Actually a pretty good film. I saw this when it came out, back in the days when I could still afford to go to the movies. It's pretty notable for Steven Seagal being killed early on in the movie. It's fun enough with some good action and plot twists. Recommended, and worth a purchase if you pass it in the $7 bin.

Plot Synopsis:

US Special Forces led by Col. Austin Travis (Steven Seagal) raid a safe house in Trieste looking for stolen DZ-5 nerve gas. They find nothing, but lose a team member.

Three months later, David Grant (Kurt Russell), an army consultant is having a flying lesson when he is back to his office with news that the US has captured a notorious terrorist leader. The terrorists respond with acts of terror; suicide bombers blowing up public locations.

Meanwhile, a flight to the US is hijacked by more terrorists, and led by a fanatical terrorist leader. The American Embassy receives a message that the terrorists have taken the plane and that they want their leader released. Grant gets called to the Pentagon to advise. He surmises that the terrorists have put the DZ-5 on the plane, and are planning to fly it into the US and detonate it as a weapon. Travis suggests that they use a special Remora stealth plane to board the hijacked airliner.

The plan is approved, and Grant meets with Travis's team at the air base. The Remora launches and goes to rendezvous with the plane. Engineer Dennis (Olive Platt) tries to dock the Remora with the airliner. The succeed and the team sneak aboard the airliner. Unfortunately things don't go smoothly when they hit turbulence, and the Remora is destroyed along with Travis. Grant is forced to take command of the situation on the plane. The military thinking the team have failed, begin to plan to destroy the airliner as a backup option.

Grant suggests the reconnoitre the plane to find the terrorist leader, and the bomb with DZ-5 that must be on board. The team starts installing cameras and microphones throughout the plane, while searching the cargo holds for the bomb.

They locate the bomb and Grant makes contact with Joan (Halle Berry), one of the cabin crew. Grant gets Dennis to help with defusing the bomb since the teams bomb specialist has been incapacitated. Grant goes to help the team take control of the plane. They are forced to abort when the bomb suddenly goes haywire. They're attempt at disabling the bomb didn't work. It has a remote control. Grant makes contact with Joan to see if she can help find the passenger with the remote control.

Dennis screws up and they realise that they've been working to defuse a decoy bomb. They disassemble the mechanism and find the real bomb hidden underneath. Joan locates the passenger with the remote control. The Pentagon sends fighters to destroy the airliner. The fighters threaten the plane, and Grant manages to send a message using the tail lights to send morse code. They buy some more time.

Grant goes into the plane's cabin with Joan to get the passenger with the remote. They realise they have the wrong person. Grant looks around and spots him. The shooting starts and Grant manages to get the remote away. The rest of the team blow the cabin lights and attack. Dennis manages to stop the bomb from detonating just in time. One of the terrorists gunshots tear a large hole in the side of the plane and some passengers are sucked out. Grant confronts the terrorist leader on the upper deck of the plane. The leader shoots the plane's pilots before he dies.

Grant is forced to fly the plane and attempt a landing at Dulles Airport in Washington. He can't do it, so he tries to land on the learner field that he's used too. He puts the airliner down there on the much smaller runaway, destroying a lot of small learner planes in the process.