KITT monitor a plane's disappearance and he and Mike investigate the crash site. They discover that the crash has been faked which leads the crew to research the passengers. They find that the DEA has a boy on board that a drug lord wants and so they go about locating him. In the process Mike runs afoul of the DEA agent in charge and gets arrested. After KITT breaks him out, Sarah has to make a deal that they will get the boy back alive or Mike will end up behind bars to a long while.