Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land (1983) [N/A]
Featuring:
Lee Majors, Hal Linden, Lauren Hutton
Written by:
Robert Malcolm Young
Peter R. Brooke
Gene Warren
Directed by:
Jerry Jameson
Release Date:
February 27, 1983
Original Title:
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
Alternate Titles:
Starflight One
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
Genres:
Adventure | Science Fiction | TV Movie
Production Companies:
ABC
Orgolini-Nelson Productions
Orion Television
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12
Runtime: 105
Starflight One, a commercial aircraft that can whisk passengers around the globe in a matter of hours, embarks on its maiden voyage. The trip goes horribly awry, however, when the aircraft is forced out of the atmosphere and into outer space. As it is too dangerous to attempt reentry, Captain Cody Briggs, his passengers and his crew brave declining levels of oxygen while NASA scientists scramble to launch a rescue mission in a race against time.
The fictional story of the first "hypersonic" commercial passenger plane, which can make the flight from New York to London in a mere four hours. On the maiden flight of this plane, a minor disaster occurs resulting in the plane actually leaving the Earth's atmosphere and orbiting around the globe. A lack of heat-resistant tiling prevents the plane from simply re-entering the atmosphere. With oxygen (and therefore time) running out, the crew of the plane and the crew on the ground must figure out a way to return the plane and its passengers to safety.
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