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Miracle Landing
''Miracle Landing'' (also known as ''Panic in the Open Sky'') is a 1990 American made-for-television drama film based on an in-flight accident aboard Aloha Airlines Flight 243 that occurred in April 1988. The Boeing 737-200 was flying from Hilo, Hawaii to Honolulu, Hawaii, when it experienced rapid decompression when a section of the fuselage was torn away. With one flight attendant blown from the cabin to her death and 65 others injured, the aircraft was able to make a successful emergency landing at Kahului Airport, on Maui. ''Miracle Landing'' stars Connie Sellecca, Wayne Rogers, Ana Alicia and Nancy Kwan. The film aired February 11, 1990, on CBS and has since been shown in syndication on network broadcasts throughout the world. Plot In February 1988, two pilots in a flight simulator face the challenge of landing a crippled jet that experiences a cabin decompression, an engine fire and a loss of hydraulics. The three simulated emergencies foreshadow the events of Paradise Airl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Lowry
Dick Lowry (born 15 September 1944 in Oklahoma) is an American director and film producer. Productions List films were all made for television unless otherwise indicated. *1975: ''The Drought'' (theatrical film) *1980: '' OHMS'' *1980: '' Kenny Rogers as The Gambler'' *1980: ''The Jayne Mansfield Story'' *1981: '' Angel Dusted'' *1981: ''Coward of the County'' *1981: '' A Few Days in Weasel Creek'' *1982: '' Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn'' *1982: '' Missing Children: A Mother's Story'' *1983: '' Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story'' *1983: '' Smokey and the Bandit Part 3'' (theatrical film; also actor, as Sand Dumper) *1983: '' Kenny Rogers as The Gambler: The Adventure Continues'' *1984: '' Pigs vs. Freaks'' *1984: '' Wet Gold'' *1984: '' The Toughest Man in the World'' *1985: ''Murder with Mirrors'' *1985: '' Wild Horses'' *1986: ''Dream West'' (three-part miniseries) *1987: '' American Harvest'' *1987: '' Kenny Rogers a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maui
The island of Maui (; Hawaiian: ) is the second-largest of the islands of the state of Hawaii at 727.2 square miles (1,883 km2) and is the 17th largest island in the United States. Maui is the largest of Maui County's four islands, which also includes Molokai, Lānai, and unpopulated Kahoolawe. In 2020, Maui had a population of 168,307, the third-highest of the Hawaiian Islands, behind that of Oahu and Hawaii Island. Kahului is the largest census-designated place (CDP) on the island with a population of 26,337 , and is the commercial and financial hub of the island. Wailuku is the seat of Maui County and is the third-largest CDP . Other significant places include Kīhei (including Wailea and Makena in the Kihei Town CDP, the island's second-most-populated CDP), Lāhainā (including Kāanapali and Kapalua in the Lāhainā Town CDP), Makawao, Pukalani, Pāia, Kula, Haikū, and Hāna. Etymology Native Hawaiian tradition gives the origin of the island's name in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boeing 737-297-Adv, WestJet AN0165837
The Boeing Company () is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, telecommunications equipment, and missiles worldwide. The company also provides leasing and product support services. Boeing is among the largest global aerospace manufacturers; it is the third-largest defense contractor in the world based on 2020 revenue, and is the largest exporter in the United States by dollar value. Boeing stock is included in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Boeing is incorporated in Delaware. Boeing was founded by William Boeing in Seattle, Washington, on July 15, 1916. The present corporation is the result of the merger of Boeing with McDonnell Douglas on August 1, 1997. Then chairman and CEO of Boeing, Philip M. Condit, assumed those roles in the combined company, while Harry Stonecipher, former CEO of McDonnell Douglas, became president and COO. The Boeing Company's corporate headquarters is in Chicago, Illi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troy Evans (actor)
Troy Evans (born February 16, 1948) is an American actor who is perhaps best known for his role as Desk Clerk Francis "Frank" Martin in the television drama series '' ER'', and more recently for his role as Detective II Johnson (Barrel) in Amazon's TV series '' Bosch.'' He has also appeared in '' Ace Ventura: Pet Detective'', ''Under Siege'', ''Teen Wolf'', ''Kuffs'', ''Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'', ''Black Dahlia'', '' Demolition Man'', ''The Frighteners'', '' Tiger Cruise'', ''View from the Top'' and ''Article 99'' among others. He voiced Thistle Jinn in the 2013 animated adventure film '' Epic''. He served with the 25th Infantry Division in Vietnam, and was later cast as SFC Bob Pepper in the TV series ''China Beach'' which was set during the Vietnam War. Selected filmography *''Rhinestone'' (1984) – Rhinestone Heckler / Bettor *''Teen Wolf'' (1985) – Dragon Basketball Coach *''Modern Girls'' (1986) – Club Owner *''Near Dark'' (1987) – Plainclothes Officer *''Pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt McCoy (actor)
Matt McCoy (born May 20, 1958) is an American actor. His credits include '' The Hand that Rocks the Cradle'', '' Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach'' and '' Police Academy 6: City Under Siege'' as Sgt. Nick Lassard, ''DeepStar Six'' as Jim Richardson, in ''L.A. Confidential'' as Brett Chase, and as Lloyd Braun on TV's ''Seinfeld''. Early life McCoy was born in Austin, Texas. He grew up in Bethesda, Maryland, and attended Walter Johnson High School, graduating in 1974. McCoy briefly attended University of Maryland, College Park. He worked briefly at the Harlequin Dinner Theater in Rockville. McCoy began acting when he appeared in two plays in the student-directed one act festival: ''Winners'' by Brian Friel, and ''Footsteps of Doves'' by Robert Anderson. Moving to New York City, he graduated from Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in 1979. Career Since starring as Sgt. Nick Lassard in '' Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach'' (1988) and '' Police Academy 6: C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Murdock (actor)
