All language subtitles for Silent Witness S28E07_Subtitles01.ENG

This programme contains some scenes

which some viewers
may find upsetting

HORNS BEEP

So, you said this is
your first time in Mumbai?

Yeah. Yeah, our first time.
You're going to love it.

There's so much culture over here.

STAFF MEMBERS CONVERSE BRIEFLY

CHUCKLING

And, honestly,
this room is one of our best.

DOOR LOCK BEEPS
Oh, amazing!

You're going to absolutely love it.
Have a look at this.

Wow, it's incredible.
Wonderful, right?

It's amazing.
Yeah, um...

Sorry, let me just, uh...

..let some light in here.
DOOR CLOSES

That's better.

We have a beautiful garden
outside.

You can take a walk in it
later, if you'd like.

Oh, have you got a tip?
Oh, yes. So, as I was saying,

you should definitely try
the street food in Mumbai.

You'd have to get used
to it, of course, but, um...

HE SIGHS

Sorry,
this should have been cleaned.

QUIET CHATTER

COINS RATTLE

Here.

Sir, madam, I'm very sorry,
but I think you need to leave.

Uh... Er, why? What's going on? Just
please try to understand, madam.

Nothing's happening, sir. Please,
but I need... You OK?

I'm OK, sir... No, no, sir...
Oh, my God! What? What is it?

Please, no, no, no...
Oh! No!

PANICKED MURMURING

Would
all remaining passengers

for East-West Airlines
flight number EV609

departure to London Heathrow

please proceed directly
to gate 43?

Hi, is this the flight
to London?

Yes.
Ah, thank you.

It's simply not good enough.

So, how did the conference go?

Just like you dreamed?
Pretty much.

How was the reaction?
Any tears?

No-one snored, thank goodness!

And they asked
lots of follow-ups.

I even managed the intro
in Hindi.

Look at you!

Jet-setting multilingual expert

on immunohistochemical methods
to estimate time since death!

You deserve
all the free champagne you get!

Nine hours
of business-class bliss.

No phone calls,
no interruptions.

Can't wait to see you.

How about I pick you up
at the airport?

We could go for breakfast
at that place by the river.

Wow!

"Wow" good? "Wow" bad?
SHE CHUCKLES

The answer to breakfast
with you will always be yes.

Well, I'm glad to hear that!

ANNOUNCEMENT JINGLE
Hang on.

We regret to inform you
of a further one-hour delay

to our boarding to London Heathrow.
PASSENGERS GROAN

This is due
to a small technical issue.

Did you hear that?

Oh, dear.

Later breakfast?

I guess so.

I'll see you on the other side.

You better.

Bye.

Bye.

I presume you're not smiling
about the delay.

No. That was my fiance.

I'm still not used to it.

Well, it's a strange word.

I'm also not used to being
picked up at the airport.

Ah, it's good to have someone
waiting for you.

Yes.

Yes, it is.

Are you heading home?

Me? Yeah. I'm, uh...

Well, I've just been
on a bit of a walking tour.

I treated myself.

Sounds amazing.

Well, life's short, isn't it?

No-one in my family tends
to live that long,

so I just figured,
what the heck.

Words to live by.

Yeah.

You...you're in medicine
or something, aren't you?

Sorry,
I couldn't help overhearing.

Are you a doctor?

I'm Nikki.

Tony. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah, you meet all sorts
on a plane, don't you?

It kind of...
gets you close to people

you couldn't meet
any other place.

Yeah. Democracy in the air.

I was once on the same flight
as that Prince.

Well, at least
I think it was Prince -

he wore a balaclava
the whole way.

BOTH CHUCKLE
Yeah.

Are you travelling with anyone?

No. It's just me now.

Um, my, er, wife died
18 months ago.

Cancer.

Oh. I'm sorry.
Mm.

You'd have liked her.
Val was much nicer than me.

She'd have been saying,

"Leave the good doctor alone,
Tony,

"you're talking her legs off."

You're not doing that.

You're kind.

Like her.

She cared for everyone.

But, um, it's good
to have met you, Doctor.

You too, Tony.

Oh, she'd have loved this,
by the way.

See that? Business class.
First time.

HE LAUGHS
You're probably used to it.

SHE SCOFFS
I wish!

Feel like we've done
the Himalayas now.

We should do
a sort of hot climate.

Maybe go to the jungle
or something...

ANNOUNCEMENT JINGLE

Ladies and gentlemen,

flight EV609 is now ready
for boarding.

CHEERING
Business class, please make

your way
through the double doors

with your boarding passes ready.

