot control.
Where's that? That's right there.
All right, I've got it.
All right.
Now, turn the white knob on top very slowly to the right.
We're turning.
BRANDES: Good, David.
That's good.
Hold it like that.
Now, stand by to ease it back.
Our altimeter says we're below 14,000 feet.
That's all right.
That's all right.
Now, ease the autopilot back to center.
All right now, ease the autopilot back to center.
That's it.
That's it, that's it.
Good, good.
Well done.
Now, listen carefully, David.
I'm gonna describe the entire landing and braking procedures.
Now, the most important thing is your angle of descent toward the runway.
I want you to locate the Instrument Landing System indicator, the ILS, directly in front of you.
It's like a cross hair.
Got it.
All right, now I'm gonna tell you how to read it.
We have to get the passengers ready for an emergency landing.
You think Kevin's all right? I hope he's not getting in the way.
Knowing Kevin, he's probably helping to fly the plane.
CHARLIE: Yeah, Field Security? This is Denver Center.
We have a 747 in emergency status.
(ALARM BLARING) It will be attempting a landing on runway 15 in approximately seven minutes.
So hit the red button, clear the field, and get your emergency vehicles ready.
DISPATCHER: Units 465, 472, deploy to west end of runway.
429, 430, follow me to the center.
Advise Denver Memorial Hospital of emergency situation.
(SIRENS BLARING) Let's get some ambulances and paramedic teams out here on the double.
BRANDES: All right, David.
Now we're going to disengage the autopilot.
Put your left hand on the wheel and with your right hand flip the disengage switch on the autopilot console.
The autopilot's off.
All right, David.
You have the aircraft.
DENISE: (ON INTERCOM) The correct position for an emergency landing is to touch your chest to your knees as tightly as possible.
Now, let's all try that at once.
Everybody down.
Okay? Now, once the plane touches down, there may be a danger of fire, so let's review once again the procedure for evacuating the aircraft.
All right, the flaps are fully extended.
Good.
Now, we've arranged for a straight-in approach.
But we've got to get you past the Flagstaff Mountain first.
Start turning your wheel very slowly to the right.
Go ahead and turn it.
A little more.
That's it.
Looking good.
Now, hold it there.
Let the plane do the work for you.
DAVID: We're losing altitude.
That's all right.
That's normal.
Now turn the wheel back straight and level off.
Ease it back straight.
A little more.
Good.
All right, now you ought to be able to see Denver ahead of you now.
Yeah, there it is.
See it? Yes, we sight it ahead of us.
Good, good.
Now, get your gear down, just like I told you.
Let me know when it's locked.
You're over the outer marker now, David.
Five miles from the end of the runway, passing through 1,500 feet.
Let me know when the gear's locked, then we'll get you on the glide slope.
They're locked.
Gears are locked.
Good.
Very good.
Now, listen closely, David.
You want to begin to decrease your descent.
Now, just pull the black switch, the large black switch on the wheel, toward you until your airspeed hits 145 knots.
Now, that controls the stabilizer and it'll trim your nose up.
One-seventy.
One-sixty.
One-fifty.
One-forty five.
We're at 145.
All right.
Good.
Now look at the ILS crosshair and tell me what you see.
DAVID: I think we're below the glide slope.
That's right, you are.
Now, I want you to pull back gently on the wheel to help level off your descent.
Do you copy, David? Pull back on the wheel.
David? It won't move.
It won't move? Are you sure the autopilot's turned off? Yes, I'm positive.
It should move, David.
All right.
Now look at the elevator hydraulic pressure gauge.
It's on the engineering panel behind you.
Six-fifty.
It says 650.
Say again, David.
Six-five-zero.
(MUTTERING) It should read about DAVID: It won't move! I can't, I can't I can't pull it back! Captain, tell me what to do! All right, David.
We're going to try to compensate for the problem.
I want you to start pulling back again on the yoke, as hard as you can.
It won't move.
CHARLIE: He's going to crash before he gets to the end of the runway.
