Miracle Landing (1990) (TV)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Dick Lowry

Writer (WGA):

Garner Simmons (written by)

Release Date:

11 February 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A passenger jet loses a portion of its fuselage in flight over Hawaii and is forced to make an emergency landing.

Plot Keywords:

Crack | Hawaii | Airplane | Roof | Aviation

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Connie Sellecca	...	Mimi Tompkins
Wayne Rogers	...	Bob Schornstheimer
Ana Alicia	...	Michelle Honda (as Ana-Alicia)
Nancy Kwan	...	C.B. Lansing
James Cromwell	...	B.J. Cocker
Jay Thomas	...	Ed Meyer, Maui Tower Supervisor
Armin Shimerman	...	Rick, Maui Tower Operator
Jeff Allin	...	Jeff Thomas
Kathleen Bailey	...	Cindy Thomas
James Grant Benton	...	Kapali
Ray Bumatai	...	Gilbert Kili Honda
Glenn Cannon	...	Roy Wesler
David S. Cass Sr.	...	Man
Jane Daly	...	Gail Kornberg
Troy Evans	...	Sonny Tompkins

Runtime:

Germany:85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Argentina:13 | Germany:16 | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Honolulu, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

Company:

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Trivia:

The aircraft used for the movie (bearing the colors of fictitious Paradise Airlines) is a Boeing 737-297 Advanced, registered as N70723. At the time, it was owned by Aloha Airlines (which is the airline involved in the incident of flight 243). That aircraft has been re-registered C-GCWJ and is flying currently (2005) for WestJet Airlines in Canada.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Mimi starts calling Maui Tower after attempting to restart the #1 engine, the clouds in the background change between shots.

Quotes:

[to a flight attendant]
David Kornberg: Excuse me! Could you...?
Gail Kornberg: What's the matter, honey?
C.B. Lansing: Is everything all right?
David Kornberg: I don't think so. Up there!
[David points to a crack on the ceiling, which expands, and a violent decompression follows, ripping a large portion of the fuselage]

An excellent movie about a real life air disaster

I wish people would stop writing comments about how stupid or unbelievable the endings to movies like this are. This movie was about a REAL EVENT, and people are writing reviews about how the title gave away the ending, or how there were too many scenes of the pilot getting her hair mussed in the wind. This movie tried, to the best of their ability, to recreate a real disaster. I think that they did an excellent job with this movie. No small detail was left out. They even tried to use, word for word, what was said between the pilots and the air traffic controllers.