7500

When terrorists try to seize control of a Berlin-Paris flight, a soft-spoken American co-pilot struggles to save the lives of the passengers and crew while forging a surprising connection with one of the hijackers. The Emergency Code for a plane hijacking is 7500: a tense, intense thriller, told from the cockpit. A flight from Berlin to Paris. Everyday routine in the cockpit of an Airbus A319. Co-pilot Tobias Ellis is preparing the plane for take-off, which then follows without incident. Then we hear shouting in the passenger cabin. A group of young men try and storm the cockpit, among them 18-year old Vedat. A fight begins between crew and attackers, with the desire on the one hand to save individual lives and on the other to avert an even bigger catastrophe. The cockpit door becomes a battleground - and Tobias ends up being the arbiter over life and death. A flight from Berlin to Paris: co-pilot Tobias Ellis routinely prepares the plane for take-off. As always, the take-off goes smoothly. But then you hear shouting in the cabin. A group of young men are trying to get into the cockpit. A battle begins between the crew and the attackers, a tug-of-war between the desire to save individual lives and avert even greater damage. The cockpit becomes a battlefield and Tobias finds himself in the position of having to decide between life and death. —ARD