David, try again quickly.
You absolutely have got to pull up.
BRANDES: Get a few people helping you pull on it.
Try anything.
Help me.
Keep trying, David! If you can't get the nose up, you are not going to make it.
David, do you read? Columbia 14, this is Denver Center.
Do you read? Please acknowledge, Columbia 14.
Please acknowledge.
David, can you hear me? You're falling further below the glide slope.
You've got to get the nose up.
DAVID: Get out! David.
Get out! (SHRIEKS) David, please acknowledge.
Get out! Do you read me? Get your wingtips level, David.
To the left a little.
To the left.
David, if you can hear me, you've got to keep trying.
Keep trying, David.
Keep the nose up.
Keep pulling back, David, keep pulling back.
Stay on course.
A little to the right.
To the right.
Don't lose control.
Now bring it back to the left a little.
Level it out.
Good, David, good.
The nose is coming up slightly.
You're getting back on the glide slope.
Now, don't slide to the left.
Stay in control.
David, keep pulling back, but stay in control.
Level your wings to the left.
To the left.
Stay in control.
It's coming up.
You're sliding to the left.
Stay straight.
Stay straight.
Pull harder, David.
Pull harder! You've gotta pull up more! Level your wings, David.
Gently.
Don't overcompensate.
Hold her level, hold her level, David.
Pull back on the wheel.
Pull back.
DISPATCHER: All units, stand by.
He's over the fence.
BRANDES: Keep fighting it, David.
You're drifting to the left.
You're drifting to the left.
You've got to get back on it.
Stay in control.
Don't lose control, David.
All right, David.
Now get ready to bear her down like I told you.
Stay in control.
Here it comes.
Now! Pull back hard! (GROWLING) Now! David, David, now! Pull back! (TIRES SCREECHING) DISPATCHER ON RADIO: All units behind, converge on them.
Let's get rolling! (SIRENS BLARING) All right.
Now you've got to stop it, David.
Just do what I told you.
(GROWLING) Hit the reverse gates on the engines.
The brakes, David.
Hit the brakes! You've got to slow down! (GROWLING) David! David! Kevin! The brake, David, press the brake.
It's at the toe of the pedal by your feet.
(POPPING) (TIRES SCREECHING) DISPATCHER: This is 429.
He's past us and still rolling! BRANDES: You've got to reverse the gates on the engine, David.
Pull up on the front of the throttle.
KEVIN: Who are you? Where's David? Pull up on the front of the throttle.
You've got to reverse the gates on the engine.
We got to stop it.
The brake, down there.
Press on the brake.
Press on the brakes harder! BRANDES: The button beside you, David.
Pull the button on the front of the throttle.
You've got to reverse the gates! Pull up on the front of the throttle! Reverse the gates! (LOUD WHOOSHING) Push harder on the brakes! Harder! Turn to the left.
Turn left quickly! Keep the reverse thrust on full! Press harder! BRANDES: Pull up on the front of the throttle.
DENISE: Face down, stay down, and hang on.
DISPATCHER: He's got it stopped! (GROWLING) (SHRIEKS) What was it? I don't know.
(WOMAN SCREAMS) (ROARING) (PASSENGERS SCREAMING) You see? You see? (TELEPHONE RINGING) NURSE: Chicago Neurology Research Clinic.
Dr.
Charles' office.
No, I'm sorry, the doctor's already left on his lecture tour.
Is this the gentleman who called from San Francisco? Yes, that's right.
Are you here in Chicago now? No, I I only got as far as Denver.
Did you have some trouble with your flight? You could say that, yes.
Oh, I'm sorry.
But the doctor said he'd be happy to try to help you with your condition when he returns from Europe.
Well, when will that be? In about three months.
Three months? Where will you be, sir? Where can we reach you? I have no idea.
I'II I'll have to get back in touch with the doctor.
All right.
I'm really sorry.
So am I.
Goodbye.
