Airport '77

Follow up to Airport '75, which had Charlton Heston hang from a helicopter and climb into a hole in the side of 747. In flight.

Sadly this one doesn't have Charlton Heston in it. It has Jimmy Stewart in a rather small role as some millionaire art collector guy who's not actually on this flight... And it has Christopher Lee in it. Who apparently has been old his entire life. Because this movie was filmed 30 years ago, and he's old in this... I have no idea if he's survived this far into the movie, but I might get a picture if he shows up again... Success!

Plane gets hijacked by art thieves. Plane crashes in ocean and sinks. (Plane hit antenna of oil drilling platform to little damage to either, except for a burned out engine.) And now you're caught up.

For being a movie called Airport, very little seems to actually happen in an airport. There was a very short bit at Dulles, followed by some time in flight, and now they're in the plane under the ocean.

And apparently thus dieth Christopher Lee. Drowndeding trying to save his fellow passengers... And they're consoling his wife. By which I mean pouring alcohol in her mouth every time she opens it to breathe or cry.

And apparently suspenders are strong enough, and attached to the pants sufficiently to be used as a handle for preventing someone from being swept away by rushing water. Tip for future survival.

The Navy just refloated the plane with what essentially seem to be gigantic balloons. And they're all wearing life vests, but they're all standing inside the door of the plane waiting to be picked up by boats, rather than going out and standing on the wing, which is about a foot under water. Or less... And none of their life vests are inflated. Very poor way to run a disaster if you're asking me. And now all the balloons are breaking off the plane due to the stress... Si I'd bet they're wishing they'd been standing on the wing at this point. And thus far, it seems that only 2 people had properly inflated life vests...

And now the plane has sunk again...

THE END.