Jack Murdock (October 28, 1922 – April 27, 2001) was an American actor. He was born in Urbana, Ohio to performer parents. His father had a vaudeville group called Teck Murdock and Company; his mother and her sister had an act called The Kennedy Sisters. The two acts combined as Teck Murdock and the Kennedy sisters. He lived with an aunt and uncle in Put-in-Bay in South Bass Island. Murdock enlisted in the U.S. Navy after he graduated from high school; he served as a gunner's mate in the north Atlantic. After the end of World War II, Murdock, who intended to study law, earned a bachelor's degree in speech from the Ohio State University in Columbus. Career Ohio Murdock was a director WBNS-TV in Columbus. He hosted an afternoon show with Jonathan Winters. St. Louis Murdock came to the St. Louis, Missouri area in 1953 to serve as director and star of ''Coffee Break'', a morning program on WTVI in Belleville, Illinois. He cowrote and costarred in ''Hiram and Sneed''. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herta Ware
Herta Ware (June 9, 1917 – August 15, 2005) was an American actress and activist. Early life Ware was born Herta Schwartz in Wilmington, Delaware, the daughter of Helen Ware, a musician and violin teacher, and Laszlo Schwartz, an actor who was born in Budapest. Her mother's brother was Harold Ware, who headed the Ware Group, the most extensive Soviet spy ring in American history — and her maternal grandmother was labor organizer and socialist Ella Reeve Bloor, the co-founder of the Communist Labor Party of America and later a member of the central committee of the Communist Party USA. Her father was Jewish and her mother was Christian. Career Ware made her Broadway debut in ''Let Freedom Ring'' (November 6, 1935–February 1936), co-starring husband Will Geer, whom she had married in 1934. The couple appeared together in other New York plays, including ''Bury the Dead'' (1936), ''Prelude'' (1936), ''200 Were Chosen'' (1936) and ''Journeyman'' (1938), and ''Six O'Clock T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armin Shimerman
Armin Shimerman (born November 5, 1949) is an American actor and author. Early life Shimerman was born into a Jewish family in Lakewood Township, New Jersey, Lakewood, New Jersey, on November 5, 1949, the son of accountant Susan and house painter Herbert Shimerman. When he was 15, he moved with his family to Los Angeles, where his mother enrolled him in a drama group in an effort to expand his social circle. He attended Santa Monica High School and was active in drama. As a senior, he played leading roles in school productions of ''Hamlet'', ''The Crucible'', and ''The Skin of Our Teeth'' before graduating in 1967. After graduating from University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA, he was selected to apprentice at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego. He began pursuing a career in theater and eventually moved to New York City, where he was a member of the Impossible Ragtime Theater. Returning to Los Angeles, he took roles in two CBS series to launch his television acting career. Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Thomas
Jay Thomas (born Jon Thomas Terrell; July 12, 1948 – August 24, 2017) was an American actor, comedian, and radio personality. He was heard in New York from 1976–1979 on top-40 station 99X, and later on rhythmic CHR station 92KTU, and in Los Angeles beginning in 1986 on KPWR "Power 106", where he hosted the station's top-rated morning show until 1993. His notable television work included his co-starring role as Remo DaVinci on ''Mork & Mindy'' (1979–1981), the recurring role of Eddie LeBec, a Boston Bruins goalie on the downside of his career, on ''Cheers'' (1987–1989), the lead character of newspaper columnist Jack Stein on '' Love & War'' (1992–1995), and a repeat guest role as Jerry Gold, a talk-show host who becomes both an antagonist and love interest of the title character on ''Murphy Brown''. He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series in 1990 and 1991 for portraying Gold. In 1997, he starred in the television film ''Killing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Cromwell
James Oliver Cromwell (born January 27, 1940) is an American actor and activist. Some of his best-known films include ''Babe'' (1995), '' Star Trek: First Contact'' (1996), ''L.A. Confidential'' (1997), '' The Green Mile'' (1999), ''The Queen'' (2006), ''Secretariat'' (2010), '' The Artist'' (2011), and '' Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom'' (2018). Cromwell is also well known for his performances in television including HBO’s acclaimed ''Angels in America'' (2003), '' Six Feet Under'' (2003–2005), '' American Horror Story: Asylum'' (2012–2013), '' Succession'' (2018–present), and '' Counterpart'' (2018–2019). Cromwell has been nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for ''Babe'' (1995). He won a Primetime Emmy Award for his role in '' American Horror Story: Asylum'' (2012) and a Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor for his role in ''Still Mine'' (2013). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madeline Tompkins
Aloha Airlines Flight 243 (IATA: AQ243, ICAO: AAH243) was a scheduled Aloha Airlines flight between Hilo and Honolulu in Hawaii. On April 28, 1988, a Boeing 737-297 serving the flight suffered extensive damage after an explosive decompression in flight, caused by part of the fuselage breaking due to poor maintenance and metal fatigue. The plane was able to land safely at Kahului Airport on Maui. The one fatality, flight attendant Clarabelle "C.B." Lansing, was ejected from the airplane. Another 65 passengers and crew were injured. The substantial damage inflicted by the decompression, the loss of one cabin crew member, and the safe landing of the aircraft established the incident as a significant event in the history of aviation, with far-reaching effects on aviation safety policies and procedures. Aircraft and crew The aircraft involved was a Boeing 737 200 series and was the 152nd Boeing 737 airframe built at the Renton assembly plant. It was built in 1969 and delivered t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
