''Crash Landing'' () is a

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Chinese thriller film directed by Zhang Jianya. A Shanghai Film Studio production, ''Crash Landing'' follows the contours of many airplane disaster films, such as the '' Airport'' series, and stars Shao Bing, Xu Fan, and

You Yong You Yong (born 13 December 1963) is a Chinese actor. He enrolled in the Xi'an Drama School (西安话剧院) in 1979 and joined the Shanghai Theatre Academy in 1984. Upon graduation in 1988, he acted in his first film, ''Obsession''. He is best ...

Plot

''Crash Landing'' follows the tense hours on board a stricken passenger aircraft that was on a routine flight from Shanghai to Beijing. Shortly after taking off, the pilot ( Shao Bing) discovers that the plane's landing gear is unable to be retracted. Unable to continue, but unable to land, he and his flight attendant wife ( Xu Fan), are forced to circle Shanghai. Meanwhile, on the ground, a troubleshooter (

) is called to see if he can get the aircraft safely back on the ground.

Inspiration

The film is inspired by the first emergency landing in China. On September 10, 1998, China Eastern Flight 586, a McDonnell-Douglas MD-11, flying from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport, suffered a nose gear failure after take-off. The aircraft landed back in Shanghai with the nose gear up on a foamed runway.

Reception

Due to the film's scale and budget, ''Crash Landing'' was seen upon its release as a prime example of the growing sophistication of China's mainstream film industry, with one western media review calling it "one giant leap for Chinese cinema."

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