Executive Decision

Executive Decision is a 1996 American disaster action film directed by Stuart Baird in his directorial debut. The film stars Kurt Russell, Steven Seagal, Halle Berry, Oliver Platt and John Leguizamo. The film was released in the United States on March 15, 1996.

Grant joins a team led by Travis to intercept the plane. After listening to Hassans demands, Grant disbelieves Hassan wants Jaffa released and instead thinks Hassan engineered Jaffas capture and plans to use the plane to detonate a bomb loaded with nerve gas over U.S. airspace. The Pentagon authorizes a midair transfer of a special operations team onto the hijacked airliner using experimental stealth aircraft. Grant and ARPA engineer Dennis Cahill observe.The boarding is only partially successful. When an operator, Cappy, is seriously injured, Grant boards to assist Cappy. The 747 pulls up, though, putting too much stress on the boarding sleeve. Unable to board, Travis sacrifices himself when he closes the 747s hatch. The survivors enter the 747s lower deck, but with half their equipment and no communication. The Pentagon assumes the team failed to board. With limited options, the operators search for the supposed bomb. Grant makes contact with a flight attendant, Jean, despite Hassans suspicions and recruits her. ........

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