I can't pull it back! Captain, tell me what to do! BRANDES: If you can't get the nose up, you are not going to make it.
Get out! (SCREAMING) Get out! (GROWLING) (BEEPING) NARRATOR: Dr.
David Banner.
Physician.
Scientist.
Searching for a way to tap into the hidden strengths that all humans have.
Then, an accidental overdose of gamma radiation alters his body chemistry.
And now, when David Banner grows angry or outraged, a startling metamorphosis occurs.
The creature is driven by rage and pursued by an investigative reporter.
Mr.
McGee, don't make me angry.
You wouldn't like me when I'm angry.
The creature is wanted for a murder he didn't commit.
David Banner is believed to be dead.
And he must let the world think that he is dead, until he can find a way to control the raging spirit that dwells within him.
(GROWLING) (SHIP HORN BLOWING) NURSE: Chicago Neurology Research Clinic.
Yes, hello.
May I speak to Dr.
Sanford Charles, please? (RINGING) Neuroradiology, Dr.
Charles' office.
Yes, my name is David Brown.
I'm very anxious to speak to Dr.
Charles.
It's extremely important.
Well, he's not in yet.
Are you a patient? No, I'm not, but I have a highly unusual synaptic dysfunction which occurs sporadically, and I'm convinced that Dr.
Charles' research on gamma rays and neuropsychology can help me.
Well, I'm sorry, sir, but Dr.
Charles is leaving this afternoon for a lecture tour in Europe.
Well, when is he leaving? 5:00.
Well, look, I'm in San Francisco.
I'll get the first flight out.
San Francisco? Well, if it's that important, I'll make sure he sees you.
If you can get here before he leaves.
Yes, yes, it is that important, and I'll be there.
Thank you very much.
It's going to be all right.
Don't worry.
(SIGHING) Stephanie, I wouldn't ask you to do this with me unless I was positive we were going to be successful.
I know.
STEPHANIE: The whole thing just worries me a lot.
You can understand that, can't you? PHIL: Sure.
Phil, what's that for? That's just a precaution.
This is the drug.
Now, do you remember the whole routine? If you have any questions, you better ask me now.
No, no, I remember.
You got nothing to worry about.
By tomorrow, we're gonna be knee-deep in caviar on some yacht in the Mediterranean.
Flight 14 won't know what hit it.
DAVID: To your right, over there, at Columbia Airlines.
Just keep the change, all right? Here you go.
Thanks a lot.
WOMAN: (ON P.
A.
SYSTEM) The white zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only.
No parking.
MAN: (ON P.
A.
SYSTEM) May I have your attention, please? Columbia Airlines announces the final call for Flight 14, nonstop service to Chicago.
All passengers for Flight Excuse me, this is my first time flying.
Can you tell me what seat this is? This is 20A and B.
See, it shows you right up there.
Oh, yeah.
And I'm 20C.
Small world.
Hello.
That's 10A and B, to your left.
DAVID: Hold it, miss, please! Hold it.
Wait, one Wait, wait! (PANTING) Oh, thanks.
I ran all the way.
I'm glad I saw you.
I wouldn't want to leave you behind and make you angry at our airlines.
You'll be over there, okay? Thank you.
Steph, give me a hand, all right? STEPHANIE: Sure.
Thank you.
Uh-huh.
(BUZZING) Yeah? STEPHANIE: Hi.
The forward hatch is secured.
Thanks, Steph.
Talk to you later.
(PLANE ENGINE REVVING) Let me help with this.
Oh, thanks.
Gotta take care of that camera.
Want to get some good shots in Chicago.
Oh.
You on vacation, too? No, no.
I'm seeing a doctor there.
MRS.
MACINTIRE: I hope it's nothing serious.
No.
We're taking our second honeymoon.
That's nice.
Thirty-four years ago we met on Lakeshore Drive.
Seems like yesterday, huh? Well, let us say, day before yesterday.
(CHUCKLING) That's more like it.
PHIL: (ON RADIO) San Francisco ground, Columbia 14 ready for gate departure.
