Panic in the Skies!

(1996)

★ 5.8 IMDb · 8 votes

Genres: телевизионный фильм, Thriller

Year: 1996

Runtime: 90 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Paul Ziller

Cast: Kate Jackson, Ed Marinaro, Эрик Эстрада, Maureen McCormick, Billy Warlock, Говард Дел, Robert Maloney, Brandy Ledford, Кели О’Бирн, Robert Guillaume

Plot

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.