COCKPIT ATTACK | Episode 5: Tabuk - A Crosswind, No Rudder, and Three Seconds

A dramatized thriller. Names, characters, the airline and many details are fictional. The episode ends with a note on what is actually known about the real flight. A runway at last, and the wind is blowing straight across it. Captain Hannah Kruger has no rudder, three seconds of margin, and a young first officer whose hands have finally stopped shaking. In the galley, a dentist is doing compressions on a captain whose heart has stopped, and a folded crayon drawing falls out of his bloody shirt. In the cabin, a hundred and seventy people put their heads down and listen to the airplane count itself toward the ground. And when it stops, somebody near the back starts to clap.The final episode of Cockpit Attack: Terror at 34,000 Feet.