SST: Death Flight (1977)

Directed by

David Lowell Rich

Genre

disaster film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

18

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A supersonic airliner becomes crippled mid-flight and carries a deadly flu strain. No airport will let the plane land, so the crew and passengers must find a way to survive.

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What happens

SST: Death Flight is a 1977 American disaster television film directed by David Lowell Rich. The film stars an ensemble cast including Barbara Anderson, Bert Convy, Peter Graves, Lorne Greene, Season Hubley, Tina Louise, George Maharis, Doug McClure, Burgess Meredith, Martin Milner, Brock Peters, Robert Reed, and Susan Strasberg. It follows a crippled supersonic transport (SST) that is refused permission to land due to the threat of spreading a deadly strain of influenza. The teleplay was written by Robert L. Joseph and Meyer Dolinsky from a story by Guerdon Trueblood. David Lowell Rich also directed the airplane disaster films The Horror at 37,000 Feet and The Concorde... Airport '79. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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