CONTROLLER: Columbia 14.
Cleared to taxi 13 right.
Join the flight line and hold.
"Flight to Disaster.
" Well, that's encouraging.
Is it any good? It's okay.
But the technical stuff is all wrong.
Oh, yeah? How do you know? I learned all about jets when I used to go up on my dad's private one.
But my folks are split up now.
My dad left my mom.
I left him.
They just saw each other again.
I'd say it's his loss, either way.
Myself, I'm in shoes.
I can see that.
No, no, no, what I mean is, I run a shoe store.
Oh.
CONTROLLER: Columbia 14, you are cleared for takeoff on runway 25-A.
Contact San Francisco Center on 119.
2.
Columbia 14.
Good day.
(ENGINE ROARING) (PEOPLE CHATTERING) Okay.
Okay.
And here's your cream.
Thank you.
(BOTTLES CLINKING) Hey, it's time for the crew's coffee.
Can you handle this while I get it? Sure.
No problem.
Okay? What would you like to drink, sir? (INTERCOM BUZZING) Yes? Hi, honey.
How are you doing? Okay.
It's been pretty busy.
PHIL: You got some coffee for us? Yes.
I was just getting it ready.
STEPHANIE: Phil, I just You bring it right on up.
We're counting on you.
(GASPS) Excuse me, I'm terribly sorry.
DAVID: That's all right.
(MRS.
MACINTIRE SIGHS) You had to go ahead and do it anyway, didn't you? Look.
For 20 years I've had two cups of coffee with every meal.
One while I'm eating, and one after.
You might have waited until she brought it round.
Got a much bigger cup this way, though.
(CHUCKLING) Oh! Excuse me.
I'm sorry, but I'm a little concerned that you may have some coffee that was meant for one of the other passengers.
Well, it had some medicine in it.
I was just about to take it to them when you grabbed it.
You haven't had any yet, have you? You could say so.
I just finished it.
Tasted all right to me, though.
You sure it was in this cup? I thought so.
Maybe not.
What kind of medicine was it? Oh, just a vitamin supplement.
You know, Kevin, I have to make a confession.
There's something about flying that's always terrified me.
What's that, Mr.
Leggit? Being in the air.
There's nothing to worry about.
Aerodynamics is a sound principle.
In fact, the lift ratio on this jet is better than on many smaller planes.
Is that so? Right.
Because there's more surface area on the wings.
More surface area.
My exact thought.
Mrs.
Maclntire.
Yes? Is your husband all right? Oh, yes.
He's just resting.
But he was wide awake a few moments ago.
Must have been the medicine in the coffee.
Oh, I doubt it.
This man can fall asleep anywhere, anytime.
It's all right.
So anyway, Reggie Jackson comes up to bat, you know? The whole crowd is waiting.
We're expecting something tremendous.
Maybe a line drive over the center-field fence.
You know what Reggie does? He bunts.
(PILOTS LAUGHING) You fellas about ready for a coffee break? One for you.
One for you.
Excuse me.
Hi.
Hi.
The other flight attendant, the one that was helping you, where'd she go? Stephanie? Yeah.
Why? Oh, it's just that she looks like a girl I used to know.
I wanted to talk with her.
Oh, she'll be right back.
She took some coffee to the crew.
Coffee? Mmm-hmm.
Great, Steph.
Thank you.
Perfect.
Boy, that stuff doesn't fool around.
Denver Center, this is Columbia 14.
We're experiencing a slight problem with cabin pressurization at our present altitude.
Request permission to descend to 14,000 feet to check it out.
CONTROLLER: Columbia 14.
You may proceed to 140.
KEVIN: We're losing a little altitude.
Now I'll bring our airspeed down, put her on autopilot.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR) Take care of it.
May I help you? Yes.
The cup of coffee you took from Mr.
Maclntire, did you ever find out what was in it? A vitamin supplement, like I said before.
No, no.
