Altitude Page #6

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them that then, Sara.

Hey, who's the piIot here?

Everyone just reIax, okay?

( thunder rumbIing )

Oh no.

Oh sh*t.

Coz, we shouId turn around.

Turn this thing around.

Sara, we need to go back.

- Let's turn around now.

- Yeah.

What the heII?

( thunder rumbIing )

This is bad.

I'm sure this is bad.

Sara:

Everybody just stay caIm, okay?

That's impossibIe.

Cory:
20,000 feet?

Is that right?

It can't be.

There must be some kind of gIitch.

Center, Yankee ZuIu X-ray.

My elevator is jammed

and my instruments are maIfunctioning.

I am cIimbing and have Iost position

in cloud. Please advise.

( static )

- Center, Yankee ZuIu X-ray.

- Hey, what the heII is going on?

I can't raise anybody.

What do you mean

you can't raise anybody?

Mayday mayday mayday.

Yankee Zulu X-ray.

ApproximateIy 15 miIes

east of Patterson VOR,

aItitude unknown,

instrument faiIure.

- PIease respond.

- ( static )

Mayday mayday mayday.

Yankee Zulu X-ray.

( radio screeching )

Sara?

No one's answering.

There's nothing.

- Just dead air.

- Jesus Christ.

- So what do we do?

- l don't know.

You don't know?

You're the pilot.

Get us out of this!

Okay, what about the procedures?

You said you wanted to reduce power.

I can't risk it now.

VisibiIity is zero.

And without instruments

we couId fly straight into a mountain.

Hey, what did you do?

Huh?

You Iet him fly the pIane.

He probabIy f***ed something up.

- He didn't do anything.

- Yeah weII, somebody did.

Sal:

Yeah yeah yeah, he's right.

You know what?

This is your fauIt, Sara.

Sara:

This is not my fauIt.

How Iong have you had

your license anyway?

Sara:

Long enough.

You onIy checked out on one

of these things, what, Iike a week ago?

Jesus Christ, I can't beIieve

l was stupid enough--

SaI, wiII you just caIm down?

You're not helping.

Maybe I missed something during

the preflight, l don't know.

- Cory:
Maybe you missed something?

- SaI:
Oh, there you go.

Sara:

We need to contact traffic controI.

If they stiII have a radar fix on us

they can talk us down.

Um, ceII phones.

Does anyone have a signaI?

- ( beeps )

- No.

Wait wait wait.

( beeps )

- F***, I got nothing.

- Same here.

Think.

Sh*t, something's wrong.

We're staIIing.

I have to go to maximum power.

Bruce?

Bruce, God damn it!

There's a piIot operating handbook

underneath the seat.

- Can you give it to me, please?

- You want to check the manuaI?

I thought you knew

how to fly this thing.

Just give it to me, pIease.

Give it to me!

Go to section 5.

- Now what?

- The maximum takeoff weight.

It shouId say somewhere.

Uh, 6,500.

Okay, if we're over that

the staII speed wiII change.

What's the basic empty weight?

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