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Panic in the Skies (2006)

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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.

Updated May 27 2020

Releases:

US -

2006-10-13

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Keywords:

lightning airplane disaster

FACTS

Runtime: 90 mins Rating: 0.5 Tag Line: Terror at 35,000 feet, and falling.

Cast

Robert Guillaume

Rob Barnes

Ed Marinaro

Brett Young

Tom Heaton

Alfred

Brittney Irvin

Joany Baker

Maureen McCormick

Flight Attendant

Benita Ha

Ticket Agent

Michael Buie

Darryl

Billy Warlock

F.A. Matt Eisenhauer