Flight into Danger

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Flight into Danger is a 1956 Canadian television play by Arthur Hailey about an airliner whose passengers and crew are stricken with food poisoning, forcing a passenger to attempt to land the plane.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf drama
television play
authorNationality British-Canadian
authorOf Arthur Hailey NERFINISHED
broadcastFormat black-and-white
countryOfOrigin Canada
firstBroadcastDecade 1950s
genre aviation drama
disaster drama
hasAdaptation Flight into Danger (radio adaptation) NERFINISHED
Flight into Danger (stage adaptation) NERFINISHED
Zero Hour! NERFINISHED
hasSubject airline passengers
commercial aviation
in-flight medical emergency
influenced Airplane! NERFINISHED
Zero Hour! NERFINISHED
inspiredBy Arthur Hailey's experience as a former RAF pilot
mainPlot A passenger is forced to attempt to land the plane
Passengers and crew of an airliner are stricken with food poisoning
medium live television
notableFor basis for later film Zero Hour!
early example of the modern aviation disaster story
originalChannel Canadian Broadcasting Corporation NERFINISHED
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork CBC Television NERFINISHED
originalReleaseYear 1956
productionCompany Canadian Broadcasting Corporation NERFINISHED
screenwriter Arthur Hailey NERFINISHED
setting airliner in flight
theme aviation emergency
mass food poisoning
ordinary person in crisis
writer Arthur Hailey NERFINISHED

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Zero Hour! basedOn Flight into Danger