The Crash of Flight 401

Name: The Crash of Flight 401
Director: Barry Shear
Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Released: 1978-10-29
Duration: 1 h 35 min
Rating: 6.75
Cast: William Shatner, Adrienne Barbeau, Brooke Bundy, Christopher Connelly, Lorraine Gary

“The nerve-shattering experience of a lifetime. More astonishing because it actually happened.”

1978

1h 35m

Drama TV Movie

Director: Barry Shear

Overview

True story recounting the crash of Eastern Airlines, Flight 401, which crashed in the Everglades while on approach to Miami in December 1972. Accurate in many respects, the movie goes through the events leading up to the crash, the crash itself, and the rescue effort afterwards.