Captain Anson Harris: "Remind me to send a thank you note to Mr Boeing."
The woes surrounding the glitch-laden opening of Heathrow's Terminal 5 pale into insignificance with the catastrophes facing the fictitious Trans Global Airlines.
Aiport manager Mel Bakersfield (Burt Lancaster) has to contend with blizzard conditions, a deranged bomber, a plane up to its landing gear in the mud and blocking the main runway, a geriatric stowaway, a pregnant stewardess. And a couple of nuns. Always trouble.
He's also got problems with an embittered wife and meddling airport administrators. On the plus side, George Kennedy is on side as a crack mechanic but who thought it was a good idea to allow Dean "Little 'ole wine drinker me" Martin to pilot a passenger jet to Rome. Hic!
Lancaster would later describe it as "the worst piece of junk ever made."
