Juleaften skal newyorker-politimanden John McClane hente sin kone i Washingtons lufthavn. Samtidig planlægger en gruppe brutale terrorister at befri en tidligere sydamerikansk diktator, der skal retsforfølges i USA. Den internationale lufthavn, der summer af juletravlhed, er på kort tid forvandlet til det totale kaos. Men McClane kan ikke vente på, at andre forsøger at tale terroristerne til fornuft, hans kone sidder nemlig i et af de fly, der - næsten tørlagt for brændstof - kredser over lufthavnen. Der er ingen tid at spilde, og med sit sædvanlige overmod og sine ni liv kaster frygtløse McClane sig ind i kampen mod terroristerne.
To mænds liv krydses efter en tragisk flyulykke. Roman Melnyk's kone og datter er på vej hjem til Ohio, da deres fly kolliderer med et andet fly. Pludselig har Roman mistet sin familie. Jake Bonanos er flyveleder på den skæbnesvangre dag. Også hans liv går i opløsning efter ulykken - og samtidig forsøger Roman desperat at finde ud af, hvem der er ansvarlig for hans families død.
Two air traffic controllers who thrive on living dangerously compete to outdo each other on several levels.
When wealthy executive Raymond Stone sends out his private plane to pick up his spoiled teenage daughter, Nicole, and a pair of his top-ranking employees, disaster strikes. While the jet flies through an electrical storm, the pilot and other passengers are incapacitated, and Nicole is left on her own to keep the plane in the air, guided by an air traffic controller. Can the irresponsible and panic-stricken teen find a way to land the jet?
Lt. Matt Daniels (Mark Dacascos) er tilbage som lederen af en specialenhed i det amerikanske militær. En terrorgruppe har, ironisk nok, stjålet et anti-kaprings apparat, der vil sætte dem i stand til at overtage kontrollen med et fly fra jorden og flyve det, hvorhen det skal være. Da det går op for militæret, at terroristerne planlægger at styrte et fly ind i en base i sydøst-Asien, bliver Daniels og hans team sendt ud for at stoppe dem.
An air-traffic controller quits after a plane crash but, years later, goes to help an airport that is in the path of a terrible storm.
After a mid-air collision, an uncontrollable passenger plane with 90 souls on board speeds through the skies over Germany. The impact point for the inevitable plane crash is easily calculated: the center of Berlin. Now the race is on to prevent the catastrophe. Will the plane have to be shot down by fighter pilots?
A cross-country airliner, whose passengers include a nuclear physicist, a rocket expert, and a mathematical genius, is drawn beyond radar range by an unknown, unbreakable force.
A convicted murderer is escorted by marshals on a regular flight from Phoenix to Dallas. Shortly after takeoff, two of his aides, traveling as ordinary passengers, take control and free him. He demands $20 million in bonds upon landing. And a sick passenger, bad weather or mechanical problems won't stop him.
On September 11, 2001, the unimaginable transpired when devastating attacks on the World Trade Center forced the shutdown of the entire U.S. airspace. Thousands of kilometres away in Gander, Newfoundland, a group of Nav Canada air traffic controllers suddenly had the lives of 33,000 people in their hands and had to think fast to find a place for them to go. Discovery uncovers how these unsung heroes managed to safely land 224 planes in four hours, without incident.
I oktober 2013 var den 77-årige John Wildey på vej hjem fra en fredelig dag på landet som eneste passager i en vens fly. Pludselig bliver vennen utilpas, og ti minutter efter er han kollapset over instrumenterne, efterladende John uden flyveerfaring alene i et fly 500 meter over jorden, mens dagen begynder at gå på hæld. Nu begynder et timelangt mareridt for den ældre mand, mens flypersonale på jorden forsøger at guide ham til landing i bælgmørke og uden lys i kabinen!
The programme charts a BEA Trident 1C from AMS to LHR