 The shootout between the airport SWAT team and the terrorists was severely  edited before the film received an "R" rating. Among the scenes trimmed down  was when the first SWAT member is shot in the head by the character played by  Robert Patrick (I) (qv). When the SWAT guy is shot in the head in the "R"  rated version, it is shown from a distance. In the work print shown to  exhibitors in the summer of 1990, the man is shot in the forehead but is  shown in a graphic closeup. A lot of the bloodier shots were also trimmed  down in this section as were a couple of extended scenes of the people on the  plane that Col. Stewart crashes on purpose.