AmericanbasedFederationWorldAirlineshasjustacquiredaConcordejet,whichwillmakeitsinauguralcommercialflightfromWashingtonD.C.toParisandthentoMoscowasagoodwillgesturepriortothe1980OlympicGames.AmongthoseonboardisMaggieWhelan,atelevisionreporter,whoistakingbothlegsofthetrip.JustafterboardingatDullesInternationalAirport,shereceivesdocumentsconclusivelyandunequivocallystatingthatherboyfriend,Dr.KevinHarrison,theChairmanofHarrisonIndustries,anaerospacecontractor,iscomplicitofillegallysellingarmstoenemyregimes.Regardless,MaggielovesKevin,whovowstodotherightthingbymakingapublicstatementtohisillegalactivities.Maggiealsointendsonmakinganon-airreportofthestoryonceshearrivesinMoscow.Kevin,however,hasotherthoughts.Heplansondestroyingthedocuments,themostconvenientwaybeingtobringdowntheConcordewithMaggieaboard,initiallyhavingtheattackontheplaneasatechnicalerror,thenpinningtheattackononeofthemanyactivistgroupsopposedtotheConcordeitselfortheupcomingOlympics.ConcordeCaptainsJoePetroniandPaulMetranddowhatevertheyhavetotocombattheattacksontheplane,themastermindsbehindofwhichtheynorMaggieareaware.
