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 PAGE ONE (THREE PANELS)

Panel 1 -wide. Exterior picture of a busy airport. In the center is the control tower. We
can see the shadows of a men with binoculars on looking into the sky and pointing.

LEAD CONTROLLER:
I see the plane about five miles out.

RADAR CONTROLLER:
The plane is on automatic pilot. She’s alone
on the plane. We’ll have to walk her in at the
last moment.

Panel 2. Close up of the outside of the tower, The men are wearing sunglasses, ties
and headsets.

LEAD CONTROLLER
Roll Rescue and fire.

SFX
Jets taking off - Roaring under full power.
Vortex from the engines visible.

Panel 3
1 CAP: Fire rescue trucks speed to the end
of the runway

View from inside the tower looking out. Fire rescue swarming up the
runway. The Lead Controller watches anxiously. The Radar Controller is
tracking the IND symbol on the radar screen. Both have head sets on.
Several other radar controllers tend to their screens guiding planes away
from the airport.

PAGE TWO

KATHRYN: (THOUGHT)
I’m going to die and no one will know the
truth...

(CONTINUED)
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CONTINUED:

Panel 1. Kathryn is in the pilot’s seat with a headset on. She’s scared and has tears
streaming down her cheek. She seems small amongst the numerous buttons,
switches, dials and alarms flashing

RADAR CONTROLLER: (OP)

All right Indian Special - ah, Sorry, Kathryn.
The plane can land itself. You have to
reduce speed to 210 miles per hour using
the power and flaps. Then insure the gear
is down. I’ll activate the auto-land computer
from here.

KATHRYN: (WHISPER)
Alright. I’m ready.

Panel 2. Kathryn reaches for the throttle handle to her right center and begins to push
it forward.

RADAR CONTROLLER: (OP)

That handle is a little hard to push but just
keep pushing forward until I say stop or the
speed gauge reaches 210 miles per hour.

CHARACTER: (REPSONSE)
Okay -- 215 miles per hour.

SFX: Engine power sound declines.

RADAR CONTROLLER: (OP)

Good. Okay stop pushing. If you look
straight ahead, you’ll see a small screen
that is blue and black. That tells you how
level you are and if the nose is up or down.
Above it is the Autopilot Console up to the
right just below the windshield. Flip the
landing switch to ON

Panel 3. Kathryn’s hand reaches the switch and presses it to on

SFX: CLICK

(CONTINUED)
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CONTINUED: (2)

KATHRYN SIMS
(Nervous)
Okay. I switched it on. The
steering pulled me away.

Kathryn looks panicked.

INT. CONTROL TOWER - AN HOUR BEFORE SUNDOWN

Watching anxiously as the 747 approaches in the distance.

CONTROLLER
You have to let go of the controls
and trust the aircraft to land
itself.

INT. COCKPIT - SAME

Kathryn fearfully releases the controls. Tears streaming

down her cheeks.

KATHRYN SIMS
I’ve let them go.

She tightens her seat belt harness, leans back in the

chair and waits for the crash.

EXT. RUNWAY - SAME

The aircraft approaches. Emergency crews line up on the

side of the runway to see what happens next.

EXT. RUNWAY - SAME

Plane is closer

INT. CONTROL TOWER - SAME

Flight controller is watching through binoculars.

CONTROLLER
Kathryn. You’ll have to push the
brakes and reverse power on the
thruster handle by pulling it all
the way back. Just keep it on the
runway and apply the brakes.
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EXT. RUNWAY - SAME

Plane much closer. Just above runway now. Nose up.

INT. COCKPIT - SAME

Kathryn’s eyes are squinted in fear and her knuckles are

white. She pulls the thrust levers back while pushing the
brake pedals just as the plane touches down. The engines
scream as the plane comes to Earth.

INT. TOWER - SAME

The plane lands and comes to a stop after veering off the
runway into the grass between runways.

CONTROLLER
Excellent job Kathryn. Your safe
now. Rescue will be there in a
moment.

KATHRYN SIMS
(crying)
Okay....

Kathryn collapses back into the seat exhausted.

She looks out the window, sees the rescue crews pull up
and goes to the door.

EXT. PLANE SIDE - SAME

Rescue crew enters the plane.

INT. AIRCRAFT CABIN - SAME

Kathryn collapses into rescue team member’s arms. Other

crew search plane.

RESCUE ONE
(catches Kathryn)
We have you. It’s okay now.

Kathryn is in shock and lies there, dazed.

Another RESCUE TEAM member comes back with walkie-talkie

in hand. He stares down at Kathryn and asks:

(CONTINUED)
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CONTINUED:

KATHRYN SIMS
(nearly unconscious)
What happened to the others? Why
are they dead? Ma’am, I need you
to answer me...

Kathryn passes out from shock.

CUT TO:

INT. HOSPITAL ROOM TWO DAYS LATER - DAY

Two DETECTIVES are standing by Kathryn’s bedside. A

DOCTOR on the other side of the bed.

DOCTOR
(injecting the IV
line with a needle)
This should wake her for a short
while but she may go back to sleep
in a few minutes.

DETECTIVE ONE
Turn on the recorder.

DETECTIVE TWO
Already did.

Kathryn comes to and blinks hard. The bright light hurts

her eyes. She shades them and sees the detective looking
at her.

DETECTIVE ONE
Ms. Sims, I’m Detective Capps,
this is Detective Trouter. Can you
tell us what happened on the
plane?

Kathryn looks over his shoulder out the window. Then

says:

KATHRYN SIMS
They’re dead. All dead. All dead!

DETECTIVE ONE
Are you feeling good enough that
you can tell us what happened?

KATHRYN SIMS
Yes, I’ll tell you everything
starting when we all arrived at
the airport...

(CONTINUED)