Desperate and Confused
When la Corte got a connected signal to the plane, his tone changed from angry to panicked. Before la Corte could ask any questions, the pilot radioed in a shaky “Where are we?” and immediately cut out. La Corte immediately knew something was wrong and signaled for ground operators to go inspect the plane to make sure the passengers were alright.
Up and Away
Before the ground operators could reach the plane, the pilots backed the jet back onto the runway and started to take off. La Corte called in three emergency jets, he was terrified that this plane could be carrying some national threat and they missed their target…
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