Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501
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| Genre | Drama Mystery |
| Written by | E. Arthur Kean |
| Directed by | Philip Saville |
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| Theme music composer | Mark Snow |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Producer(s) | Lee Rafner |
| Cinematography | Paul Lohmann |
| Editor(s) | Edward M. Abroms |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
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| Distributor | NBC |
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| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | November 18, 1990 |
Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501, (also released as Aftermath, Aftermath: The Mystery of Flight 1501 and The Mysterious Crash of Flight 1501), is a 1990 made-for-television ilm directed by Philip Saville. The film stars Cheryl Ladd and Jeffrey DeMunn. Although fictional, Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501 is usually advertised as being based on true events.
Diane (Cheryl Ladd) and Greg Halstead (Doug Sheehan) were once happily married, in later years, even deciding to try to have a baby, despite the fact that she had already suffered two miscarriages. She has no luck in becoming pregnant and this leads to an estrangement from her husband. On his latest ConWest Airlines flight, Greg, a professional pilot, finds out about a bomb threat. The person carrying the bomb supposedly wants to kill another passenger, Sen. Charleston (John Rayburn) a politician with an outspoken opinion on abortion. Unknown to the killer, however, the politician has already left the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 airliner because it had an hour and a half delay. Greg decides to make an emergency landing in Dayton, Ohio, but due to severe thunderstorms, the aircraft crashes, killing almost everyone on board.
Soon, the CIA, FBI, and NTSB are at the scene of the accident. There are different kinds of speculation about the cause of the crash, and some suspect Greg of refusing to follow orders. The FBI notices that the CIA immediately collected stuff out of the wreckage and said it was top secret. Diane is devastated when she hears the news, until she finds out that Greg is one of the few survivors. She is contacted by Scott Cody (Jeffrey DeMunn), who works for the ALPA. He tells her that Greg is the prime suspect in the crash investigation and collects information from her, finding out that Greg was on medication.
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