Shoot down the plane. Sure.
"Can you patch me through to Karen Hayes?"
"I've got the recording -- it was on the co-pilot."
"Audrey. I have some great news -- your father survived the crash." What. The. Hell.
Now that the big boys are writing the last episodes they're trying to undo the damage done by the Alf/Fall Guy/The Nanny writers earlier in the season.
"You've got to get to Jack first."
A VCI distress signal. Seems like the established response is to shoot it down. Hmm.
Hmm.
Just to recap, there's a code that the pilot sends that says 'Kill me and all the civilians on board as soon as possible.' It seems like a terrorist who wants to take out a planeload of people can just become a co-pilot, take out the pilot and press a button.