"405"
2/4/00

Interior airliner cockpit

Pilots struggle with ailing plane.
"No good tower, I've gotta put her down, and I've gotta put her down now!"

CUT TO: A guy drives along at freeway speed. He is contently in his own little world.

Other cars begin to steer off the road to the shoulder around him. He vaguely notices but mostly feels that the freeway congestion is opening up for him.

CUT TO: A large commercial airliner settles in on an approach path that will land it on the freeway. One engine of the plane is trailing smoke. Ahead a large section of the freeway seems to be clearing, making room for the plane. One car driven by our guy, however, remains in the center.

The plane sweeps in behind the car. It gets closer and closer on its final approach. The gears descend toward the pavement and the plane rushes toward the speeding car.

For a moment the guy continues on. Suddenly he catches sight of the looming plane in his mirror. He twists and turns in panic. Steps on the gas. He has no time to get out of the way!

The plane touches down on its rear landing gear still closing on the single car. The fuselage slowly lowers. So far a perfect landing.

The car tries to out run the plane. It has almost matched the plane's speed over 120 miles per hour.

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The front gear touches down with a screech just feet behind the car. The plane hits the car squarely behind with it's landing gear. The guy is thrust forward in acceleration.

The gear breaks off lowering the nose of the plane onto the roof of the speeding car. The car is crushed under the plane's weight, but manages to take the mass of the plane and serve as a front landing gear. The two vehicles now permanently tied together rocket down the freeway.

Violent wrenching and deafening sounds. Our guy's face is full of terror. Then he spots something ahead in the road and his eyes bulge even bigger.

Directly ahead is a slow moving older model car.

CUT TO: Inside we see and old woman barely able to see over the wheel driving.

CUT TO: Our guy gasps. He tries to steer the car but the momentum of the plane just causes the wheels to slide along the same path right down the middle of the freeway. He honks his horn as the car/plane coupling grinds down the freeway toward the car.

CUT TO: Inside the woman takes her eyes off the road to look in the mirror. "All right, already… I hear you, I hear you"

CUT TO: Still the car/plane bears down. The guy winces in terror. Blaring on the horn.

CUT TO: The old woman says. "Hold your horses, would you."

She takes her hand from the wheel and moves the right turn signal indicator on the steering column. Ever so slowly she moves her hand back to the wheel and begins to change lanes.

CUT TO: The Plane/car, close on the older car at alarming rate it appears they may still collide.

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CUT TO: We see the car/plane continue down the freeway. Slower and slower until they finally come to a stop.

CUT TO: The guy in the car pants for breath. Sweat pours from his forehead. He grips the wheel with a death grip. He stares forward unable to comprehend the magnitude of the events that have just occurred.

As he sits there a car slowly rolls by his passenger side.

He looks over from his daze in time to see the old woman sneering at him. They make quick eye contact then suddenly she thrusts her wrinkled hand up high out the window and flips him the bird!

Back to dazed and confounded look on the guy as he watches her drive on, having never changed speed.

FADE OUT

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