Fall to Earth ( audio story ) Publisher ' s summary . The SkyPuncher is the first private spaceflight . But Ephraim Salt ' s visionary project has gone horribly wrong - the ship is falling out of the sky and there seems no way to stop it . Ianto Jones thought the flight would be sabotaged . The only problem is . . . he ' s on board . Plot . Ianto wakes up on Ephraim Salt ' s SkyPuncher , and it ' s falling out of the sky . He tries to call Torchwood , but just gets the machine . Then , he gets a telemarketing call from Zeynep at an insurance company . He tells her he ' s bleeding to death on a spaceship , and she offers to call back another day . To keep her on the line , Ianto decides to buy accident insurance . After this , he asks her to Google the SkyPuncher plans , and sends her a code to unlock her desktop computer . She hesitates , but then tells him to go to the cockpit and hit the green button to activate the autopilot . The ship starts climbing . Ianto ' s leg is still bleeding badly . Zeynep explains that while company policy says she should transfer him to emergency services , she won ' t if he has securely tied a tourniquet to staunch the bleeding . Ianto tells her he was the steward on the flight , trying to make sure nothing went wrong , and now everyone else onboard is dead . Ianto and Zeynep both describe the view out of their windows . Ianto goes back to check on the other passengers . The SkyPuncher was supposed to be looping around one of Salt ' s communication satellite s , but instead it crashes into it , and continues off into space . Ianto asks Zeynep what he should do , but the plans are still downloading to her computer . Just then , Ianto is put on hold because he has gone to long without a purchase . He buys pet insurance for Myfanwy to stay on the line . Then , Zeynep gives him instructions on how to start the controlled descent back towards Earth . He tries to deploy the glide wings , but there isn ' t enough pressure to do so . Zeynep suggests pulling up the cables in the floor and using a fire extinguisher . Amazingly , it works . Ianto ' s phone is down to ten percent . He searches the bodies of the other passengers for a charger . When searching Ephraim Salt , he feels a slow pulse . Suddenly , Salt wakes up and tries to attack Ianto . He runs back to the hold , but he needs to get to the cockpit . He ties Salt ' s suitcase to himself for protection , then tries to run to the front of the ship . He knocks out Salt , who quickly wakes up . Ianto gets to the cockpit , but not before being bitten by Salt . The autopilot is no longer working , and his leg is bleeding again . He starts to feel tired , and Zeynep shouts him back into consciousness . She has him retie his tourniquet with the elastic from the suitcase . Meanwhile , Salt is still banging on the cockpit door . At Zeynep ' s suggestion , Ianto drops the oxygen in the cabin until Salt passes out . Zeynep questions Ianto ' s account of events before he woke up . He served coffee to all the passengers and crew , but had none himself . At first he thinks something happened to the ship , then people started screaming , but he realises that order is backward . Zeynep suggests there might have been drugs in the coffee . Ianto tells her about how Torchwood is investigating the Committee , and that he thought Ephraim Salt was involved . With no warning , the autopilot turns on and the ship goes into nosedive . The call goes on hold again , and when Zeynep comes back on she says her manager is concerned with how long she ' s been on the phone without a purchase . Ianto tells her to buy everything they have . He brings up the course information , and sees the ship is heading for western Turkey , where Zeynep is . She tries to figure out why , and finds out the building the call centre is in is owned by Ephraim Salt . She realises the ship is going to crash into the building , and pulls the fire alarm to get everyone out . She asks Ianto to call his organisation , but he confesses he ' s not actually a spy , he just gets the coffee . Zeynep goes up to the top floor to investigate the research firm that recently moved in there . All of the employees had not been showing up to work for a while . They ' re called Harkness Industries . She runs back and forth trying to ram open the door , and Ianto notices the ship changes course slightly . It ' s not aiming for the building , it ' s aiming for her headset . The whole thing is a plot to take down Ephraim Salt : sabotage his spaceship , blow up his satellite , and , if possible , crash into one of his office buildings . If she hangs up , the ship will crash into the city centre . If she takes the headset off , the call will hang up automatically . She grapples with the fact that Ianto is asking her to die to save a bunch of people she doesn ' t even know . She asks Ianto if he even remembers her name , and he doesn ' t . She can ' t even hang up to call her family . Zeynep is comforted to know that at least she and Ianto can talk to each other until the end and won ' t die alone . Until Ianto tells her he ' s found a parachute . He gets the glory while she sacrifices herself . She suggests he eject once he sees a scrubby park , then puts him on hold . After he ejects , she reconnects to tell him she got out . She ran outside into a quarry , and threw her headset as far as she could . She wishes him a happy landing , and hangs up .