The man is out cold in the seat next to me, and it didn't take him very long to get there.
Now, I'd like to talk to the passenger whose medication that was.
I really don't think that is necessary.
I do.
I'm sorry, sir, I cannot Miss, look, you and I could go around in circles over this for ever.
I'd like to speak to the Captain and I'd like to speak to him right now.
I'll get him for you.
Thank you.
Yes, sir? What seems to be the trouble? The gentleman in the seat next to me has been drugged.
What? How? Well, he accidentally picked up a cup of coffee that your flight attendant put some medication in.
Are you a doctor? Yes, I am.
Now, did any of you have any of that coffee? Yes, we have, but we're fine.
It must've been just that one cup.
Now, have you administered any first aid to this man? No, I didn't want to do anything until I'd spoken to you.
Good.
I wonder if you could come with me? I could use your help.
All right.
Sure.
Down this way, into the hold.
Why are we here? There's a medical crisis kit in one of our containers, for poisonings and other extreme cases.
We've never had to use it before.
It's too dark in here.
I can't see a thing.
You want to try? All right.
It's a large white kit.
What are you doing? There's no use yelling.
Nobody up there's gonna hear you.
What's going on? (INTERCOM BUZZING) Yeah? STEPHANIE: Is everything all right? Everything's just fine.
Our curious friend is all packaged up.
A few more minutes.
How's our pilot? Still unconscious.
We're over Aspen.
Do you have the parachutes? Yeah.
Everything is going according to schedule.
STEPHANIE: Please hurry! Fremont Pass isn't much beyond Aspen.
Stephanie! I'll be up in a few minutes.
So the rest of the flight crew is drugged.
Doesn't it bother you that this jet is going to crash with everyone aboard? Except, of course, you and Stephanie.
The crew will wake in time to land.
How do you know that? What did you give them? Just shut up! What if you don't come down where you planned to? There's a lot of mountains out there.
A lot of snow.
You could freeze to death.
And just where do you think we plan to come down? Fremont Pass.
Isn't that what Stephanie said? Yeah.
Too bad you heard that.
(WHOOSHING) You're gonna land a little sooner than the rest of us! (GRUNTS) What are you doing? No! DAVID: Stop! Stop! (THUDDING) (GROWLING) (GUN FIRING) (SCREAMING) Help! Help me! (HULK ROARS) (HULK GRUNTING) (GROWLING) (DOOR CLOSING) Kevin.
I'm learning something about flying.
What's that? How it feels to be airsick.
Here.
Try putting a little cold water on your face, too.
Anybody there? You're not gonna believe me.
What's the matter? You're not gonna believe me.
Big and green? I told you you wouldn't believe me.
He was green all over? Yeah, all over.
Even his hair.
Boy.
Kevin, quiet.
Mr.
Leggit, I think we'd better get you some aspirin.
Oh, miss.
May I get you something? Yeah, a big net.
He'd like two aspirins.
Look, I know you think I'm crazy, but there is something in that hold.
Some kind of something.
Mr.
Leggit, I'm sure it's just your imagination.
It's not my imagination! He said he was big and green.
Kevin If it'll make you feel better, I'll go check the hold myself, okay? Thank you.
Oh, Bob.
Bob, please wake up.
Who is that? What are you doing down here? Help me with the door! How do you close it? Come on.
I tried, but I couldn't get the hatch closed.
The switch is over here.
Hold on to me.
What happened here? He tried to kill me.
I had to knock him out.
Why would he even bring you down here? Because I discovered that he and the other flight stewardess had drugged one of the passengers and the flight crew.
What are you talking about? Look, they were going to steal some of the Egyptian artifacts and bail out together.
Now, this man has a possible concussion and we have to get him to a hospital as soon as this plane lands! What did you hit him with? Considering he was trying to push me out the cargo door, I hit him with anything that I could.
Push you out the door? Yes.
He didn't want a witness.
I don't believe any of this.
I'm calling the Captain.
Well, don't let me stop you.
