Mayday at 40,000 Feet

Year: 1976

Runtime: 93 mins

Language: English

Director: Robert Butler

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On a passenger jet, a marshal escorting a convicted murderer suffers a heart attack, leaving the murderer free. He shoots the captain and disables the hydraulics, forcing the co‑pilot and flight engineer to battle a crippled aircraft and keep it aloft.

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