A man with a traumatic experience as a fighter pilot ten years earlier has to fly a commercial plane after the pilot and co-pilot (as well as many of the passengers) fall ill with food poisoning.
Although this is not the first of its kind (that dubious honor should go to 1954's The High and the Mighty) this film probably can claim a fair share of the glory (or blame) for spawning a whole genre of films which require one to set the brain on automatic pilot in order to fully enjoy them. It is fairly well done, though neither the ending nor the development provide much in the way of surprises. The belated parody (Airplane!) is more famous today than its original.
Rating: 45
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