STEPHANIE: Phil, what's taking you so long? Stephanie, this is Denise, I'm in the hold.
I'd like to speak to the Captain, please.
Phil! Stephanie, what's happening? I think that's pretty obvious.
Stephanie.
What did you put in their coffee? I don't know.
Now, listen to me.
I need your help.
What did you put in their coffee? Cab something.
Cabritol? Yes, yes, that's it.
Cabritol.
All right.
I want you to think as clearly as possible.
Exactly how much did you give each man? I don't know! I can't remember.
I Try, try.
(STUTTERING) I just divided the bottle up between them.
Five or six apiece, maybe.
It might interest you to know that your plan wouldn't have worked even if I hadn't been on this flight.
What do you mean? The amount of drugs you gave to each one of these men, they never would have awakened in time to land this plane.
Now, everyone out there is going to die unless we find a pilot! Where's Phil? In the hold, unconscious! (SOBBING) Oh, my God.
David, there's no one left to land this plane.
I know.
Mayday, mayday.
Denver Center, this is Columbia 14.
Mayday.
Denver Center, this is Columbia 14.
Do you read? Mayday, mayday.
Denver Center, this is Columbia 14.
Mayday.
This is Denver Center, Columbia 14.
Go ahead.
We have an emergency situation aboard.
Our flight crew has been drugged.
We are out without a pilot.
(BEEPING) Please switch to emergency frequency 118.
7.
That's 118.
7, Columbia, and I'll meet you there.
Columbia 14 switching.
Hello, Jim? This is Charlie.
I got a Columbia 47 on 118 and he's in trouble.
Can you send someone down? Here.
This is Columbia 14.
Are you there, Denver? This is Denver Center, Columbia 14.
Yes, we are, and we acknowledge your status.
Is the crew permanently disabled? I'm a passenger.
I'm a doctor.
I just examined the flight crew and Well, I would have to say, based on their heart rate, respiration, they will be unconscious for approximately six hours.
I copy, 14.
Are you a pilot? No.
The automatic pilot is on.
All right.
Can you tell me what your fuel gauge reads? CHARLIE: Say again, 14.
One-six-two-zero-zero.
They can only stay up there for about two hours.
Get on the horn to Columbia operations and get me a 747 pilot down here right away.
Columbia 14, have you determined whether or not you have a qualified civilian pilot aboard? No.
Please find out and inform immediately.
Here, you do it.
Tell them you're the pilot.
Press this.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is your pilot speaking.
If there are any qualified pilots aboard, I'd like to extend an invitation for you to come up to the cockpit now and see some new developments in the workings of a 747.
Thank you.
Hi.
Bob Brandes, Columbia.
Yeah, you better believe it.
The crew's been drugged.
How many people you got aboard? One hundred and fifty three.
Plus King Tut.
King Tut? Yeah, the Egyptian exhibit, but nobody was supposed to know about that.
Listen, you better grab that headset there.
Oh, yeah.
(KNOCK ON DOOR) A pilot.
I'm not a pilot yet, but I want to be.
Hey, where are the real pilots? You don't have any? CHARLIE: Columbia 14, have you located a pilot yet? No, I'm afraid not.
There are no pilots on board.
All right, Columbia 14, this is Captain Bob Brandes.
I'm gonna talk you down.
BRANDES: Columbia 14, do you copy? I Yes.
My name is David Brown.
I'm I'm one of the passengers.
What do I do first? All right, just remain calm and concentrate, David.
The 747 is the best aircraft ever built and the easiest to fly.
Not much more trouble than driving your own car.
(CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY) I don't have a car.
Listen carefully, David.
Now, the first thing I want you to do is find the altimeter and the airspeed indicator and tell me what they read.
The altimeter and the airspeed indicator, where are they? It's that one and that one.
My father has a private jet.
The altimeter reads 14,200.
Airspeed is 190.
At that altitude he's gonna fly right into the side of Mount Lincoln.
All right, now you're going to adjust your course five degrees to the right.
