Falling from the Sky: Flight 174 (1995)

Original title

Freefall: Flight 174

Directed by

Jorge Montesi

Genre

drama film, disaster film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 33m

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Based on a true story, this film follows the crew and passengers of a commercial flight that runs out of fuel midair. The pilots must glide the plane to an abandoned airfield for an emergency landing, while the people on board and their loved ones wait in fear.

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What happens

Falling from the Sky: Flight 174 (also known as Freefall: Flight 174) is a 1995 Canadian thriller film directed by Jorge Montesi. Based on the events of Air Canada Flight 143, the film stars William Devane, Scott Hylands, Shelley Hack and Mariette Hartley. Set in 1983, the film follows the crew, their families and the passengers of the flight, from the preparations for departure to the emergency landing on an abandoned airfield in Manitoba, and everything in between. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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