Whip Whitaker (Denzel Washington) is a respected pilot with a terrible alcohol and drug problem, although he never admits to it. Prior to take off, he uses cocaine to wake himself up and secretly mixes some vodka into his orange juice. The aircraft descends into a dive as a result of failure of the control systems. Whip has no other choice but to roll the plane upside down to stop the dive and the plane crashes into a field leaving him unconscious.
Denzel Washington as pilot Whip Whitaker. Source: Collider
