Airport 1975

Airport 1975 (also known as Airport '75) is a 1974 air disaster film and the first sequel to the successful 1970 film Airport. Airport 1975 is directed by Jack Smight, produced by William Frye and Jennings Lang and has a screenplay by Don Ingalls. The film stars Charlton Heston, Karen Black and George Kennedy.

The plot concerns the dramatic events aboard an airborne Boeing 747 when a small aircraft crashes into the cockpit causing the fatalities of senior crew and the blinding of the pilot with no one aboard qualified to take the controls.Airport 1975 is the seventh highest grossing movie of 1974 at the U.S.A. and Canada box office.

Plot

Columbia Air Lines' Flight 409 is a Boeing 747-100 on a red-eye route from Washington Dulles International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport. Scott Freeman, meanwhile, is a New Mexican businessman flying his private Beechcraft Baron to an urgent sales meeting in Boise, Idaho. However, an occluded front has the entire West Coast socked in, with Los Angeles reporting zero visibility. Columbia 409 and Freeman's Beechcraft are both diverted to Salt Lake City International Airport.

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OBF: ’75 Sox made me love baseball, and dread it

Boston Herald 23 Mar 2025
The 1975 Red Sox made me love baseball ... I turned 10 in 1975 ... 1975 is worthy of “Remember When” 50 years later ... “On Opening Day 1975, Lynn was just a city north of Boston ... (I still have the full 1975 Topps full-size & mini set.).

Legendary British band announces retirement after final Glastonbury show in the summer | Daily Mail Online

The Daily Mail 23 Mar 2025
It comes as Sir Rod Stewart, Neil Young, The 1975 and Olivia Rodrigo have been confirmed as the headline acts for this year’s Glastonbury. Both are The 1975 and Olivia Rodrigo are set to perform on the ...

REUNION NEWS: March 16, 2025

Standard-Speaker 23 Mar 2025
Freeland High School Class of 1975’s 50th reunion ... For information, join the FHS Class of 1975 Facebook page, email ...

Rakesh Pandey, 70s Hindi film star & Bhojpuri actor, no more

The Times of India 23 Mar 2025
He was 76, as per online information.Gemini's Ek Gaon Ki Kahani (1975), director Lekh Tandon's ... He is said to be chosen by the producer over Amitabh Bachchan for the patriotic saga Andolan (1975).

Michigan Wolverines make major history after Sweet 16 berth

Sportingnews 23 Mar 2025
That statistic goes all the way back to 1975 when the Sweet 16 officially began. Last year @umichbball finished 8-24 ... No other team has lost that many games one season and then made the Sweet 16 the next (since the Sweet 16 officially began in 1975) ... .

Mountaineer Chris Bonington: ‘I’ve come very close to death so many times, it’s difficult to pick the closest’

The Observer 23 Mar 2025
Born in London, Chris Bonington, 90, joined the army and became an Outward Bound instructor. In 1975, he led the first expedition to successfully climb Everest via its south-west face ... He lives in Cumbria ... Being senile ... Loss ... Everest the hard way in 1975.

State President highlights Bình Phước as a beacon of determination and progres

Vietnam News 23 Mar 2025
That was the message from President Lương Cường on Sunday morning while attending a ceremony to celebrate the 50th anniversary of liberation in Bình Phước (March 23, 1975 - March 23, 2025).

State President highlights Bình Phước as a beacon of determination and progress

Vietnam News 23 Mar 2025
That was the message from President Lương Cường on Sunday morning while attending a ceremony to celebrate the 50th anniversary of liberation in Bình Phước (March 23, 1975 - March 23, 2025).

London Heathrow Airport resumes full operations after power outage caused by fire

China Daily 23 Mar 2025
LONDON - London Heathrow Airport said on Saturday that flights have resumed after the power outage and the airport is now "fully operational" ... Teams across the airport continue to do everything they ...

Service at Heathrow airport returns to normal two days after forced closure

AOL 23 Mar 2025
Heathrow airport returned to normal business on Sunday, two days after it was forced to close when a fire at an electrical substation caused a power cut ... Power to the airport was disrupted on Thursday night due to the fire in Hayes.

Explained: Can Heathrow nightmare hit Indian airports?

The Times of India 23 Mar 2025
medium119371439The power outage that crippled London’s Heathrow airport on March 21 was not an isolated incident for the global airline industry, except for the scale of flight disruptions, which was unprecedented.

Can Heathrow nightmare hit Indian airports?

The Times of India 23 Mar 2025
For comparison, Mumbai airport handles about 950 flights a day. Heathrow had to shut down after a fire at the North Hyde substation, located about 1.5 miles north of the airport, caused a “significant power outage”.

FAAN Closes Ibadan Airport Temporarily for Upgrade Works

This Day 23 Mar 2025
The agency made this known in a statement confirming that the Federal Government of Nigeria had approved the closure, which became necessary to enable the execution of critical improvements at the airport.

Judith Davidov: How could this happen?

Daily Hampshire Gazette 23 Mar 2025
In 1975-76, I was a Fulbright scholar in Germany, teaching for a year at a German university. It was close enough in time to the Holocaust to stir feelings of fear (some professors still dressed up in SS uniforms on weekends) ... .

Jeff McLean

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner 23 Mar 2025
On March 11, 2025, a wonderful man of character passed away too young with his family at his side. Jeff McLean was born in Anchorage in 1975 and lived his life in Fairbanks. He attended schools at Woodriver Elementary, ICS ... .
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