Departure

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Hi.

JFK as quickly as possible.

Hi.

*** Yeah.

Yes, that was me. Madelyn Strong.

Sorry, could you go a little bit faster, please?

- Which terminal, miss? - BGA International.

Arrivals. - Thought you'd want departures.

No, I'm going to meet someone.

Just pull over right here.

OK, yeah, yeah, this is good!

Maddy.

- Listen, Ali, I'm gonna be late.

They put me on another flight.

- Ali: What's wrong with the first one? - I missed it.

New York traffic.

- Just text me a new flight number and I'll pick you up.

- No. You've been up all night, I can cab it.

- Maddy, name a time when I haven't been there for you.

- Thanks. - Straight up.

So, how was the interview?

- Honestly, couldn't have gone better.

Columbia pretty much made me an offer right there.

- Joking? Yes, baby! That's awesome!

Well done. I'm happy for you. - Hey, hold on.

Allow me.

- Thank you. - What's your name?

- Stella. - Well, Stella,

we're good to go.

Walk-around looks good.

- Let's go ahead with the pre-flight.

Did you talk to my dad?

- Uh, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I introduced myself.

He knew who I was obviously. - And...?

- Yeah, he's accepted it. He'll ready, he'll be ready.

- Really? Now, that doesn't sound like him.

- Look, no father, no dad wants to mess up his daughter's big day.

- I know, but it's usually not that easy with him.

- I took care of it, Maddy. We're chill, it's all good.

- Min fuel verify. 1-0-6 required.

1-3-2 on board.

- 1-0-6 required. 1-3-2 on board, check.

- Flaps; Two sets, two indicated.

- Two sets two indicated, check.

Why don't, uh... why don't you handle the next sector.

Thank you, sir.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is your co-pilot Arthur Delaney.

Our pilot tonight is Captain Richard Donovan.

We are pleased to welcome you aboard BGA Flight 716 to London

Our estimated flight time is

seven hours, ten minutes. Please insure electronic device

are turned off as we prepare for departure.

Thank you and enjoy your flight - OK,

I gotta go. Don't want my mobile to fry the plane.

- I love you, baby. My mix is about to finish actually,

I gotta go. - I love you too.

Ladies and gentlemen...

- You know that's a myth, right? - Sorry?

- There's no evidence that phone signals interfere

with aircraft equipment. - Oh, good to know.

Talk away.

Laptop away, sir.

Thank you. ***

- At this point, we are number one for departure.

- You are cleared for takeoff. - Prepare for takeoff.

BGA 716.

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Gear up.

Gear up. Check.

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- Maintain 3-2-0. - Gander, BGA 716, copy.

Thank you. Good night. - BGA 716,

good night. - Are you OK?

- Uh, sorry. Got a message from the missus.

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- Are you coming home tonight?

Did something happen? - No, no.

I just miss you, that's all. - I miss you too.

You're sure everything's OK? - Yeah.

Aunt Gillian's here if you want to talk to her.

- No, no, I'm good. Actually, I'm running late for an appointment.

- You're sure you're just not out rowing again? - (chuckling) Cheeky.

Listen, why don't we celebrate your homecoming tonight.

Fancy Chinese? - Yeah, it sounds great. OK.

Bye. - All right. Love you.

OK, yeah.

- Thanks for everything, Gillian.

- Take care, A.J. - Yeah, I will. Bye-bye.

Well...

Are we cool? - Yeah, we're cool. Let's go!

- Great! Let's fly! - All right, go!

- (intercom) : Flight number 1-8-5-7, final call.

Now boarding gate B-25. - Are you coming?

What was that?

(indistinct air traffic control communication)

- Everything's functioning normally.

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- Shanwick, Shanwick, BGA 716.

88, cell call watch.

More than three hours to go.

Why don't you go on down and get yourself a cup of coffee...

...stretch your legs a bit. - Ha! Are you sure?

Get me one too.

Haha! Alright, Captain.

Your aircraft. - My aircraft.

- Gorgeous. When is the big day?

Thank you. It's in May.

This is the longest

I've been away from him. I miss my husband.

I think we best sit down.

- Yeah. - Is everything OK in there?

Open up, please. - I'm sorry.

- Oh, my gosh! - Oh, my God!

- What is going on? What's going on?

- Woman: BGA 716, Shanwick on 8-8-9-1. Good morning.

Man: BGA 50, please move on.

BGA 716,

Shanwick on 11-2-7-9. Do you read?

Oh! Oh, my God!

Can you let me in?

Open up, please!

Captain Donovan, open up! - Ma'am, can you just go back

to your seat please, OK? Back to your seat.

OK, OK. OK, OK. Sorry.

- Ma'am, please put your seatbelts on.

Seatbelts on. It's going to be fine, OK?

Buckle up, please. Sit down.

It's gonna be fine. Back to your seat, ma'am.

Would you... Can you go back to your seat?

- What's the problem? - 716 isn't answering

on primary or secondary. There's nothing on SELCAL either.

- Probably missed a nav turn. Just keep your eye on it.

(indistinct shouting and screaming)

OK, let me try.

What the hell?

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- Kendra? - Howard!

What are you doing here? - There's been an incident.

A 9-5-0 has disappeared over the Atlantic.

Departing from Toronto?

- No, JFK. - Sorry, sir.

It's A.J. He's flying home from Toronto.

How long since last contact? - Almost two hours.

I'm sorry, Howard.

I'm not the in-charge-- - No. I need you.

- It hasn't even been a year since the accident.

- You're the only one who can find this plane. Come on.

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Come on, soldier.

- (reporter) : The BBC has confirmed

that a British Global aircraft traveling from New York City

to London has vanished over the North Atlantic.

It's believed that this is BGA Flight

716, though this has not yet been verified.

No other details have yet been released.

- I want another one in ten minutes.

Yes, sir.

- Derek Strong. - Mr. Strong?

It's, uh... My name's Ali Basra.

Yes, I know who you are.

Right, so, um...

Maddy was supposed to return from New York this morning,

but... but her flight's disappeared.

What do you mean, disappeared?

- The plane disappeared over the Atlantic.

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- Well, you know most of the team,

but there's a new man for Operations.

Dominic Hayes. - Never heard of him.

- He was a copper. - How is that related to Operations?

- Well, the Ministry now insists that we coordinate

with law enforcement. - Aaah... I saw that coming.

- Well, that's the way things are, I'm afraid.

All right, everyone... - Kendra! Hey.

Welcome back. - This is Kendra Malley.

You all know her for her stellar work

on the Aeroslav crash. Theo,

would you bring her up to speed? - Yes, sir.

- Thank you. - Kendra, Nadia Torres,

marine meteorology. She's on secondment from Lisbon.

This is Dominic Hayes, he's on Operations.

And you know Levi. - Kendra.

- Hey. - So, this is what we know so far. Levi?

- These are the coordinates of BGA Flight 716

when it last communicated with the ground

at 7:03 Greenwich Mean Time this morning.

It hasn't been heard from since. - Shanwick confirms

Primo 214 was 50 miles behind. They saw the aircraft veer

southward on radar just before the transponder went out.

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