Fireflash, this is London Tower. You are clear for departure.
Fireflash, confirm, please. Captain Hansen, everything OK?
- Tower, I'm afraid Captain Hansen... - Is here.
Thank you, Tower. We're ready to depart.
What took you so long? We were about to leave without you.
Sorry, got a bit tied up at the last moment.
Now, what do you say we see what these new upgraded engines can do?
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome aboard.
Please take note of our safety instructions.
- Now, as our newly designed... - Ever been on Fireflash? Don't you worry.
Bernard Bottomsly will look after you.
If you get scared, you can... hold my hand, Miss er...
- I didn't catch your name. - I didn't throw it.
Right!
Well, er...
- At least we're going in style. - Pardon me, Bernard.
Kayo here. Hello, Scott.
How's it feel travelling home with the general public?
I wish Brains would hurry up and finish his upgrades to Thunderbird S.
At least you'll be able to check out his upgrade to Fireflash while you're on it.
- Excuse me. - I can hardly wait!
Uh... don't be in such a rush. Grandma Tracy baked you a cake.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome aboard Fireflash. I'm Captain Hansen.
We'll be cruising at about 75,000 feet today, at Mach 5 or better,
so we should have you all the way to Sydney, Australia within a few hours.
Fireflash, this is London Tower.
You are clear for supersonic. Have a fantastic flight.
- Thank you, Tower, I plan to. - Engaging ramjet.
That's fast!
Fireflash, next European contact will be...
What? Fireflash, do you copy? We've lost you!
Fireflash!
5...
4...
3...
2...
1.
Thunderbirds are go.
Fireflash has disappeared.
London Control, this is International Rescue.
I picked up your alert about Fireflash. Please confirm.
International Rescue. Yes, it's vanished... into thin air.
Satellite imagine confirms no wreckage, so they haven't crashed.
Don't worry, we'll find it.
Guys, it's John. Kayo's plane's gone missing.
- What? We just talked to her. - It's literally disappeared.
We can't find it. There's no indication it crashed, so no need to panic.
Have you ever seen me panic, Thunderbird 5?
Figure of speech. I'm trying her communicator now.
Well, new engines seem to be working well. I'll go stretch my legs.
- Do you need anything? - I've got everything I need.
So, then, Miss...
- Kyrano. - Kyrano...?
You probably don't know this, but from what I hear, this new hypersonic engine...
- That's odd. - ...is a real game changer.
- Pardon me - why are we changing course? - I'm sorry?
The sunlight coming into the cabin is shifting,
indicating we're changing course from southeast to east.
- Why's that? - Er... will you excuse me?
John, it's Kayo. Can you do me a favour and check Fireflash's flight path?
No signal.
Hansen, have we changed course?
- Just avoiding some weather. - At our altitude? What's going on?
- Nothing for you to worry about. - What?
Have a nice nap.
Now, I wasn't gonna do this until later, but...
Sorry, ladies and gentlemen, instruments indicate a depressurisation in the cabin.
- Please put your oxygen masks on. - It must be those new engines.
Ah, yeah.
I know what depressurisation feels like, this isn't it. And turbulence at 75,000 feet?
- You're not thinking clearly. - Don't put on the mask. Something's wrong.
The moment you pass out from lack of oxygen, I'll put your mask on...
...for you.
Co-pilot out cold and the Captain up to no good.
This isn't exactly normal.
And neither is this thing.
Thunderbird 5, it's Fireflash. Are you there?
- There you are. - We've a situation aboard the plane.
You've been invisible for the last half hour.
- Invisible? - You're back on visual and radar now.
- You had us worried. - Must be some kind of cloaking device.
Listen, this is weird, but Hansen has hijacked his own plane.
He used the oxygen masks to knock everyone out.
It's not Captain Hansen. They found the real Captain Hansen just a few minutes ago.
- Tied up in a crew locker. - Well, if it's not Hansen, then who is it?
Someone in disguise steals a hi-tech plane. Who do you think?
The Hood.
Kayo, get out of there now.
Easier said than done.
- You found Kayo's plane? - Yeah, but she's in trouble.
The Hood is in there! Time to deploy?
F-A-B, little brother. I'll intercept in Thunderbird 1.
The rest of you wait here until we pinpoint their destination.
We don't want you on a wild goose chase.
5... 4... 3... 2... 1.
He doesn't actually expect us to wait here, does he?
Whoever is piloting Fireflash, this is London Tower.
We have found the real Captain Hansen. Why have you taken the plane?
What do you want?
A wise man once said that happiness consists not of having what you want,
but wanting what you have.
And I have the plane, which makes me happy.
Goodbye.
Now, how did that transmission come through?
The wavelength disrupter!
It seems we have a light sleeper on board.
So, where is the saboteur trying to sabotage my sabotage?
Come out, come out, wherever you are.
If you surrender now, I won't hurt you...
...Too badly.
Come on, Kayo, pick up.
(Your timing is terrible.)
You'll lead The Hood right to me.
Give me 15 seconds and call back.
Why am I not surprised it's you?
