airline pilot Whip Whitaker
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Whip Whitaker is the troubled yet skilled commercial airline pilot portrayed by Denzel Washington in the film "Flight," known for his heroic crash landing and subsequent struggle with addiction and accountability.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| airline pilot Whip Whitaker canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
airline pilot
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fictional character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Flight ⓘ |
| characterArc |
begins recovery from addiction in prison
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moves from denial to acceptance of responsibility ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
charismatic
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self-destructive ⓘ skilled pilot ⓘ troubled ⓘ |
| confessesTo |
being an alcoholic
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being drunk on the day of the crash ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| createdBy | John Gatins ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Flight (2012 film) ⓘ |
| flightNumberInvolved | SouthJet Flight 227 ⓘ |
| genreContext | drama film character ⓘ |
| hasAddiction |
alcohol
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cocaine ⓘ |
| hasFamilyRelation |
ex-wife
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son ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | real-world aviation incidents involving pilot impairment (loosely, not directly based on one case) ⓘ |
| legalOutcome |
confesses to being intoxicated during the flight
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is sentenced to prison ⓘ |
| legalStatus | faces criminal investigation after the crash ⓘ |
| moralConflict | publicly hailed as a hero while privately guilty of impairment ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | protagonist of Flight ⓘ |
| notableAction | inverted the airliner during loss of control to stabilize it ⓘ |
| notableEvent | performed an emergency crash landing of SouthJet Flight 227 ⓘ |
| notableQuote | "I’m drunk right now because I’m an alcoholic." ⓘ |
| notableScene |
pours out alcohol in the farmhouse after the crash
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relapses before the NTSB hearing ⓘ wakes up in a hotel room after a night of heavy drinking before the flight ⓘ |
| occupation |
commercial airline pilot
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former U.S. Navy pilot ⓘ |
| portrayedBy | Denzel Washington ⓘ |
| rank | captain ⓘ |
| relationship | befriends Nicole, a recovering addict ⓘ |
| saved | most passengers on SouthJet Flight 227 ⓘ |
| setting |
Atlanta
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surface form:
Atlanta, Georgia area
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| strugglesWith |
alcoholism
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drug use ⓘ substance abuse ⓘ |
| survived | SouthJet Flight 227 crash ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
accountability
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addiction ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ redemption ⓘ |
| worksFor | SouthJet Airlines ⓘ |
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