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According to the film's website, the story has its genesis in 1999, before Sullenberg or 9/11, so screenwriter John Gatins did not have those references when he wrote it, and obviously he decided not to reference them in his film made this year. The movie does have three scenes shot in Atlanta's St. Regis Hotel, though, which it mentions by name. The hotel ...
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Nope, it's purely fiction. Here's a link to an interview with the director.
Interview with Robert Zemeckis
Matt McDaniel: What was it about this project and the script in particular that grabbed you?
Robert Zemeckis: Well, whenever a really good screenplay comes across your desk, you have to do it, and that's what the situation was with ...
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I haven't seen the movie, but I am a pilot.
If the severe turbulence is caused by a lightning cell, no aircraft can withstand its severe alternating updrafts and downdrafts which typically break off wings, rudder, tail, and probably bust up the fuselage. Any maneuver which can be done to exit it soon is sensible—especially considering the ...
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A very similiar Accident was Alaska Airline accident in January 31, 2000 on a McDonnell Douglas MD-83 aircraft (in the movie it was MD-88)
The CVR transcript reveals the pilots' continuous attempts for the
duration of the dive to regain control of the aircraft.[9] At one
point, unable to raise the nose, they attempted to fly the aircraft
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