Flight in danger

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Movie
Original title Flight in danger
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 1964
length 70 minutes
Rod
Director Theo Mezger
script Theo Mezger,
Werner Sommer
production Werner Sommer
music Dave Hildinger
camera Rolf Ammon
cut Guntram von Ehrenstein
occupation

On board the aircraft:

In the tower:

Other:

Flight in Danger is a TV film made by SDR Stuttgart in 1964 . It is a remake of a material by the author Arthur Hailey , which was published as Flight into Danger in 1956 and as Zero Hour! In 1957 . had been implemented on film. The translation into German was done by Irene Dodel and Horst van Diemen .

action

George Spencer urgently needs to travel from Winnipeg to Vancouver on business , but unfortunately the scheduled flight is fully booked. Fortunately, there is still room for him in a charter plane of the (fictional) charter airline Maple Leaf Air , which immediately sets off on its five-hour night flight in a DC-4 . When dinner is served, he and the person sitting next to him, the doctor Dr. Frank Baird the lamb and not the alternative halibut. Many who have chosen fish complain of stomach pain and nausea 2 hours later. As the only doctor on board, Dr. Baird developed dangerous fish poisoning , but could not help therapeutically. It turns out that the pilot and co-pilot also ate the fish, they pass out a little later. The only one on board who might still be able to fly and land the heavy four-engine aircraft is George Spencer himself. However, he only flew single-engine fighters during the war and even that was over 10 years ago. Out of necessity, Spencer takes over the task of flying the plane and establishes radio contact with air traffic control in Vancouver. The experienced aircraft pilot Captain Treleaven is called into the tower and takes over the task of instructing Spencer on the operation of the large machine by radio. Stewardess Janet is assigned the job of co-pilot and operating the radio. After familiarizing yourself with the functionality and the clumsy behavior of the aircraft, the landing approach begins . Treleaven explains and implements the necessary measures for landing in detail. Gradually he gets a feel for the machine. In the end, he succeeds in placing the machine on the runway of the airport in Vancouver and bringing it to a standstill despite the skidding. No passenger is harmed. Captain Treleaven on the radio: "That was probably the most miserable landing since this airport was founded. But, anyway, - here are some people who would like to shake hands with you".

Remarkable

  • Willy Semmelrogge , who plays the role of a passenger who does not eat poisoned fish, died in 1984 of fish poisoning.
  • The DC-4 used in the film had the registration number HB-ILU on its fuselage and at the time belonged to the Swiss charter airline Balair .
  • Arthur Hailey's 1958 novel is based on the 1956 Canadian television film, Flight into Danger , which he wrote the screenplay, and remake it in 1957, entitled Zero Hour! (714 does not answer) was produced in the USA as a feature film. Arthur Hailey wrote the script for this too.
  • In the children's radio play series Benjamin Blümchen , the eponym of the series in episode 30 has the task of landing an aircraft with help from the tower. Here too, the actual pilots failed due to food poisoning.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Flight into Danger in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  2. ↑ Zero Hour! (714 does not answer) in the Internet Movie Database (English)

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