I want you to find the autopilot control.
Where's that? That's right there.
All right, I've got it.
All right.
Now, turn the white knob on top very slowly to the right.
We're turning.
BRANDES: Good, David.
That's good.
Hold it like that.
Now, stand by to ease it back.
Our altimeter says we're below 14,000 feet.
That's all right.
That's all right.
Now, ease the autopilot back to center.
All right now, ease the autopilot back to center.
That's it.
That's it, that's it.
Good, good.
Well done.
Now, listen carefully, David.
I'm gonna describe the entire landing and braking procedures.
Now, the most important thing is your angle of descent toward the runway.
I want you to locate the Instrument Landing System indicator, the ILS, directly in front of you.
It's like a cross hair.
Got it.
All right, now I'm gonna tell you how to read it.
We have to get the passengers ready for an emergency landing.
You think Kevin's all right? I hope he's not getting in the way.
Knowing Kevin, he's probably helping to fly the plane.
CHARLIE: Yeah, Field Security? This is Denver Center.
We have a 747 in emergency status.
(ALARM BLARING) It will be attempting a landing on runway 15 in approximately seven minutes.
So hit the red button, clear the field, and get your emergency vehicles ready.
DISPATCHER: Units 465, 472, deploy to west end of runway.
429, 430, follow me to the center.
Advise Denver Memorial Hospital of emergency situation.
(SIRENS BLARING) Let's get some ambulances and paramedic teams out here on the double.
BRANDES: All right, David.
Now we're going to disengage the autopilot.
Put your left hand on the wheel and with your right hand flip the disengage switch on the autopilot console.
The autopilot's off.
All right, David.
You have the aircraft.
DENISE: (ON INTERCOM) The correct position for an emergency landing is to touch your chest to your knees as tightly as possible.
Now, let's all try that at once.
Everybody down.
Okay? Now, once the plane touches down, there may be a danger of fire, so let's review once again the procedure for evacuating the aircraft.
All right, the flaps are fully extended.
Good.
Now, we've arranged for a straight-in approach.
But we've got to get you past the Flagstaff Mountain first.
Start turning your wheel very slowly to the right.
Go ahead and turn it.
A little more.
That's it.
Looking good.
Now, hold it there.
Let the plane do the work for you.
DAVID: We're losing altitude.
That's all right.
That's normal.
Now turn the wheel back straight and level off.
Ease it back straight.
A little more.
Good.
All right, now you ought to be able to see Denver ahead of you now.
Yeah, there it is.
See it? Yes, we sight it ahead of us.
Good, good.
Now, get your gear down, just like I told you.
Let me know when it's locked.
You're over the outer marker now, David.
Five miles from the end of the runway, passing through 1,500 feet.
Let me know when the gear's locked, then we'll get you on the glide slope.
They're locked.
Gears are locked.
Good.
Very good.
Now, listen closely, David.
You want to begin to decrease your descent.
Now, just pull the black switch, the large black switch on the wheel, toward you until your airspeed hits 145 knots.
Now, that controls the stabilizer and it'll trim your nose up.
One-seventy.
One-sixty.
One-fifty.
One-forty five.
We're at 145.
All right.
Good.
Now look at the ILS crosshair and tell me what you see.
DAVID: I think we're below the glide slope.
That's right, you are.
Now, I want you to pull back gently on the wheel to help level off your descent.
Do you copy, David? Pull back on the wheel.
David? It won't move.
It won't move? Are you sure the autopilot's turned off? Yes, I'm positive.
It should move, David.
All right.
Now look at the elevator hydraulic pressure gauge.
It's on the engineering panel behind you.
Six-fifty.
It says 650.
Say again, David.
Six-five-zero.
(MUTTERING) It should read about DAVID: It won't move! I can't, I can't I can't pull it back! Captain, tell me what to do! All right, David.
We're going to try to compensate for the problem.
I want you to start pulling back again on the yoke, as hard as you can.
It won't move.
