A police helicopter crashes when a faulty rotor supplied by Powers-Innis Aeronautics fails, killing five. Henry Innis sees a news report and implores his partner Jarrett Powers to test the remaining surplus parts they have been selling. Powers, not wanting to blow a pending deal to sell the company, arranges for Innis to meet with mobster Ed Scanlin, whose connections got the company a big loan. As a precaution, Innis mails out a computer disc containing incriminating evidence. He and Scanlin meet at Club Dionysius that night, where Scanlin murders Innis.
