Abdullah, the Dubai flight controller whom Allen assured everything was fine, has doubts about KA29's status. O'Farrell contacts his ex, DCI Zahra Gahfoor from SO15, who reaches out to colleagues at Heathrow Airport, who state the KA29 call was a false alarm. The passengers are subdued, and Sam returns the pistol to Stuart Atterton, the lead hijacker. Two passengers attack one of the hijackers, and Sam picks up his gun. Before the Wi-Fi is turned off, Sam is able to text his wife about the incident, and she passes it to her boyfriend, DI Daniel O'Farrell, who works for the Metropolitan Police. The hijackers access the cockpit by threatening Collette, a flight attendant who Captain Robin Allen is having an affair with. Airport screener Neela, who allowed the guns on board, returns home when her husband and child are threatened. Using Glock 19 pistols hidden in toiletry bags, several hijackers take control of the plane, speaking both English and Arabic. Marcus, secretly part of a hijacking crew, informs leader Stuart and his colleagues to expedite the takeover. After takeoff, teenage passenger Naomi finds a bullet in the bathroom and tells Marcus, a friendly fellow passenger. At the airport, he convinces gate staff to allow fellow passenger Alec on after he narrowly misses the gate closing. Julia Deakin as Claire Paxton, Phillip's wifeĬorporate business negotiator Sam Nelson boards Kingdom Airlines flight KA29 from Dubai to London to return to his estranged wife.Richard Hope as Phillip Paxton, an Anglican priest.Kevin Eldon as Devlin, a mysterious businessman.Alex Macqueen as Tindall, a government official.James Burrows as Jonty, a passenger with a criminal history.Chantelle Alle as Kacey, a teenage passenger.Mei Henri as Naomi, a teenage passenger.Antonia Salib as Leesha, a first-class passenger.Nikkita Chadha as Neela, an airport security screener who leaves her station mysteriously.Mohammad Faisal Mostafa as Abdullah, a Dubai air traffic controller who manages KA29.Harry Michell as Hugo, the passenger sitting next to Sam.Simon McBurney as Edgar Janssen, a powerful criminal.Mohamed Elsandel as Jaden / Alexander Kier, one of the hijackers.Aimée Kelly as Jamie Constantinou / Bella Cunningham, one of the hijackers.Jack McMullen as Lewis Atterton / Ryan Cunningham, one of the hijackers.Jasper Britton as Terry Reid / Marcus Sutton, one of the hijackers.Kate Phillips as Collette Fisher, a flight attendant who is having an affair with Robin.Jeremy Ang Jones as Arthur, a flight attendant.Zora Bishop as Deevia Khan, the lead flight attendant.Kaisa Hammarlund as Anna Kovacs, the first officer of Kingdom Airlines Flight 29.Neil Stuke as Neil Walsh, the British home secretary.Hattie Morahan as Louise Aitchison, the British foreign secretary.Ben Miles as Captain Robin Allen, the pilot of Kingdom Airlines Flight 29.Max Beesley as DI Daniel O'Farrel, Marsha's current boyfriend, a Metropolitan Police officer.Archie Panjabi as DCI Zahra Gahfoor, O'Farrel's former partner and a member of SO15.Eve Myles as Alice Sinclair, an air traffic controller at London Heathrow Airport.Christine Adams as Marsha Smith-Nelson, Sam's estranged wife, a physics professor.Neil Maskell as Stuart Atterton / Gerald Taylor, the leader of the hijackers.

Idris Elba as Sam Nelson, a corporate business negotiator.Sam, a talented business negotiator, must use his skills to broker a peaceful end to a hijacking of a seven-hour flight from Dubai to London. It premiered on 28 June 2023 on Apple TV+. Hijack (stylized as H/JACK) is a seven-part thriller miniseries created by George Kay and Jim Field Smith, starring Idris Elba.

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