The President of the United States, James Marshall, takes a tough anti-terrorist stance and then becomes a hostage himself when Air Force One is taken over by terrorists from Kazakhstan, led by Ivan Korshunov, who demand the release of their fascistic leader General Radek.

The President seems to escape from the plane in an emergency capsule yet is actually hiding on board. He silently kills a member of the terrorist group before establishing contact with F-15's to engage the hijacked plane.

As passengers escape by parachute, Marshall is captured by Ivan and forced to release General Radek, setting in motion an international incident.

Directed by
Wolfgang Petersen

Cast
Harrison Ford - President James Marshall
Gary Oldman - Ivan Korshunov
Glenn Close - Vice President Kathryn Bennett
Wendy Crewson - Grace Marshall
Liesel Matthews - Alice Marshall
Paul Guilfoyle - Chief of Staff Lloyd Shepherd
Xander Berkeley - Agent Gibbs
William H. Macy - Major Caldwell
Dean Stockwell - Defense Secretary Walter Dean
Tom Everett - NSA Adviser Jack Doherty
Jurgen Prochnow - General Alexander Radek
Donna Bullock - Press Secretary Melanie Mitchell
Michael Ray Miller - AFO Pilot Colonel Axelrod
Carl Weintraub - AFO Co-Pilot Lt Col Ingrahams
Elester Latham - AFO Navigator
Levani Uchaineshvili - Sergei Lenski

Production Co.
Beacon Pictures
Radiant Films

Produced by
Thomas Bliss
Mary Montiforte
Armyan Bernstein
Marc Abraham
Peter Kohn
Jonathan Shestack
David V Lester
Wolfgang Petersen

Studio
Columbia Pictures

Writer
Andrew Marlowe

Music
Jerry Goldsmith