ANNOUNCEMENTS CONTINUE INDISTINCTLY

Looks like we're good to go.

Are you OK?

Oh, me? Yeah! Yeah.

I think I am now.

It's time, isn't it?

Oh, sorry. Excuse me.

We'll brave it together.

Sorry.
Sorry.

BING-BONG

On behalf of the flight crew,
we would like to welcome you

on board this East-West
Airlines flight number EV609.

This is a polite reminder
that smoking is prohibited

for the duration of the flight.

Stow this for me,
will you, please?

Yes, of course.

Please sit back, relax
and enjoy the flight.

Thanks.

Oh, don't crush my hat,
will you?

Don't worry,
there's plenty of room.

You don't need to do that,
you know.

That's what they're paid for.

BING-BONG

This is your captain
Jodi Wright speaking.

Our flight time to London
tonight is

nine hours and five minutes.

We're expecting
a fairly smooth journey.

We ask that you please fasten
your seat belts at this time,

that your seats and table trays
are in the upright position,

and that you turn off all
personal electronic devices,

including laptops
and cellphones.

Thank you for choosing
East-West Airlines.

Your cabin crew will
now demonstrate

the safety instructions.

You know, all of that
was just a distraction.

If this plane goes down,

no amount of "brace, brace"

or blow-up belt and a whistle
is going to help you.

That's good to know.
SHE SIGHS

Grant Townsend.

Nikki Alexander.

Have you been in Mumbai long?

Four days.
Mm. Just long enough.

HE CHUCKLES

You probably think
it's, uh, noisy but charming.

Thanks. I do love being reduced
to a tourist stereotype.

I-I was the same, at the start.

I've been in India a year.

The Indian government's all in
on biofuels.

Our UK plant has been running
for ten years now.

We were one of the first.

Berkshire Biofuels?

Berkshire?

I think I've heard of you.

Well, don't believe it all.

How are you today, Dr Alexander?
Fine, thanks.

Looking forward
to some peace and quiet.

Should I wake you for dinner?

Oh, don't you dare!

..that your seats and trays
are in the upright position

and that you turn off all
personal electronic devices,

including laptops
and cellphones.

BING-BONG

APP BEEPS RHYTHMICALLY

Are you going to stare
at that blinking dot

for the next nine hours?

Eight and three quarters.
I'm not staring.

I barely glanced at it.

Time was
you'd go off on a conference

and they'd tag on a week's cruise
at the end of it.

Only way anyone could
get in touch with you was

via the ship's telegraph.

Oh, for the days
of overemployment

and inflated
Home Office expenses!

SHE CHUCKLES

We're planning a wedding. We need
to keep in touch. Mm-hm.

There are a surprising amount
of details to iron out.

Nikki has quite a few...opinions.

I did a postmortem
on a parrot once in India.

HE TUTS
Of course you did. Murder?

No, no.
Manslaughter, ultimately.

Is there anywhere you don't
have a story about, Harriet?

Biggleswade.

I've never been to Biggleswade.

My loss, I hear.

Oh, come on, Mr Lover Lover,
go home.

Get some beauty sleep.

What passed for rumpled
Irish charm in your 20s

is more like crumpled
crisp packet at your age!

Crisp packet?!
Yeah.

Cask-aged Irish malt, I'd say.

..has turned off
the "fasten seat belt" signs.

For your continued safety,
East-West Airlines...

Dr Alexander?

Dr Alexander?

Yes?

Sorry, I was completely...

Are you OK?

Me? Yes, of course.
Um, it's just...

..we need a doctor,

and I knew you were a doctor, so...

What's happened?

My cabin service manager
will brief you.

If you don't mind
coming with me?

Of course.

Are...you sure
you want to do this?

Are you insured?

Anything goes wrong,
it's you that's liable.

Thanks for your concern.

Please.

LABOURED BREATHING

Er, hi.
Hi.

Passenger complained
of stomach pains.

Now he says he's having
difficulty breathing.

Right.

It's a lot to ask, I know...

There really isn't
another doctor on the flight?

What's wrong?
Well, you are a doctor, right?

Well, yes, it's just that, um...
well, I haven't done

much clinical medicine
in a long time.

No-one else has come forward.

Maybe you can just take
a quick look.

OK.

HE KNOCKS AT DOOR

Hello?
DOOR OPENS

TONY WHEEZES AND GROANS

Tony! What's wrong?

HE WHEEZES

What's he eaten?
What was in his meal?

The spinach and lentil soup,
and the lamb masala.

