Airport 1975

(1974)

★ 5.8 IMDb · 305 votes

Genres: Drama, Thriller, Action

Year: 1974

Runtime: 107 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Jack Smight

Cast: Чарлтон Хестон, Карен Блэк, Джордж Кеннеди, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Сьюзен Кларк, Helen Reddy, Linda Blair, Дэна Эндрюс, Roy Thinnes, Sid Caesar

Plot

When an in-flight collision incapacitates the pilots of an airplane bound for Los Angeles, stewardess Nancy Pryor is forced to take over the controls. From the ground, her boyfriend Alan Murdock, a retired test pilot, tries to talk her through piloting and landing the 747 aircraft. Worse yet, the anxious passengers — among which are a noisy nun and a cranky man — are aggravating the already tense atmosphere.

When the pilot of a small aircraft has a heart attack and crashes his plane into the cockpit of a Boeing 747, several members of the flight crew are killed and the pilot is blinded. Miraculously, the 747 stays in the air on auto-pilot with flight attendant Nancy Prior at the controls. Ground controllers, including her boyfriend Alan Murdock, try to teach her the basics but they soon realize they will have to get a trained pilot into the cockpit. Their first attempt fails and Murdock realizes he will have to do it. Meanwhile, various passengers have their own problems including a young girl who is destined to a life saving operation.