Disaster Flight 243

Movie
German title	Disaster Flight 243
Original title	Miracle Landing
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1990
length	85 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	Dick Lowry
script	Garner Simmons
production	Dick Lowry
music	Mark Snow
camera	Frank Beascoechea
cut	Byron 'Buzz' Brandt Anita Brandt-Burgoyne
occupation
Connie Sellecca : Mimi Tompkins Wayne Rogers : Bob Schornstheimer Ana Alicia : Michelle Honda Nancy Kwan : CB Lansing James Cromwell : BJ Cocker Jay Thomas : Ed Meyer Armin Shimerman : Rick Jeff Allin : Jeff Thomas Kathleen Bailey : Cindy Thomas James Grant Benton : Kapali Matt McCoy : Doug Torbel Troy Evans : Sonny Tompkins

Disaster Flight 243 is an American disaster film from 1990 . The television film was directed by Dick Lowry .

action

The film is based on real events that took place in 1988. A Boeing 737-200 of Paradise Airlines is of captain Bob Schornstheimer and the first pilot line, Madeline Tompkins controlled. The flight is normal at first.

The aircraft loses parts of the fuselage in flight. The passengers are in an open, unprotected cabin. The flight captain makes a successful emergency landing.

Reviews

“A mixture of documentary report and disaster entertainment created for television; the feelings of the protagonists remain surface material for a staging that neglects the inner drama. "

- Lexicon of international film

Awards

The film won an Emmy Award for Special Effects in 1990 .

background

The film is based on a true event, namely the accident on Aloha Airlines Flight 243 on April 28, 1988 in Hawaii . A 6-7 meter long piece of the fuselage of the Boeing 737-200 broke after take-off at an altitude of 24,000 ft (approx. 7,300 meters) and tore off the aircraft. A flight attendant was sucked out of the aircraft by the sudden decompression and died; 65 people were injured. Nevertheless, the pilots managed to land safely at Kahului Airport. Material fatigue was identified as the cause of the accident.

The disaster film was shot in Honolulu . The film makes no mention of the real name of the airline that owned the aircraft that crashed. Instead, the name "Paradise Airlines" is used. The names of the aircraft's crew, on the other hand, are authentic.

Web links

• Disaster flight 243 in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Disaster flight 243. In: Lexicon of international film . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .