AIRPORT 1975

 

Charleston Heston, Karen Black, George Kennedy

Universal Pictures; Directed by Jack Smight

Rated PG; 107 minutes; 1975

 

Columbia Airlines, flight 409, a Boeing 747 flying from Washington to Los Angeles is struck frontally by a small prop plane, injuring the captain and killing the first officer and the flight engineer. The first stewardess is forced to take the controls until the Air Force sends someone to land the plane safely.