CHARLIE: He's going to crash before he gets to the end of the runway.
David, try again quickly.
You absolutely have got to pull up.
BRANDES: Get a few people helping you pull on it.
Try anything.
Help me.
Keep trying, David! If you can't get the nose up, you are not going to make it.
David, do you read? Columbia 14, this is Denver Center.
Do you read? Please acknowledge, Columbia 14.
Please acknowledge.
David, can you hear me? You're falling further below the glide slope.
You've got to get the nose up.
DAVID: Get out! David.
Get out! (SHRIEKS) David, please acknowledge.
Get out! Do you read me? Get your wingtips level, David.
To the left a little.
To the left.
David, if you can hear me, you've got to keep trying.
Keep trying, David.
Keep the nose up.
Keep pulling back, David, keep pulling back.
Stay on course.
A little to the right.
To the right.
Don't lose control.
Now bring it back to the left a little.
Level it out.
Good, David, good.
The nose is coming up slightly.
You're getting back on the glide slope.
Now, don't slide to the left.
Stay in control.
David, keep pulling back, but stay in control.
Level your wings to the left.
To the left.
Stay in control.
It's coming up.
You're sliding to the left.
Stay straight.
Stay straight.
Pull harder, David.
Pull harder! You've gotta pull up more! Level your wings, David.
Gently.
Don't overcompensate.
Hold her level, hold her level, David.
Pull back on the wheel.
Pull back.
DISPATCHER: All units, stand by.
He's over the fence.
BRANDES: Keep fighting it, David.
You're drifting to the left.
You're drifting to the left.
You've got to get back on it.
Stay in control.
Don't lose control, David.
All right, David.
Now get ready to bear her down like I told you.
Stay in control.
Here it comes.
Now! Pull back hard! (GROWLING) Now! David, David, now! Pull back! (TIRES SCREECHING) DISPATCHER ON RADIO: All units behind, converge on them.
Let's get rolling! (SIRENS BLARING) All right.
Now you've got to stop it, David.
Just do what I told you.
(GROWLING) Hit the reverse gates on the engines.
The brakes, David.
Hit the brakes! You've got to slow down! (GROWLING) David! David! Kevin! The brake, David, press the brake.
It's at the toe of the pedal by your feet.
(POPPING) (TIRES SCREECHING) DISPATCHER: This is 429.
He's past us and still rolling! BRANDES: You've got to reverse the gates on the engine, David.
Pull up on the front of the throttle.
KEVIN: Who are you? Where's David? Pull up on the front of the throttle.
You've got to reverse the gates on the engine.
We got to stop it.
The brake, down there.
Press on the brake.
Press on the brakes harder! BRANDES: The button beside you, David.
Pull the button on the front of the throttle.
You've got to reverse the gates! Pull up on the front of the throttle! Reverse the gates! (LOUD WHOOSHING) Push harder on the brakes! Harder! Turn to the left.
Turn left quickly! Keep the reverse thrust on full! Press harder! BRANDES: Pull up on the front of the throttle.
DENISE: Face down, stay down, and hang on.
DISPATCHER: He's got it stopped! (GROWLING) (SHRIEKS) What was it? I don't know.
(WOMAN SCREAMS) (ROARING) (PASSENGERS SCREAMING) You see? You see? (TELEPHONE RINGING) NURSE: Chicago Neurology Research Clinic.
Dr.
Charles' office.
No, I'm sorry, the doctor's already left on his lecture tour.
Is this the gentleman who called from San Francisco? Yes, that's right.
Are you here in Chicago now? No, I I only got as far as Denver.
Did you have some trouble with your flight? You could say that, yes.
Oh, I'm sorry.
But the doctor said he'd be happy to try to help you with your condition when he returns from Europe.
Well, when will that be? In about three months.
Three months? Where will you be, sir? Where can we reach you? I have no idea.
I'II I'll have to get back in touch with the doctor.
All right.
I'm really sorry.
So am I.
Goodbye.