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Celia, now retired, lives in [[Carmel-by-the-Sea, California]] with her family. Henry meets her at an upscale restaurant, which is almost empty of customers and staff. As Henry and Celia talk, she reveals that an [[Austrians#Republic of Austria (1955 to present)|Austrian]] intelligence agent named Karl Stein approached her shortly after she moved to Carmel. He wanted her to inform on her coworkers, but she refused. Henry has Celia recall the events of the hijacking.
In a [[Flashback (narrative)|flashback]] to 2012, Flight 127 is on the runway when it is hijacked by four armed [[militant]]s belonging to an [[Islamic extremism|Islamic terrorist group]]. The Vienna station jumps into action to address the crisis and learns that Ilyas Shushani, a [[Chechens|Chechen]] and former [[informant]] for Henry, may be involved. The hijackers threaten to kill the passengers unless several of their comrades are released from custody. Ahmed, a CIA courier who happened to be on the plane, contacts the CIA and suggests an attack via the plane's undercarriage. Celia connects with a possible source named Mohammed, but the meeting seems to yield nothing of value. Henry tells Celia and her mentor, Bill Compton, that when Henry worked in [[Moscow]] his superiors forced him to betray Ilyas to the [[Government of Russia|Russian government]]
The Vienna station receives another message from Ahmed saying that the terrorists have a camera mounted on the plane's undercarriage and the assault should be called off. Celia notices differences in the language of Ahmed's messages and fears he has been compromised. Checking the station's phone logs, she notices that a call to [[Iran]] was placed from Bill's office phone. Then Ahmed is killed and thrown off the plane. The next day, Celia leaves both Henry and Vienna.
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