But...he didn't have much.

He did drink
a lot of champagne.

WHEEZING

Do you think you can move back
to your seat, Tony?

It might be
a little more comfortable.

Do you think it's the alcohol?

I'm not sure.

I don't think so.

No, don't dispose of it.

Keep it isolated,
put a bag around it.

We don't know
what we're dealing with yet.

Uh, Ms Tait,
sorry to disturb you.

We're just going to have to ask you
to change seat, please. OK.

Tony? Can you stand up?

Well done.

TONY WHEEZES AND GROANS

HE GROANS
Can you sit here, Tony?

So they're turning
business class into A&E?

LABOURED BREATHING

I'll be right next to you.

Your pulse is quite fast, Tony.

I need you to talk to me, OK?

Can you point
to where the pain is?

HE GRUNTS, GASPS

Is the pain just in that area
or does it go anywhere else? There!

Is it increasing or decreasing?

I don't know.

Don't worry. We're going
to see you through this.

I'll be right back.

You need to stop them eating,
just in case.

Business class meals are prepared
in a separate facility to Economy.

HE SIGHS
But if we single out Business...

There'll be bloodshed.
Yeah.

I'll speak to the pilot.

She'll make an announcement.

What sort of announcement?

BING-BONG

I've switched the seat belt
signs on as a precaution,

as there are reports
of heavy turbulence ahead.

Cabin crew, please collect
all dinner trays immediately.

All passengers are to remain
in their seats

while the seat belt signs
are illuminated.

Sir, we're just going to have
to take that... Sorry?

We're expecting turbulence.

You'll get a chance later.

Sorry, sir, we just need to
take these cos of turbulence.

Is everything all right?
Yes, it's just some turbulence.

What are you doing?!
I've barely started!

What's going on?
Please, stay seated, sir.

Your seat belt snug
in case of turbulence.

It's sudden, violent.

Seems gastric, food-related.

Maybe something he had
at the airport.

You help Mr Jenkins any way
you can, Dr Alexander.

We'll keep an eye
on the other passengers.

LABOURED BREATHING

HORNS BEEP

Specialist forensics only.

You've never had anything
like this before, Tony?

No food sensitivities,
allergies?

Did you eat or drink anything
at the airport

or your hotel,
before the flight?

Lunch at the hotel.

What's the name of your hotel?

Western. Uh, West...Westfield?

I can't remember.

HE GRUNTS

That thing you said
at the airport,

that your family
don't live long.

Can you be more specific?

Is there some sort of
genetic illness in your family?

Ma'am, could you please move
from your seat?

Tony,
we're giving you some oxygen.

Just breathe normally.
This should help.

I think we need to look
in his hand luggage,

see if there's any medication
he's taken

that could have caused this.
Is that OK?

Please, do what you have to do.

What I need to do is get him
to a hospital.

If his condition deteriorates,

the pilot will get him
on the ground.

How much does he need
to deteriorate?

Captain Wright's been in touch
with the medical support team.

They're already preparing
diversion options.

Well, let's not waste any more time.
Get him on the ground.

I'm just playing
guessing games here.

LABOURED BREATHING

Is this your daughter, Tony?

Is she waiting for you
back in England?

What's her name, Tony?

So far, no other passengers are
showing any signs of illness.

Fingers crossed,
this is an isolated incident.

I've brought more water.

I think he's stable for now.

If it is food poisoning, then
he might be able to sit it out.

You're worried.

We can't rule out
other factors -

something in the air-filtration
system.

Do you have any sort of sensors
for that kind of thing?

Only when more than one
passenger becomes overwhelmed

should we consider the presence
of something airborne.

What does that look like?

Most airborne pathogens present
like altitude sickness -

you start getting drowsy,
or elated,

and Mr Jenkins is neither.

You really don't have
another doctor on board?

I'd like to see the captain.

Er, she stays
on the flight deck, I'm afraid.

If this is
some kind of contaminant,

we can't let her get sick.

And post 9/11,

the door stays locked.
Well, of course,

but this isn't a terror attack.

Really? Look, we don't know
what this is yet.

A seemingly sick passenger
could be a cover for sleepers

looking to take over the plane.

That's crazy!
Well, it's happened before.

LOUD GROAN
Doctor!

GRUNTING

Here.
I can take this for you, Tony.

That's it.

We need to keep you hydrated,
Tony.

Please, just take a small sip.

Tony... Tony!
PASSENGERS EXCLAIM

Tony! What the hell?!

WOMAN SCREAMS

Help me! Get him over,
into the recovery position.

