
When the pilot of a small aircraft has a heart attack and crashes his plane into the cockpit of a Boeing 747, several members of the flight crew are killed and the pilot is blinded. Miraculously, the 747 stays in the air on auto-pilot with flight attendant Nancy Prior at the controls. Ground controllers, including her boyfriend Alan Murdock, try to teach her the basics but they soon realize they will have to get a trained pilot into the cockpit. Their first attempt fails and ... (Full plot summary below)
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When the pilot of a small aircraft has a heart attack and crashes his plane into the cockpit of a Boeing 747, several members of the flight crew are killed and the pilot is blinded. Miraculously, the 747 stays in the air on auto-pilot with flight attendant Nancy Prior at the controls. Ground controllers, including her boyfriend Alan Murdock, try to teach her the basics but they soon realize they will have to get a trained pilot into the cockpit. Their first attempt fails and Murdock realizes he will have to do it. Meanwhile, various passengers have their own problems including a young girl who is destined to a life saving operation.
Leave your thoughts about Airport 1975.
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliThe movie does offer its share of thrills and cheesy, unsophisticated fun. Just don't watch it if you're planning any air travel soon. |
| Cinema SightWesley LovellA film that's so outlandish, it almost becomes a self-parody. |
| Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)Bob BloomAnother sequel that should have been grounded. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertAirport 1975 is good, exciting, corny escapism and the kind of movie you would not want to watch as an in-flight film. |
| The New York TimesVincent CanbyA silly, jumbo-size sequel to the original film adaptation of Arthur Hailey's Airport. |
| The A.V. ClubKeith UlrichWhere to begin with this accidental comic classic, which gives its direct descendant—the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker parody Airplane!, effectively the nail-in-the-coffin of the ’70s disaster movie cycle—some very real competition in the guffaw department? |
| User ReviewPhilip SHave to admit that I too found this movie quite funny, probably more so than it should have been, especially Karen Black learning that she needs to fly the plane. Also George Kennedy trying not to beat up Larry Storch. Classic! The movie turned out to be much more entertaining than I was expecting, not the classic that the first 'Airport' is, but quite watchable in its own right. |
| User ReviewCheryl Ha jumbo colides with a cessna in the air. All but one Pilot killed, though seriously injured. Charlton Heston's girlfriend must fly through the mountains until he can get himself in there on a teather from a Helicopter. |
| User ReviewTommy CBest bad movie ever. No need to watch Airplane! This is where it all comes from. The stewardess is flying the plane?? |
| User ReviewKim PHave to admit that I too found this movie quite funny, probably more so than it should have been, especially Karen Black learning that she needs to fly the plane. Also George Kennedy trying not to beat up Larry Storch. Classic! The movie turned out to be much more entertaining than I was expecting, not the classic that the first 'Airport' is, but quite watchable in its own right. |