Mobil 1. Ground Control. Yes Doug. This is Mel. Cleveland just handed off flight two to...

Lincoln Tower: Mobil 1. Ground Control. Mel Bakersfeld: Yes Doug. This is Mel. Lincoln Tower: Cleveland just handed off flight two to Chicago Center. The transmissions from the aircraft aren't exactly regulation. The captain's blowing a fuse. Mel Bakersfeld: I'd like to monitor. What's the frequency? Lincoln Tower: 117.1. Capt. Vernon Demerest: We need answers! Not questions. Are you guys sleeping down there? Why aren't we getting any action? We need help! Chicago Center: Global 2. This is the Chicago Center watch supervisor. Please understand we're doing everything we can. We're holding other traffic and giving you priority. What type of approach do you wish? Capt. Vernon Demerest: Chicago Supervisor listen carefully! Any approach is no damn good if it lands on runway 2-2. We need 2-niner. We've got an unservicable stabilizer trim. Doubtful rudder control and structural damage. If we're brought in on 2-2 there'll be a broken airplane and a lot of dead people. So you call Lincoln, mister, and turn the screws and tell that Lincoln airport manager to get off his penguin butt and clear that runway! Mel Bakersfeld: Snowdesk, Mobil 1. Danny, listen carefully. Break the conga line. Send the heavy plows across to runway 2-niner. They're to head for stuck airplane and to wait instruction.

Mobile One, Ground Control. Yes, Doug. This is Mel. Cleveland just handed off Flight Two to Chicago Center. The transmissions from the aircraft aren't exactly regulation. The captain's blowing a fuse. I'd like to monitor. What's the frequency? DOUG: 117. 1. VERNON: We need answers, not questions. Are you guys sleeping down there? Why aren't we getting any action? We need help. Mobile Two, this is the Chicago Center watch supervisor. Please understand we're doing everything we can. We're holding other traffic and giving you priority. What type of approach do you wish? Chicago Supervisor, listen carefully. Any approach is no damn good if it ends on runway two-two. We need two-niner. We've got an unserviceable stabilizer trim, doubtful rudder control and structural damage. If we're brought in on two-two, there'll be a broken airplane... and a lot of dead people. So you call Lincoln, mister, and turn the screws. Tell that Lincoln airport manager to get off his penguin butt and clear that runway. Snow Desk, Mobile One. This is Snow Desk. Go ahead, Mel. Danny, listen carefully. Break the conga line. Send the heavy plows across to runway two-niner. They're to head for stuck airplane and await instructions. Roger. Conga Leader, Snow Desk. That's it, on this side. Get it as close under the wheel as possible. Give it a whack on the other side. Keep monitoring Chicago Center and Ground Control. If you hear anything I should know, honk the horn. TANYA: All right. JOE: What's with the plows? If you can't move this plane, they will. Shove an undamaged airplane with snowplows? Mel, are you out of your mind? No, but I'm out of runways. Think of what this baby costs. I'm thinking of that planeload of people. This runway is the only hope they've got. If those snowplows rip it apart you'll have chunks of fuselage all over the runway. I know, but it's a chance I've got to take. Okay. But you keep those dinky toys out of my hair and away from this airplane for 15 minutes. Maybe less. I'll drive it out. Joe, let's get one thing straight. When the tower tells us we're running out of time, that's it, there'll be no arguments. The plows will move on my order. (CAR HONKING) Get everybody and everything out of the way. We're starting up! And get me somebody that's cockpit qualified. All right, everybody, we're clearing out. And Chicago Center expects to hand over in 12 minutes. After that, our approach control will have the flight for eight to 10 minutes. They figure touchdown at 1: 28.