13 Cleaning (1/2)
”Please, don't kill anyone.”
”That all depends on you.”
Gravely, Mouri nodded, gulped, and focused on flying.
”I didn't tell your dead amigo, but I have people all over this plane. And they're all armed. Just keep that in mind.”
”How did you ever get all those weapons on board?”
''I'm organized. I had a little help from one of the maintenance workers.”
”You b-bribed them?”
”More or less.” Gauron cracked an evil-looking smile.
In actuality, Gauron had kidnapped the man's family and coerced him into doing what he wanted. Then, for good measure, Gauron cleaned up the mess to prevent future trouble.
”Now then.” Gauron abruptly pulled out a map.
”Take her right along this route.”
The copilot paled. ”North from MIMOD? We're going to Sunan? Isn't that North Korea?”
”Very good, you get an A in geography.”
”They'll shoot us down.”
”I wouldn't worry about that. Just follow our directions to the letter and they'll even escort us in. They're not as precise as we are,” griped Gauron, ”but go ahead and use the ILS system, anyway. Once we pass this point, broadcast your identification.”
And Gauron continued to lay out the details of the plan.
It took a while for the authorities to realize the full gravity of the situation when the plane entered Naha FIR, changed course northward, and flew into South Korea's Daegu FIR.
A debate arose among the Ministry of Transport as to whether Flight 903 merely was experiencing mechanical problems or if it had been hijacked.
During the most heated part of the argument, the South Korean Air Force phoned in the settlement-they just received word that the plane was, in fact, hijacked.
However, the message had to pass through all kinds of different channels and translators, so it took the Ministry of Transport almost twenty minutes to get it.
Finally, the Security Council took over handling the situation.
Meanwhile, Flight 903 carried on right into North Korea.
The South Koreans called off their aerial pursuit and were more than a little surprised to see that no North Korean planes arrived to intercept the jet.
The Metropolitan Police Department had an anti-terrorist force called SAT, but there wasn't much they could do now that the plane was all the way in North Korea.