Panic in the Skies

Year: 1996

Runtime: 90 mins

Language: English

Director: Paul Ziller

Thriller

After a lightning strike cripples the cockpit of a Boeing 747 on take‑off, the flight crew is killed. Senior flight attendant Laurie teams with passenger Brett Young to keep autopilot engaged, but it starts locking onto random airfield transponders, some too short for the jet. Ground officials, having lost radio contact, debate shooting the plane down to prevent a catastrophic crash in a populated area.

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