High-Altitude Hostage: My Ex Commands the Tower

Summary

I'm the pilot of an international flight.

During the return flight, the aircraft gets caught up in a terrible storm. The plane's body is struck and penetrated by hail, and the right engine bursts into flames.

327 passengers are left stranded tens of thousands of feet in the air.

I contact ground control and request permission to make an emergency landing, only to hear the chief controller of the air traffic control tower—also my ex-wife, Lara Kingsley—say, "Easthawk 791, request denied."