Seems pretty accurate with the 2x3 cabin and MD-80 flight deck. Though the digital screens appear to be too big. It's also interesting to see the MD-80 is wingletted.
Harkens back to Alaska Airlines 261 almost identically what with the sudden loss of altitude at FL30 and "rolling over." Chilling, for sure.
speedbird203 From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2006, 292 posts, RR: 2 Reply 1, posted (11 months 2 weeks 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 2794 times:
Ooo Thanks for sharing, just had a look, My wifes first comment "oh god".. However after seeing its not just set on a plane etc.. She seems to of taken an interest.
thegoldenargosy From United States of America, joined Sep 2010, 223 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (11 months 2 weeks 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 2796 times:
The only weird thing is that the MD-80 has winglets. The cabin has AA coach seats with the older style overhead bins. It seems like a mix of an Alaska 261 with a United 232 or US Airways 1549 outcome. Denzel says "brace for impact" a la Sully.
LoneStarMike From United States of America, joined Jul 2000, 3641 posts, RR: 38 Reply 3, posted (11 months 2 weeks 4 days 1 hour ago) and read 2717 times:
Quoting ghifty (Thread starter): New drama film starring Denzel Washington as a "SunJet" MD-80 PIC.
Looks pretty good and btw, the fictional name of the airline in the movie is South Jet not SunJet.
Could it be a copyright/trademark issue with Boeing? Remember how the producers of 'Pan Am' had to tweek the CGI generated 707s due to a lack of consent from Boeing and P&W.
I saw the preview for this on a layover the other night...it looks good...for airplane lovers and earth people.
irelayer From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 1071 posts, RR: 2 Reply 8, posted (11 months 2 weeks 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 2395 times:
I love Bruce Greenwood! Looking forward to this movie, looks like it could be pretty good.
ghifty From United States of America, joined Jul 2010, 758 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (11 months 2 weeks 3 days 19 hours ago) and read 2263 times:
Quoting ItalianFlyer (Reply 5): Could it be a copyright/trademark issue with Boeing? Remember how the producers of 'Pan Am' had to tweek the CGI generated 707s due to a lack of consent from Boeing and P&W.
Hm. That's actually a possibility.. on the PW note, if you look at the engines of the MD-80 they appear to be over-sized.
DIRECTFLT From United States of America, joined Jan 2010, 39 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (11 months 2 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 1925 times:
Glad to find this thread as I wanted to view the nit-picking of the aircraft in the movie.
The plane pictured in the movie poster appears to have 4 contrails, but that plane appears to have two engines, so I guess that's just the way contrails "move" in the air....
FLIGHT Movie Poster
FLIGHT
Synopsis
In this action-packed mystery thriller, Academy Award winner Denzel Washington stars as Whip Whitaker, a seasoned airline pilot who miraculously crash-lands his plane after a mid-air catastrophe, saving nearly every soul on board. After the crash, Whip is hailed as a hero, but as more is learned, more questions than answers arise as to who or what was really at fault, and what really happened on that plane?
Director:
Robert Zemeckis
Cast:
Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Don Cheadle, Melissa Leo
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