Ilyas' people staged the meeting between Mohammed and Celia to create the impression that Celia's life was in danger. He explains that he was lured into a meeting with Ilyas, who had become radicalized and masterminded the hijacking. She further confesses that, after Henry contacted her to arrange this meeting, she contacted Karl Stein, and he arranged the meeting place, the staff, and fake customers, with the aim of poisoning Henry via his wine.Īs Henry begins to succumb to the poison, Celia tearfully asks why he betrayed everyone to the terrorists. Realizing that Henry was the leak, she left him but did not divulge her discovery to the CIA. The Vienna station is devastated by the outcome. It is revealed that when the terrorists' demands were not met, they released sarin gas, killing themselves, the crew, and all passengers. Celia reveals that she saw a call on Henry's cellphone from the same Iranian number that she found in the station phone logs. In the present, Henry asks why she ended their relationship so abruptly. The next day, Celia leaves both Henry and Vienna. Then Ahmed is killed and thrown off the plane. Checking the station's phone logs, she notices that a call to Iran was placed from Bill's office phone. Celia notices differences in the language of Ahmed's messages and fears he has been compromised. The Vienna station receives another message from Ahmed saying that the terrorists have a camera mounted on the plane's undercarriage and the assault should be called off. Henry tells Celia and her mentor, Bill Compton, that when Henry worked in Moscow his superiors forced him to betray Ilyas to the Russian government to placate them after a terrorist attack. Celia connects with a possible source named Mohammed, but the meeting seems to yield nothing of value. Ahmed, a CIA courier who happened to be on the plane, contacts the CIA and suggests an attack via the plane's undercarriage. The hijackers threaten to kill the passengers unless several of their comrades are released from custody. The Vienna station jumps into action to address the crisis and learns that Ilyas Shushani, a Chechen and former informant for Henry, may be involved. In a flashback to 2012, Flight 127 is on the runway when it is hijacked by four armed militants belonging to an Islamic terrorist group. Henry has Celia recall the events of the hijacking. He wanted her to inform on her coworkers, but she refused. As Henry and Celia talk, she reveals that an Austrian intelligence agent named Karl Stein approached her shortly after she moved to Carmel. Henry meets her at an upscale restaurant, which is almost empty of customers and staff. Henry and Celia were lovers, but she left him shortly after the event.Ĭelia, now retired, lives in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California with her family.
Henry is sent to interview Celia Harrison, who also worked at the Vienna station at the time of the hijacking. Headquarters suspects there was a leak from the Vienna station, where Henry and Vick work. In early 2020, CIA officer Henry Pelham is informed by his boss, Vick Wallinger, that the CIA has reopened the case of Turkish Alliance 127, a 2012 terrorist hijacking which ended in tragedy.
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