Hijack is an action thriller. The film is about Vikram Madan (Shiney Ahuja) who is a ground maintenance engineer at the Chandigarh airport. His social life is limited to one friend Rajeev who is the security chief of the same airport. As luck would have it Vikram’s daughter is traveling with her teacher for a debate contest to Amritsar from Delhi. That flight gets hijacked by a group of 6 terrorist working for a man named Rasheed (KK Raina) who has been captured by the Indian police. This flight is forced to land at Chandigarh airport itself. These terrorists demand the release of Rasheed from the Indian government or they threaten to kill the hostages inside the aircraft at large. The mastermind of this group is a man named Abdullah who remains a mystery till the end.
Now Vikram is faced with the dilemma of being the only man who can sneak inside the aircraft and try to save the life of his daughter Priya. Once he breaches into the aircraft with the help of airhostess Saira (Esha Deol) he starts plotting and planning and killing the terrorist one by one. Some innocent passengers become the victim of these angry ruthless terrorist and die. But somehow Vikram and Saira together mange to save the day. The film ends with Vikram succeeding to save Priya. Saira who takes a bullet to save priya is whisked away to the hospital and we also reveal who Abdullah is.