THE TEAM SEARCHES FOR AN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER WHO DISAPPEARS AFTER BARELY AVERTING A MID-AIR COLLISION ON HIS WATCH, ON "WITHOUT A TRACE," SUNDAY, JAN. 7, 10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT

"Tail Spin" -- The team searches for an air traffic controller who vanishes after he almost let two planes collide on his watch, on WITHOUT A TRACE, Sunday, Jan.7 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Peter Markle directed the episode written by Diego Gutierrez.

The team initially thinks that Rawlings may have disappeared because of things going on in his personal life -- the death of his wife and estrangement from his son. However, in the week prior to his disappearance, Rawlings reported a suspicious flight pattern of a Middle-Eastern pilot and he was threatened by someone at his home. Now, the agents try to determine whether the pilot may be involved in retaliating against Rawlings, or if there is a much bigger conspiracy in play.

SERIES REGULARS:

Jack Malone: Anthony LaPaglia
Samantha Spade: Poppy Montgomery
Vivian Johnson: Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Danny Taylor: Enrique Murciano
Martin Fitzgerald: Eric Close
Elena Delgado: Roselyn Sanchez

RECURRING CAST:

Lucy: Adriana Demeo

GUEST CAST:

Neil Rawlings: Frank Grillo
Ken Brown: Adam Nelson
Karen Murphy: Andi Carnick
Owen Rawlings: James Immekus
Ghalib Al-Nayhan: Anthony Azizi
Duke Bowden: Gabriel Gutierrez
Henry Fenk: Ryan Alosio
Phil Hansen: Tim Russ
Patrick: Nicholas Massouh
Cop: Jason Grutter
ND Agent: John Gloria
Nurse: Kristen O'Meara
Charlie: Theo Pagones

RATING: To Be Announced