Come on, Ade,
you know this stuff! Now!

Help me roll him
on to his back.

All right, roll him over.

Put that away!

Here.

Are you OK?

Some guy's just vomited blood
everywhere.

Well,
can food poisoning do this?

This isn't food poisoning.

Then what?

Maybe a virus.

What?
Like Zika, or something like...?

Well, don't we need to mask up?

If the contamination
has already happened,

then, unfortunately,
PPE won't be much use.

Covid taught us that.

You're doing great, Ade.

This is
what you're trained for,

and I can see
you're trained well.

We're just going to take this
step by step, OK?

But if it's...
I don't know what this is.

But I know someone in London
who will.

Can you get me in contact
with him?

We can sat-phone the airline,
see if they can set up a relay.

We can use the phone
in the galley.

His name's Jack Hodgson.
I'll give you his number.

We need
all the help we can get.

Scientists have been
studying

the effectiveness for years...

PHONE RINGS

Leading theories suggest

that whilst the phenomena have
been occurring for hundreds,

maybe thousands of years,

there's no clear indication
as to how they started

or what caused them.

Jack Hodgson.

Are you
Nikki Alexander's next of kin?

What?

What? Why? What's happened?

Is Nikki all right?

She's on a flight.
Is everything OK?

She's fine.
I'm calling from the airline.

Dr Alexander is helping
with a medical emergency

on the aircraft and she says
she could use your help.

Emergency?

What kind of emergency?

We got through to Jack Hodgson
but they can't link

ground communications
through to the galley.

Can't I just go through
to the cockpit,

use the comms from there?

Oh, 'course not. It's locked.

I really need to talk
to my colleague.

What do you want me to do?
Yell through the door?

Well, it's possible Wi-Fi
will kick back in.

Is there really no other way
for me to contact London?

You don't have a satellite
phone in the galley, or...?

CURTAIN SWISHES

Excuse me. Sorry.

Hi. Sorry, um,
you're climbers, right?

Yeah.

You've been in the Himalayas?

Yeah, three months.
We just did Nanda Devi.

It means "bliss-giving goddess"
in Sanskrit.

Great. Is everything all right
up there? Uh, yes.

We do have an unwell passenger,
but we're looking after him.

I was just wondering,

because you've been
up in the Himalayas,

do either of you happen to have
a satellite phone with you?

Oh, yeah, of course.

Latest spec, fully LEO,
high capacity,

low latency, IP55...

Amazing. Do you think
I could borrow it, please?

Yeah. Yeah. Um... Where is it?

He's been unwell
for around 90 minutes.

He's just thrown up blood.

That doesn't sound
like food poisoning.

I agree. They're saying they might
need to divert the plane, Jack.

Absolutely, get him to hospital.

What about you, Nikki?
How are you feeling?

I'm OK.

Really.

It's not me
we need to worry about.

Patient's name is
Anthony Jenkins.

Could you access
his medical records,

maybe get hold of someone who
could give us some background?

His wife has died, but I think
he has a young daughter.

Maybe he has some other family
that could help.

It's the middle of the night
here, but I'll get on it.

We need to find out
where he was staying in Mumbai.

He said his hotel was
the Western or West End -

something with West in it.

Right, I'll do a search,
make some calls.

Call me back on this number.
HE SIGHS

Jack!

It's 11 o'clock at night.
Its way past my bedtime!

Sorry, Harriet. Nikki was adamant
she needed your help.

Oh, wonderful!

I haven't had an all-nighter
since Acapulco, 2015!

It's like The Godfathers.

We're going to the mattresses!

SHE CHUCKLES

HE PUFFS
Don't worry about Nikki.

DOOR CLOSES
She'll be all right, Jack.

You know she won't be thinking
about herself. Huh!

She'll be thinking about you.

That's why I'm sure
she'll be all right.

LABOURED BREATHING

Dr Alexander,
I've someone who says

she might be able to help.

Um, Beth Tyler, um,
senior A&E staff nurse

at St Stephen's, Colchester.

I heard you talking
to the climbing guys,

it seemed serious.

Thanks, Beth.
Patient's name is Tony.

He's vomiting blood,
his heart rate is elevated.

Breathing shallow
and irregular.

Um, right.

Uh... Well, blood
and raised heart rate

doesn't sound
like food poisoning.

I'm down to viral or a poison.

In Mumbai, I read about an outbreak
of Nipah virus in Kerala,

but that's 1,000 miles south.

Are you a virologist?

Forensic pathologist.

OK. Well, let's hope
it doesn't come to that.

