Airport

A madman blows a hole in the side of an airliner, forcing the frantic ground crew to battle each other and the elements as they struggle to find a landing site for the stricken plane., Nine Oscar nominations and three sequels soared out of this 1970 adaptation of Arthur Hailey’s mixture of romantic entanglements and personal dramas on an eventful flight to Rome. On board: a passenger with $250,000 in flight insurance—and a bomb. A Best Picture nominee, Helen Hayes won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar., Epic disaster movie following 12 harrowing hours at a major Midwestern airport as a blizzard causes mayhem, a runway is blocked by an airliner stuck in a snowdrift and a madman blows a hole in the side of an airliner. As the disasters unfold, the besieged airport manager attempts to keep the airport running while dealing with his own marital problems and a governing board ready to fire him., In this disaster film, a nutcase detonates a bomb aboard a plane, leaving the flight and ground crews to figure out how to safely land their dangerously-crippled vessel during a terrible blizzard. The bulk of the story centers on the ways in which people deal with the situation., This loose remake of ‘Grand Hotel’ takes off when a man with heavy life insurance blows a hole in the side of an airliner. From then on the life stories of the passengers fly before our eyes, while the hapless ground crew battle against the elements and each other to enable the plane to land., Arthur Hailey’s mixture of personal dramas and romantic tangles on a bomb-laden flight bound for Rome., Classic disaster movie, nominated for ten Academy Awards. Based on Arthur Hailey’s bestselling novel, this film spawned numerous sequels and spoofs. A passenger jet takes off from Chicago during the worst snowstorm in 25 years. On board is a little old lady stowaway, a stewardess pregnant with the married pilot’s child and a suicidal man with a bomb. When the stricken plane requests emergency landing facilities, the manager of Lincoln International is already struggling to keep his airport open, what with blizzard conditions, a stuck plane on the main runway, local protesters, the airport commissioners and his divorce-seeking wife on his back., If anyone can keep Lincoln International Airport open during one of the worst blizzards in Mid-west history, it is Mel Bakersfield, airport general manager. The worst winter storm to hit the area in thirty years causes emergency upon emergency. One jetliner is hopelessly mired and blocking a vital runway. In a last ditch attempt to extricate the stuck jet, Mel calls in Joe Patroni tough-talking maintenance chief for TWA., A madman blows a hole in the side of an airliner, forcing the frantic ground crew to battle each other and the elements as they struggle to find a landing site for the stricken plane. A loose remake of ‘Grand Hotel’.