A flight between JFK airport in New York and London Heathrow disappears in the middle of the North Atlantic with 256 people on board. The researcher Kendra Malley, played by Archie Panjabi , must discover the causes of the accident, which seem to go beyond a simple mechanical failure. Did the pilot kill himself? Was there an attack? Is it all part of a conspiracy? The Departure series: Flight 716, which premieres on Monday (10:00 pm) the third of its six episodes on the Calle 13 channel, poses a mystery inspired by the Malaysia Airlines plane crash.

"It's not that I'm afraid of flying, I'm not one of those people, but it's true that when I started reading the script on a plane, while the lights were going down and we were shaken by some other turbulence ... uf, you start to see it from another way, "acknowledges Panjabi, Emmy winner for her role in The Good Wife , during a meeting in London with international media, including this newspaper.

The series, which has been recorded in Toronto and London, places the Indian actress in the role of Kendra Malley, a researcher at the Office of Transportation Security and Investigations (TSIB) who has just recovered from a car accident in the who lost her husband Before, Malley was the natural heiress of Howard Lawson, his former boss and mentor, played by Oscar winner Christopher Plummer and who is responsible for asking him to deal with a case that has overwhelmed the world.

"When I started to make television there was no one who looked like me physically, so I was content to play small roles. We have reached a time when the origin of the actor is completely irrelevant, and I would say that we have not only made much progress in the roles granted to women but also to women with different backgrounds , "Panjabi analyzes. "I feel pressure continuously when creating the characters. I want them to be strong and intelligent women, but also human, and for that they have to have weaknesses. It is not enough that they are hard, they have to be credible, it is not necessary that all women be superheroines. "

His character not only has to face as a professional the difficulty of solving a case that seems to hide much more than a simple mechanical failure, but also has to deal with his recent widowhood and with the care of a child suffering from a mental illness. " I know a lot about suffering , not only for myself but also for the people around me, and that is where I have drawn inspiration, but what has fascinated me in preparing for this is knowing how people who suffer problems Mentals are able to hide them and avoid them, "adds the actress.

In the series, although they can develop love stories they have tried, according to her, to break the traditional way in which relationships between partners in other series develop. The idea is to present the way in which Agent Malley is able, as a woman, to succeed in a traditionally masculine environment . "I feel very comfortable with this type of role, it is not the first time that I play a woman entering a world normally led by men. In any case what interests me as an actress is to develop a character with whom they can connect both genders, "he adds.

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