
Airplane!(1980)
An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.

“When Disaster Strikes Everybody Pays ... For One Woman The Price Was Too High.”
Diane and Greg Halstead were once happily married, even deciding to try and have a baby in later years, despite the fact that she had already suffered two miscarriages. She has no luck in becoming pregnant and this leads to an estrangement from her husband. On his latest flight, Greg, a professional pilot, finds out about a bomb threat. The person carrying the bomb supposedly wants to kill another passenger, a politician with an outspoken opinion on abortion. Unknown to the killer, however, the politician has already left the plane because it had an hour and a half delay. Greg decides to make an emergency landing in Dayton, Ohio, but during the heavy weather, the plane crashes, killing almost everyone on board.

Cheryl Ladd
Diane Halstead

Jeffrey DeMunn
Scott Cody

Frederick Coffin
Wes Goddard

Peter Jurasik
Bob Stanton

Jim Metzler
Spense Zolman

Jeff McCarthy
Chet Harmon

Moira Walley-Beckett
Pamela Hayes (as Moira Walley)

Doug Sheehan
Greg Halstead
Ray Blunk
Switzer
Paula Preston
Dixie
Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501 is a drama, mystery, tv movie film released in 1990 exploring themes of airplane, disaster. Directed by Philip Saville, it stars Cheryl Ladd, Jeffrey DeMunn, Frederick Coffin. Diane and Greg Halstead were once happily married, even deciding to try and have a baby in later years, despite the fact that she had already suffered two miscarriages. She has no luck in becoming pregnant and this leads to an estrangement from her husband. On his latest flight, Greg, a professional pilot, finds out about a bomb threat. The person carrying the bomb supposedly wants to kill another passenger, a politician with an outspoken opinion on abortion. Unknown to the killer, however, the politician has already left the plane because it had an hour and a half delay. Greg decides to make an emergency landing in Dayton, Ohio, but during the heavy weather, the plane crashes, killing almost everyone on board.
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