Episode
Flashpoint: Grounded
Overview
Hijackers commandeer a passenger jet to bargain for a prisoner release. The lives of forty passengers and crew hang in the balance of negotiations over the prisoner, a relative of the terrorists. An ambitious passenger irks the hijackers, when she starts to text the police. Team One eventually storms the jet at the city airport. Stressed, Parker agonizes over shooting the hijackers.
Details
- Series
- Flashpoint
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 2011-09-19
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
Grounded is Episode 8 in Season 4 of Flashpoint. It aired on 2011-09-19. The runtime is 44 min.
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