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Panic in the Skies! (1996)
Directed by Paul Ziller
“Terror at 35,000 feet, and falling.”
TV Movie, Thriller, Drama · 1h 30m
The cockpit of a Boeing 747 is struck by lightning during takeoff for a flight to Europe, fatally injuring the flight crew. Laurie, the senior flight attendant, enlists the aid of passenger Brett Young. They determine that the autopilot can bring the plane in for a landing, but soon learn that the autopilot is locking onto the transponders of airfields at random, including signals from small airports with runways too short to accommodate the jumbo jet. Meanwhile, federal officials on the ground who have lost radio contact with the jet debate whether the plane should be shot down to prevent a more disastrous crash in a heavily populated area.
Cast
Kate Jackson
Laurie Ann Pickett
Ed Marinaro
Brett Young
Erik Estrada
Ethan Walker
Maureen McCormick
Flight Attendant
Billy Warlock
F.A. Matt Eisenhauer
Howard Dell
Charles Buckman
Brandy Ledford
F.A. Charlene Davis
Kehli O'Byrne
Tukey, Walker's Assitant
Robert Guillaume
Rob Barnes
Michael Buie
Darryl
Ken Camroux-Taylor
Derek Green
Crew
- Director
- Paul Ziller
Details
- Release date
- 1996-10-13
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- TV Movie, Thriller, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, Spanish
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Libra Pictures, MTM Entertainment, Daniel L. Paulson Productions