Qumar Incident Rescue Plane

Fitzwallace describes this U.S. military rescue plane as the aircraft dispatched immediately after the lost Qumar jet, entering the area to support recovery efforts amid the chaotic shoot-down. Its role surfaces in his tense briefing to Leo, highlighting operational details like ELT dismantling and wreckage dispersal by SEALs, all concealed to shield the President from Hague prosecution. Leo listens stone-faced as Fitzwallace lays out the sequence, underscoring the plane's place in the cover-up chain.

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Purpose

Support recovery and rescue operations following the Qumar plane shoot-down

Significance

Forms key evidence in the U.S. military's track-covering after the incident, fueling Fitzwallace's warning of war-crimes exposure at The Hague and pressuring Leo to reassess the administration's legal stance

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S4E1 · 20 Hours in America Part I

Rolling Pins and The Hague: Local Optics Meet International Exposure

The rescue plane that went in after the missing jet is mentioned as among the losses that make the Bermuda Triangle a convenient cover story; its inclusion reinforces the depth and complexity of wreckage that could mask the Qumari plane.

Before: Dispatched as a rescue asset to the incident area; subsequently lost or accounted among vanished aircraft in the region.

After: Cited as part of the scattered wreckage that obscures the Qumari plane's remains and complicates discovery.

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S4E1 · 20 Hours in America Part I

Fitzwallace's Hague Warning

The rescue plane is named as the craft that entered the area after the jet; its involvement frames the operational response and helps explain how U.S. forces established control of the debris field to effect a cover-up.

Before: Deployed as a legitimate rescue asset in the immediate aftermath of the incident.

After: Functionally part of the operation used to consolidate wreckage and establish the official SAR narrative while U.S. teams removed incriminating evidence.

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