Can I help you?!

I realise you're not supposed
to release guests' details,

but this is an emergency.

I'm just trying to find out
if Anthony Jenkins checked out

of your ho...
LINE GOES DEAD

FOOTSTEPS APPROACH

Shit!

What are you doing here this time
of night? Harriet called me.

She seemed quite excited, something
about a six-espresso all-nighter.

What's the deal? There are 75 hotels
in Mumbai with West in the name,

and none of them wants to tell me if
Tony Jenkins stayed there yesterday.

Is he the sick passenger? You think
he might have caught something

at his hotel? All I have
is a name and a passport number.

There's no crime, so I can't access
the national databases,

and Tony Jenkins is not exactly
a rare name.

Yeah. I had a geography teacher
called Mr Jenkins,

and he might have been a Tony,

but he would be at least 100 years
old by now. Thanks. That's helpful.

What if this is a virus, Kit...

..and not one of the nice ones?

The whole aircraft
filtration system is designed

to keep viruses out.

Fresh air, known as bleed air,
is taken directly

into the compressor systems
of the engine, here.

And then 250 degrees,
hot, compressed air is then fed

into the air-conditioning packs.
How do you know all this?

Well, it turns out that I have
an annoying capacity to remember

useless information which comes back
to me at times of acute necessity.

Viruses thrive even at low humidity.

A plane would be
a great playground for them.

A 747 has ten HEPA filters.
Anything 0.1 micrometres

or above won't get through.
What size are viruses?

Flu is 0.1, Covid 0.16.

Ebola is anywhere between 0.5 and 3.

We could be looking at
400 passengers

going down with a deadly virus.

396 passengers on that flight.
I checked.

PHONE VIBRATES

Tony Jenkins stayed
in the Westshore Hotel.

How do you know that? They texted me
back. There's more here.

A cleaner at the Westshore Hotel
was found dead.

The police are treating it
as suspicious.

His shirt was soaked with blood.

HE TREMBLES

Have you ever seen
anything like this before? No.

No, not like this.

He's deteriorating.

Tony, can you hear me? It's Beth.

HE GASPS
Try to breathe normally.

We're going to help you...

BREATHING QUICKENS
..I promise.

Dr Alexander? I'm sorry,
we need you in the galley.

I've spoken to the pilot.
Are you sure we need to land?

I'm sure he's getting worse.
The problem is our flight path.

We've cleared Pakistani airspace.
So...? We're heading over Iran.

Can't we divert? Not a good idea
for a UK-registered airline

to suddenly divert into
an Iranian airfield.

Unless everyone's burning to death,
we don't go into a red area.

If we don't get him proper medical
care soon, he's going to die.

Still no idea what's causing this?

We need to run
blood and virology tests,

and that's not happening up here.
No. No, it's not.

So, where can we land, then? Baku
in Azerbaijan looks the best bet.

It's 45 minutes at best,

maybe an hour by the time
we circle and touch down.

Is that going to work?
It has to, doesn't it?

Dr Alexander! Nikki!

Tony...

Oh, Tony... Tony...

Ohhh! Dr Alexander!

TONY GROANS

He's having a seizure.
Give him some space.

TONY GURGLES
Tony!

OK. He's gone into cardiac arrest.
He's stopped breathing.

Is there a defib machine on board?

Tony? Can you hear me, Tony?
Can you speak to me?

OK, everybody,
please clear the area.

Please, mate, come on.
Do you know where you are?

Move the passengers away, please.
Now! We have to make some space.

Clear to the back of the cabin.
Please. OK.

Come on, mate.

Tony! Come on. Come on, Tony.

They're on.
OK. OK.

Call for help.
Do not touch the patient.

OK. Analysing heart rhythm.
OK.

Do not touch the patient.
Analysing heart rhythm.

Shock advised.

Clear head, clear waist,
clear feet. Stand clear.

Press the red shock button.
DEFIB WHINES

Shocking.

Shock delivered. Begin CPR.

Push hard to centre of the chest.

Come on, Tony. Come on, Tony.

HE COUGHS AND GASPS

OK. He's breathing.
TONY GASPS

What's happening? Please?

You're back, Tony. It's OK.

I'm dying. I'm dying...

Let's look at the timeline.
The hotel cleaner

in Mumbai is found dead
at noon London time,

but the flight doesn't take off
for another seven and a half hours.

Tony Jenkins falls sick
two hours into the flight.

