The Counter-Attack
I pretended to be a terrified hostage and quietly obeyed his commands to enter new navigation coordinates into the main flight computer.
As I typed the new flight path pulling us south toward the open sea, I secretly used a memorized sequence of keys to route a high alert distress signal through the automated weather transmission system directly to a military satellite.
Knowing outside rescue would take far too long, I realized I needed to use the physical weight of the aircraft itself to overcome the intruders.
I noticed a severe weather system glowing on the radar and smoothly deceived the leader into thinking we had to fly straight through the dense storm core.
When the commercial jet hit the powerful wind shear, violent turbulence immediately threw the three standing operatives off balance in the narrow space.
I caught Captain Raymond looking at me and gave him a subtle military hand signal to prepare for a heavy impact while I tightly fastened my heavy safety harness.
The Negative G-Dive
With the plane shaking violently in the storm, I disengaged the automatic flight computer and pushed the main control column forward to force the massive airliner into a steep negative gravity dive.
The sudden drop eliminated all artificial gravity inside the flight deck, instantly launching the three unbuckled operatives violently into the ceiling and stripping them of their operational control.
While warning alarms blared and the men floated helplessly in the air, Captain Raymond and I remained securely locked in our seats.
We quickly utilized the weightless environment to permanently subdue the disoriented leader and his companions before I grabbed the control column and pulled back hard to level the aircraft safely above the ocean.
