Five miles above the earth, an elite team of six men must make an air to air transfer, in order to save 400 lives on board a 747...and 40 million below.
Terrorists hijack a 747 inbound to Washington D.C., demanding the release of their imprisoned leader. Intelligence expert David Grant (Kurt Russell) suspects another reason and he is soon the reluctant member of a special assault team that is assigned to intercept the plane and hijackers.
rescue
airplane
panic
bomb
ransom
hostage
hijacking
terror cell
special unit
deception
flashback
survival
covert operation
disaster
shootout
terrorism
explosion
surveillance
night vision goggles
flight attendant
intelligence agent
hand to hand combat
nerve gas