You think there was
direct transmission from the cleaner

to Jenkins? Doesn't suggest a virus.
The incubation period would be

at least a couple of days,
wouldn't it? We need the police

to escalate this. I'll get on to the
duty inspector at London Command.

I've been trying to find
the pathologist

on the Westshore cleaner case.

There were quite a lot of our lot
in India, but most of them

have retired...
from breathing, sadly.

The crime scene manager from
Nikki's Hillingdon case last year,

he said his brother was
a police inspector in Mumbai.

Maybe the brother could get us
to the pathologist.

What was that SOCO guy's name?
It's the middle of the night, Jack.

Sammy Chopra.
Sammy...is a bit of a raver.

It's Friday night, Kit.
I'm betting he's still up.

You think this thing is contagious?

I'm sorry, we don't know
what we're dealing with yet.

Listen, the guy is vomiting blood.

We need to be told.
The airline has a duty of care.

We're doing everything we can,
Mr Townsend.

Now, if you could just return to
your seat... This affects us all.

We have meetings, families.
We have lives to get back to.

Mr Townsend, please,
the pilot is in constant contact

with the medical support team in
London. We'll make an announcement

when we have more information.

I told you. I told you
not to get involved.

What were
your findings, Dr Patel?

Initial observations indicate
no signs of blunt trauma,

no broken skin. There were
no indications of narcotics

or suspicious substances
in the hotel room.

I'll send bloods
to Toxicology and Histopathology,

but the way the labs are, it could
take several days to get results.

We don't have days.
One passenger is very sick,

and we have a plane
full of other potential victims.

I've asked for everything
from the hotel room to be bagged

and sent to my lab. I'll run
the preliminary tests myself

and keep you posted.
I've got an idea.

I have to speak to Nikki.

BEEP

Hello.Nikki, it's me.
How's the patient?

He went into cardiac arrest.
They have a defib on board,

and he's currently stable, but
I'm not confident that will last.

Well, something's come up,
a death in Mumbai

that might connect to the patient.
The same hotel.

Now, I think that we're dealing with
some kind of pathogen,

maybe picked up in Mumbai
and maybe in the same hotel.

OK.

There's a plane full of people
here, Harriet. Yes, I know.

That's why I'm saying this.
I think that you should consider

doing a living autopsy.

What?

Is the patient able to speak?
Even a little?

Erm... Yes.

Maybe. When Litvinenko
was poisoned by the Russians,

it became very clear quite soon
we wouldn't be able to save him,

so it was agreed that we would
carry out a living autopsy,

with his consent, noting all
the signs and the symptoms we could,

in order to aid us
in the inevitable postmortem.

An attempt to understand
what he was dying of

while he was dying of it?
Nicely put, yes.

We can try.

How are you, Nikki?
I'm fine.

Really. No symptoms. Good.
Well, take care of yourself,

for Jack as much as for you.
Bye.

I'm Dr Nikki Alexander,
and this is a record

of the symptoms of Anthony Jenkins.

Mr Jenkins states that he's
suffering from acute internal pain.

Can you show me where, please, Tony?

TONY BREATHES RAPIDLY

The pain appears to be
in the lower and upper abdomen

and the upper chest.
What is she doing?

It's good.

What's good, Tony?
Good that you record this.

Help others.

BING-BONG

This is your captain speaking.
Due to a medical emergency

involving one of our passengers,
we will be diverting

to Lankaran International Airport
in Azerbaijan.

PASSENGERS GRUMBLE

I've had clearance from
the Azerbaijani authorities

to make our approach.
I'm turning on...

This is bloody ridiculous!
..the fasten seat-belt signs,

as we'll be on the ground
in approximately 20 minutes.

We're landing, Tony.
We're getting you to hospital.

Thank you, Nikki.

They're diverting to
an airport in Azerbaijan.

Baku? They've got
great hospitals there.

My cousin got her dentals done
in Baku. I'm very happy for her.

It's not Baku, it's Lankaran,
near the Iranian border.

I spoke to the duty commander.
She's escalated

to the senior national coordinator,
who's talking to the Foreign Office.

They're worried. British national
possibly poisoned by

an unknown pathogen.
One dead in India,

possibly poisoned by
the same pathogen.

Feels like an international
incident to me.

Tony...

TONY GASPS

Tony?

Can you keep your eyes open?
Please. Focus on me.

Your daughter.

You want to see your daughter
again, don't you?

Yeah.

TONY GROANS

Here. Focus on her.

What's your daughter's name, Tony?

It's Becky. It's Becky.

You'll see her soon.

Yes.

Where does she live?

They say a parent
shouldn't bury a child.