Ruining your plans is the best part of my job.
Oh, did that hurt?
Want some more? Well, try this!
Why does everyone else get to have the best toys?
You're after the new engines.
Rather than go through a bunch of tiresome corporate espionage,
I just decided to take the whole plane.
That's not gonna happen!
Warning! Fuel leak detected. Warning!
Fuel leak detected. Warning! Fuel leak detected.
- Quite a chip off the old block. - You leave my family out of this!
Don't you mean our family?
It's high time you stopped this hero nonsense and came to work for me.
Not now, not ever.
Your cloaking device is shot. Everyone knows where we are.
International Rescue is on their way and when we land,
the Global Defence Force will be waiting for you with handcuffs.
Well, that's certainly not gonna happen.
- And who's gonna land this thing - you? - Yes, me.
With damaged avionics and a leaking fuel line?
I may have lost the plane.
But International Rescue is going to lose so much more!
Good luck with that landing.
Thunderbird 5, you there? I have a situation.
Satellite readings indicate you're still at Mach 5, headed east,
much further north than you should be.
Thunderbird 1, I'm sending you her position and projected route.
On an intercept course now.
- What about The Hood? - He got away.
I'll alert the GDF to his last position. What's the status of the passengers?
Oxygen's now feeding the emergency masks. Passengers should be waking soon.
Fireflash, I suggest you adjust your course back south.
Negative. I'm leaking fuel and need to put this thing on the ground.
We need to find you a landing strip long enough to handle Fireflash.
Got one! It's a decommissioned space port in the Gobi Desert.
I see it. I'm disabling autopilot and dropping down to subsonic speed.
Good luck.
Fireflash is cruising at 10,000 feet, air speed of 300 knots.
Thunderbird 1 is over the Gobi. On my scopes, 1.
You should have visual contact with Fireflash in 5... 4...
Contact!
I'm just gonna perform a fly-by to make sure there's no visible external damage.
Well, everything looks OK. You should be coming up on that landing strip.
F-A-B.
Looking good, Fireflash.
Deploying landing gear.
Kayo, only one wheel came down!
If you land like that, the plane could pinwheel and disintegrate.
Pull up, abort the landing!
Kayo, I'm sorry. I should have had you check the landing gear first.
- It was my responsibility. - Can you lower it manually?
Afraid not.
The co-pilot's still out cold after his encounter with The Hood.
- I'm the only person on the plane awake. - Never mind.
Er... guys? Not so good news.
My fuel tanks are really low, maybe ten minutes left.
Can you put her down without landing gear?
Empty the fuel tanks, make her lighter, there might be little collateral damage.
The Hood punctured a fuel tank in the cargo hold.
All that fuel's in the belly of the plane.
A spark there could turn Fireflash into fireball.
We need Thunderbird 2.
- They'll never get here in time. - Actually, we left right after you.
Sorry, Thunderbird 1, didn't really feel like waiting.
Well, it's a good thing you didn't. We don't have a moment to spare.
Alan, Gordon, can you configure a couple of pods as landing gear?
F-A-B!
Ground-based landing gear is ready to roll!
F-A-B. Stand by for touchdown.
F-A-B.
Pods deployed!
- We're ready for you, Kayo. - I'm on the approach now.
You're coming in way too hot!
Try and slow down to just above stall speed.
These pods aren't exactly built for racing.
We're not even sure if they can match your speed!
Work on your confidence-building skills, boys.
Raise the pads.
Alan, move two metres to your right.
Gordon, you need to gain four metres on Alan.
Easy...
Kayo, cut your speed a few more knots!
- It worked! - Good work!
- Whoa! Er... guys? Little help. - What's wrong?
The plane's too heavy! It'll crush the pods!
This isn't good.
Hang on, I'm going up again.
Fireflash, a plane full of passengers is depending on you.
So are Alan and Gordon!
Hey, we're OK!
John, we need another plan now!
There's no time. I don't even have enough fuel for another attempt at the runway.
Oh, no!
I'm gonna try and ditch it in the desert.
At least you guys won't get hurt.
- What about the fuel in the plane's belly? - I know.
Look, if I don't make it...
- No way! - No, Kayo!
Quiet down!
Anyway, if I don't make it,
I just want you to know, I appreciate you all coming to my rescue.
I may not have started life with five brothers, but...
- Just hold on a minute, Kayo. - No, Virgil.
- Maybe the desert sand'll stop the sparks. - No, seriously!
You need to hold on to something.
- It worked! - Well done!
Ladies and gentlemen, we appear to have taken a detour.
Oh, are we er... Are we there already?
Where's that girl I was helping?
Great job, everyone!
Kayo, those people owe you their lives.
What about The Hood? He got away again.
He'll get what's coming to him.
Besides, you stopped his plot to steal the plane and we did save all the passengers.
Sounds like a win to me.
Well, I know one thing - I'm never flying commercial again.
Yeah! Of course, we still have a problem.
How is Virgil going to get Fireflash back to London?
Seriously, how are you gonna get it back?
Uh... a really big rope?
Yeah, good luck with that.