Air Crew (film)
Air Crew Russian , translit.Ekipazh is a movie produced by Mosfilm in 1979. Inspired by Airport movies series, it was the first catastrophe movie shot in the Soviet Union.
The actionfilled second half of the film sees the Tu154 Aeroflot airplane landing in the fictional foreign town of Bidri, which appears to be located somewhere in the mountain region of the Asia. Soon after, an earthquake destroys the city, and the damaged runway is no longer suitable for normal takeoffs another plane a Boeing is shown crashing in the attempt. Still, there is no alternative to escaping by air, because the airport will soon be buried by an approaching mudflow. The experienced senior officer decides to take advantage of the fact that the airport was built on a mountain, so the plane will be able to descend rather than ascend as soon as it leaves the runway. Despite the not ready for flight warning lighting up on the dashboard, the plane successfully takes off at the last moment. The captain had first insisted on going through a speedy but complete takeoff protocol, involving a check of the aircraft in accordance with the prescribed rules perhaps in order to calm the crew by having them perform their normal tasks.During its takeoff run next to the mudflow, the plane receives some serious damage when a runway light gets jammed in the elevators and a crack appears near the tail section. ........
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