I hate that. Parents are
burying children every day.

Becky died?

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Good survival rates.
Just...just not...not for her.

I'm sorry, Tony.

Your wife and your daughter
died from cancer?

Becky first,

then Val a year later.

But I...I...I couldn't.

I couldn't. I wanted to live.

I found something to live for.

What was that?

A cause.

What cause, Tony?

TONY COUGHS

TONY GASPS
Listen to me.

Listen. Uh-huh.
Victor...

Vi...

Victor...

Vict...
Who's Victor?

Victory.

What are you saying?
What victory?

HE GROANS

Tony, we're landing. Ten minutes.

We're here, Tony.
You're going to the hospital.

They're going to help you.

They're going to help you, Tony.

I... I failed.

Tony...
Tony!

Tony! There's no pulse.
Tony!

GIGGLING
Quick, Beth.

No pulse.
The defib, quick.

Call for help.

Do not touch the patient.

Do not touch the patient.
Analysing heart rhythm.

Do not touch the patient.

Do not touch the patient.
Analysing heart rhythm.

Shock advised. Clear head, clear
waist, clear feet. Stand clear.

Press the red shock button.

Shock delivered.

Begin CPR. Push hard and fast
in the centre of the chest.

Come on, Tony.
Come on, Tony...

Come on, Tony.
Come on, Tony.

Come on, Tony.

NIKKI PANTS

Doctor?

Dr Alexander?

Nikki?

You're the only doctor on board.

Only you have the authority
to pronounce death.

OK. OK. OK.

PANTING SLOWS

The patient presents
no carotid pulse.

I am verifying life extinct.

Subject, Anthony Jenkins.

Time of death, 23:45 GMT,

on Flight EV609.

We need you back in your seat,
Nikki. We're landing now.

Ladies and gentlemen,
we are now landing

at Lankaran International Airport.
Please remain in your seats,

and the captain will be in touch
shortly with an update.

What?!

Er, it's protocol, Nikki.

This is just until the authorities
here disembark him.

We have to.

I couldn't help.

I'm sorry we put you through this.

He was so excited for the flight.

Not excited.

Euphoric, maybe.

He was doing something
he'd never done before.

You did everything you could,
Doctor. I saw.

We have to make sure
they're very careful with the body.

There has to be a full forensic
investigation. Will that happen

here, in Azerbaijan? Not at home?
I should think so.

The coroner in the UK
might want a second PM

once the body's been repatriated.

So they'll find out exactly what
he died of, what caused it?

Sometimes we can't be definitive.
But you will with him, right?

I mean, his wife died,
and his daughter, too.

He was thinking of them at the end.

Well, that never leaves you.
I mean...

They need to find out
what killed him. We owe him that.

DOOR OPENS

Dr Alexander? Captain Wright.
Thank you for your efforts.

We have to notify
the Azerbaijani authorities.

That's what I'm doing. I'm going to
liaise with the ground staff.

We need to inform them
that this could be a CBRN event.

Chemical, biological, radiological
or nuclear material.

The thing is, Doctor, I need
your help to deplane the deceased.

What? They'll send a team on board
to do that, surely?

No, they won't. They weren't
expecting a dead body.

I told them we had
an unwell passenger.

They're not coming aboard.

They said airline personnel only
to disembark.

And you. They're not
coming for the body?

They're giving us a body bag.

They want us to carry
the passenger off the plane.

Jack? The Foreign Office
just told the police -

the patient, Tony, he died
on the plane. Oh, no.

Poor Nikki. Um...

Are they going to
stay in Azerbaijan?

Nikki stay with them,
help with the PM?

The police don't seem
to know much right now.

Maybe I should go out there.
Yeah, I should go out there.

Let's see, Jack.
I'm in touch with the airline,

the security coordinator's on it.
Do you know when they're doing

the postmortem in India?
In a few hours, I should think.

She's going to be OK, Jack.

Really?

You know that?

WIND WHISTLES

We're parked a long way
from the terminal.

QUIET CHATTER

How long is this circus
going to take?

I'm sorry, sir, I don't know.

We just need a little more
patience, please.

What's taking so long?

They're being cautious.
I would be, in their position.

They're not allowing the body
into the terminal. They're right.

They need to transport him
straight to a biosecure morgue.

They wanted to know a cause of
death. I said we don't have one.

Which is why they have to do
a postmortem as soon as possible.

We need to know
what killed Tony Jenkins.

Do they know about
the other death in Mumbai?

What other death?
A hotel cleaner. Same symptoms.

Shit!

