The Passenger

PASS CHRISTIAN, MISSISSIPPI, 1980 : It is three in the morning when Bobby Western zips up the jacket of his wet suit and plunges from a Coast Guard tender into darkness. His dive light illuminates the sunken jet, nine bodies still buckled in their seats. Missing from the crash site are the pilot's flight bag, the plane's black box, and the tenth passenger. The novels of the American writer Cormac McCarthy have received a number of literary awards, including the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
His works adapted to film include All the Pretty Horses, The Road, and No Country for Old Men-the latter film received four Academy Awards, including the award for Best Picture.