Mayday (TV 2005)

Twelve miles above the Pacific Ocean, an errant missile strikes a state of the art passenger jet. The flight crew is crippled or dead. Now, defying both nature and man, a handful of survivors must achieve the impossible: Land the airplane.

Director:

T.J. Scott

Writers:

Kevin Lund (teleplay), T.J. Scott (teleplay),

Stars:

Aidan Quinn, Dean Cain, Kelly Hu

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Aidan Quinn	...	John Berry
Dean Cain	...	Commander James Slan
Kelly Hu	...	Sharon Crandall
Charles S. Dutton	...	Admiral Randolf Hennings
Michael Murphy	...	Captain Randall Williams
Gail O'Grady	...	Anne Metz
Sasha Roiz	...	Wayne Johnson
Richard Fitzpatrick	...	Jack Miller
Tamara Hope	...	Linda Farley
Gabriel Hogan	...	Daniel McVary
Victoria Pratt	...	Simms
Ron Lea	...	Harold Stein
Matt Aquin	...	David Henderson
Martin Roach	...	Carl Fessell
Matt Gordon	...	Carson Evans

Storyline

Twelve miles above the Pacific Ocean, an errant missile strikes a state of the art passenger jet. The flight crew is crippled or dead. Now, defying both nature and man, a handful of survivors must achieve the impossible: Land the airplane.

---

Plot Keywords:

airplane | based on novel

---

Genres:

Action | Drama

---

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 October 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Mayday - Hätäkutsu

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), Chautauqua Entertainment, Jerry Leider Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min 120 min 87 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

During the plane's decent after shutting off the fuel pumps, the altimeter is shown with the hands moving counter clockwise which is normal in a descent. However, the altimeter setting (the small window on the right of the altimeter marked 29.9, 30.0, etc) is also moving. This is not an indicator, but a setting of the current barometric pressure which is set by the pilot. It would not move due to a change in altitude.

User Reviews

I liked it.

I thought it was good. Though I also heard it is true, not too sure. Thats why I came to this site. I was wondering if anyone knew if there was any truths that this movie was the basis upon because if that is true then it should be opening a lot of peoples eyes to a lot of things.

I don't see why people are giving it such bad credit - I thought it was well plotted and well done. Not to mention it does keep you on the edge of your seats!

Does anyone know if there was any truths in it though? IT would be great to know for sure or not. Most of the movie was about correct on what would happen also. (air compressure, shock, and the like).

I seriously thought it was a good movie, and NBS was right to show it. It wasn't a waste of television, if you ask me.

Thanks.