Do I need to worry about
my other passengers, Dr Alexander?

I don't know.

Yes. I told you, until we know
what we're dealing with,

we should be concerned
for everyone here.

ENGINE STARTS

VEHICLE BEEPS

What's going on?

Hey! Hey!

They're heading to the hold.
Are we being deplaned?

They're saying there's no crime, so
the body has to continue to the UK.

No crime?
But how do they know that?

Because we couldn't confirm
otherwise. We have to take him home.

In the hold? They're serious?

They can't put the body
back on the plane!

Correct procedure is to disembark

and do health checks
on every single passenger.

That is not going to happen.
They want us out of here. They say

no crime, so the body goes back
on the plane, goes back to the UK.

RADIO CHATTER

Hey! Nikki! Hey... Nikki!
You can't do this!

If this is a chemical or biological
agent or some kind of virus...

Nikki! What? I know you're
used to being in charge of

a situation like this,
but my duty is to my passengers,

and I have sole jurisdiction
over this aircraft.

We need to take off. But the body...
The body comes with us.

QUIET CHATTER

Please remain seated
with your seat belts fastened.

Hey! I want to speak to the captain.

This is ridiculous.
We all need to get back to London.

You need to take care of
the live passengers, too, you know.

The captain is liaising
with the local authorities.

I'm sure we will have...
The local authorities?

Look, I have $5 billion worth
of business in Azer.

I'm getting off. No! Please.
Mr Townsend, our orders

are for all passengers to remain
on the airplane. Orders?

Is that right?

You never stop, do you? Eh?
SHE SCREAMS

What the hell's going on?!
Wait. I'm fine.

Don't touch me! Don't touch me.
I'm OK. I'm OK.

Do I need to call
the airport police?

No, she just... Any more trouble,
and my cabin crew will be

forced to restrain you.
Do I make myself clear?

Do you know how much business I do
with this airline, Captain?

Your threats are
entirely inappropriate.

Sit down, sir.

Now.

COMMS BEEP

Hello?
Hey.

Are you OK?
Jack...

He died, Jack.
I couldn't do anything.

I know. I'm so sorry.

It was just so bizarre.
I watched his vitals collapse,

no matter what we did. I don't
understand, Jack. What does that?

He was such a warm, gentle man.

Have the authorities found
anything on the body?

They haven't touched it.
They put him in the hold.

What?! On the plane? Your plane?
We're flying back to London.

Can you set Harriet up for the PM?
I don't want anyone else on this.

Please, Jack. Of course, but...
aren't they worried about contagion?

BING-BONG

This is Captain Wright. We only have
a small window to get going here.

Please fasten your seat belts
for immediate take-off.

All trays and seats
in the upright position.

Table up, please. If you could do up
your seat belt, that'd be great.

What are they doing? Why are they
putting the body back in the hold?

Great, he's started again. Who?
Some guy convinced this is

his own private airline.

I've got to go, Jack.

OK. The app says you should be
home in six hours.

In time for breakfast.

I'll be there.

I know you will.

Thanks, Jack.
OK. Bye.

Are we in any danger
from whatever he died of?

It's a fair question.
And, as I explained,

the captain needs us
to take off quickly.

Please, there's no time right now.

Why did you bring the body
back on the plane if you don't know?

Huh? Are you crazy?
You tell me. You're a doctor.

What the hell is going on?
This has been terrible for everyone,

Mr Townsend. If you sit down for
take-off, I will talk to you calmly.

Don't tell me to be calm!
Please, sir.

Can you just take your seat?
Listen...

Don't you touch me.
I'll smash your face in.

The captain warned you. Sit!
Hey! Hands.

Hands!

Ow!

Stay put, or I will tie you
to the seat. I mean it.

East-West Airlines thanks you
for your cooperation.

HE MUTTERS

I'll see the bloody lot of you
fired. Especially you.

I'll buy this shitty airline,
if I have to.

ENGINES POWER UP

Sorry, Dr Alexander.

If you don't mind, we need you
to fill out a report

for the UK authorities
for when we land. Of course.

In your own time.

It's called the vanishing point,
apparently.

It's where the Earth
and the sky meet.

I've always thought
that's where we go. You know...

..when the time comes.

I like that, Ade.

It's a nice thought.

CHATTER

BETH COUGHS

SHE BREATHES RAGGEDLY

Oh, God.

Not yet.

Oh, God...

BETH GASPS

Everything OK?

Hello? Do you need some assistance?

Sorry. Oh... Yeah, I'm fine, thanks.
Right. OK.

Er, please...