In December 1994, four terrorists took Air France flight 8969 hostage at Algiers airport. The terrorists demanded the release of their comrades and the immediate departure of the plane. Three characters, Thierry, Carole Jeanton and Yahia Abdallah, are at the heart of the event. Their logics will clash right up to the denouement. In front of 21 million viewers, the GIGN assault puts an end to the hostage crisis.