CSI: New York Spoiler - Episode 5.03 Turbulence

The third episode of CSI: NY, Season Five is titled Turbulence. In earlier CSI: NY news about Michaela McManus appearing in this episode as a flight attendant, we had reported this episode as being the fifth episode. IMDB, though, now lists it as the third episode of Season Five.

The information below comes from early script drafts, so details may change radically, before it airs. Turbulence is expected to air October 8 at 10PM Eastern, 9PM Central, on CBS.

Mac is on a plane, headed for Washington, DC to testify in a trial. When the plane encounters turbulence, Mac tries to calm Ned Riley, who sits across the aisle from him

When Mac notices two flight attendants rushing to the back of the plane, he follows. After he identifies himself as a police officer, they show him inside one of the lavatories, where a body lies on the floor in a pool of blood. The man’s carotid artery has been severed, but there is no apparent cause. Mac notices the man’s Federal Air Marshal badge, and that his holster is empty.

Knowing that Ned has been sitting in his seat for the entire flight so far, Mac calls on him to watch the other passengers for anything suspicious.

Mac finds nothing in row 16, where the dead man was sitting, but notices a spilled drink on the tray in front of an empty seat. A flight attendant points out the man who was sitting there, James Turner. He is now in row 30, and looks very nervous. He also has a spot of blood on his shirt cuff.

Things get more interesting, when it appears that the Air Marshal was an imposter, and may have killed the real marshal.

Source: CSI Files.

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