An Iraqi woman, whose family was killed by U.S. soldiers, must help the F.B.I. find the terrorists from the fifth 9-11 plane before they can attack the U.S.

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In Al Kazimyah, Iraq

in 1998, WAFA AHMED ALI (27) sees her family’s house blown up by an American

aircraft. Her parents and brother are killed in the bombing. Wafa continues to

live in the bombed-out house despite her uncle HASHIM’s (45) objections. One

day, Wafa sees a YOUNG MAN burying an improvised explosive device in the dirt

road, hoping he’ll kill American soldiers. She goes to a checkpoint and tells

an American troop, JOHN(20s), about it. The terrorist spots Wafa warning the U.S. soldier.

After an explosion kills her uncle at the coffee shop, John and Wafa go back to

her house, and John finds an assassin's bomb waiting for her. He tells her that

the U.S. military will

expedite her to America

to keep her safe. She objects at first, but then relents.

When she arrives in the U.S.,

she is pulled over by a police officer, PAUL (28), because her car is pouring

smoke from the tailpipe. Paul gives her a repair ticket. He says he’ll get in

touch with a friend from the FBI to see if they’ll interview her for a

translator position.

Wafa goes to the interview where BECKY (40) offers her the job, though TOM

(55), an agent, doesn’t trust her. Paul takes her shopping, and teaches her

some things about what it means to be a free woman in America. Over

the next three years Wafa works as a translator.

At an airport, four Middle Eastern men, MAKIN MORADI (25), DUMAN OMIDI (24),

ABBUD GOLZAR (22), and RAFI RAAD (22) test security and find they can get on a

plane with box cutters.

The September 11th attacks occur, but the four men's plane (the fifth 9-11

plane) is delayed by mechanical failure. All planes are forced to land. Wafa,

Becky, and Tom start to investigate by looking at flight manifests. They see

that the would-be hijackers have evaded capture on surveillance footage at the

airport. AMR MUHAMMED (50) puts the terrorists up in a tiny apartment.

Wafa gets the idea to see who was checking for flight delays on 9-11. They come

up with an I.D. match for Amr Muhammed, who checked all five 9-11 flights. Wafa

thinks the men have gone into hiding in Dearborn,

MI, so they have cameras

installed in hopes that they get a hit on them.

Tom gets suspicious of Wafa. Tom and Becky interrogate Wafa and she confesses

that her family were terrorists, and that is why the U.S. bombed her house. They suspend

her and place her under house arrest.

Under the cover of stormy weather and darkness, the terrorists deliver bombs to

malls and under highway overpasses. Wafa sees on the news that tornadoes are

about to sweep the country. She remembers all the preoccupation the terrorists

had with watching The Weather Channel. She calls Becky to inform her that the

terrorists are going to strike since there’s a tornado watch and law

enforcement will be preoccupied with all the storms taking place nationwide to

notice them.

Wafa gets reinstated. The tornadoes hit, and the terrorists start blowing up

highway overpasses, shopping malls, and hospitals. Citizens work with the fire

department to put out the blazes. Wafa takes out the terrorists' planes with a

machine gun, and with the help of U.S. jetfighters.

THE FIFTH PLANE