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Final Descent (1997) (TV)
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12 October 1997 (USA) morePlot:
An airliner collides with a light plane just after takeoff, causing its elevators to jam in the full climb position... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
Mid Air
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Disaster
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Aviation
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Based On Book
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Surely unrealistic, but pretty funny Tv-movie moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Robert Urich | ... | Capt. Glen (Lucky) Singer | |
| Annette O'Toole | ... | Connie Phipps | |
| John de Lancie | ... | Capt. George W. Bouchard | |
| Jim Byrnes | ... | Duke Houston | |
| Ken Pogue | ... | Ian Pryce | |
| Blu Mankuma | ... | Jack Eberly | |
| Tom McBeath | ... | Pilot of Private Plane N9478C | |
| Kevin McNulty | ... | Henry Gibbons | |
| Stephen E. Miller | ... | Lt. Col. Frank O'Hearn | |
| Gwynyth Walsh | ... | Patty | |
| Lorraine Landry | ... | Jill Zimmer | |
| Carrie Cain-Sparks | ... | Crystal Dupree (as Carrie Cain Sparks) | |
| Aaron Joseph | ... | Adam Dupree | |
| Louva Meloche | ... | Tasha | |
| Cody Serpa | ... | Freddie |
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100 minCountry:
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EnglishColor:
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1.33 : 1 moreSound Mix:
StereoFilming Locations:
Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaFun Stuff
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The aircraft is a Gallant 270, made by Gallant Aviation, a fictitious company; probably named after producer Michael O. Gallant. moreGoofs:
Factual errors: After the small plane N9748C takes off from runway 9R, it must be flying at or near heading 090. The controller now orders a right turn to heading 040. This would imply almost a full-circle turn, taking some time. Within seconds the ATC equipment sounds a collision alert, implying that once the turn started it put the two planes on a collision course. The controller now orders first Quest 19, then '48C, to turn right immediately, after which we see both pilots begin a right turn. moreFAQ
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This movie is not much realistic, sure. It is more realistic than airport 79 (that movie where a Concorde is far more manouverable than a military jetplane!), but it is obvious... Indeed, I have to say that this Tv-movie is full of nice ideas in the plot, movie ideas, OK, but also funny for this reason. So, if you like the catastrophic genre, take a look at this very economic movie. But don't expect a realistic movie: no one has realized, up today, a really realistic movie about the airplanes.