▁were ▁as leep ▁remain , ▁and ▁discover ▁the ▁pred ic ament ▁when ▁they ▁w ake . ▁Pil ot ▁Brian ▁Eng le , ▁dead head ing ▁on ▁the ▁flight , ▁takes ▁the ▁controls ; ▁unable ▁to ▁contact ▁any ▁other ▁air port , ▁he ▁dec ides ▁to ▁land ▁the ▁plane ▁at ▁Bang or ▁International ▁Airport ▁because ▁of ▁its ▁long ▁run way . ▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁Eng le , ▁the ▁other ▁passengers ▁include : ▁Nick ▁Hope well , ▁a ▁myster ious ▁English man ; ▁La ure l ▁Stevens on , ▁a ▁school te acher ▁on ▁vac ation ; ▁ ▁Don ▁G aff ney , ▁a ▁tool ▁and ▁die ▁worker ▁on ▁his ▁way ▁to ▁meet ▁his ▁new ▁grand d augh ter ; ▁Albert ▁K auss ner , ▁a ▁viol in ist ▁on ▁his ▁way ▁to ▁the ▁Ber k lee ▁College ▁of ▁Music ; ▁Beth any ▁Sim s , ▁a ▁girl ▁whose ▁est r anged ▁family ▁is ▁planning ▁on ▁sending ▁her ▁to ▁a ▁drug ▁re hab ; ▁ ▁Bob ▁Jenkins , ▁a ▁mystery - nov el ▁author ; ▁Din ah ▁Bell man , ▁a ▁blind ▁girl ▁on ▁her ▁way ▁to ▁Boston ▁to ▁under go ▁opt ic ▁surg ery ; ▁Rud y ▁War wick , ▁a ▁perpet ually ▁sleep y ▁business man ▁with ▁a ▁ra ven ous ▁app et ite ; ▁and ▁Craig ▁To omy , ▁an ▁un stable ▁business ▁executive ▁ag itated ▁over ▁missing ▁a ▁scheduled ▁meeting ▁in ▁Boston . ▁Din ah , ▁who ▁has ▁some ▁tele path ic ▁ability , ▁sens es ▁trou bling ▁issues ▁with