An aeronautical engineer predicts that a new model of airplane will fail catastrophically and in a novel manner after a specific number of flying hours due to metal fatigue.An aeronautical engineer predicts that a new model of airplane will fail catastrophically and in a novel manner after a specific number of flying hours due to metal fatigue.An aeronautical engineer predicts that a new model of airplane will fail catastrophically and in a novel manner after a specific number of flying hours due to metal fatigue.
- Second Engineer
- (uncredited)
- Flight Officer
- (uncredited)
- Sir Philip
- (uncredited)
- Farnborough Director
- (uncredited)
- Rosie - Barmaid
- (uncredited)
- Plane Passenger
- (uncredited)
- Inquiry Board Member
- (uncredited)
- Johnson - Director's Secretary
- (uncredited)
- Maj. Pearl
- (uncredited)
- Autograph Hunter
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMarlene Dietrich chose her wardrobe from the newest Christian Dior collection and charged it to the studio. She decided that the fur stole they had wasn't ample enough for her character so she threw on a mink cape and used the stole as a collar piece to get the luxurious look she wanted.
- GoofsAt Gander Airport in Newfoundland, the pilot refuses to allow Honey back on the plane to continue to Montreal, whilst Miss Corder tells him they'll see him in Montreal, but since Honey was on his way to Labrador, which was part of Newfoundland, to investigate the previous Reindeer crash, he would have been leaving the plane at Gander and not going on to Montreal in the first place.
- Quotes
Elspeth Honey: it's very hard being a scientist. One has to think a great deal. The world would have made scarcely any progress at all if it hadn't been for scientists.
Dennis Scott: I see. The scientists do the thinking for the world, and the rest of us just live in it, is that it?
Elspeth Honey: Yes.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies (2000)
A very satisfying movie with a flight that will keep you white-knuckled.
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- Jan 3, 2011
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Details
- Runtime1 hour 38 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1