The Crash of Flight 401

The Crash of Flight 401 1978

True story recounting the crash of Eastern Airlines, Flight 401, which crashed in the Everglades while on approach to Miami in December 1972. Accurate in many respects, the movie goes through the events leading up to the crash, the crash itself, and the rescue effort afterwards.

  • Released: 1978-10-29
  • Runtime: 95 minutes
  • Genre: Drama, TV Movie
  • Stars: Adrienne Barbeau, Maria Melendez, Sharon Gless, Frank Schuller, Ed Nelson, Ralph Brown, Mark Pinter, Don Barry, Orin Kennedy, Joe Silver, Maria Elena Cordero, Lorraine Gary, W.K. Stratton, Roxanna Bonilla-Giannini, Bob Hastings, Susan Mullen, Joyce Jameson, Donna Kei Benz, Artie Shaw, Eddie Albert  Show all >
    Lane Smith, Brooke Bundy, Richard Yniguez, Jerry Douglas, Judith Searle, Ron Glass, Marcy Lafferty, Julio Medina, George Ranito Jordan, Christopher Connelly, Lurene Tuttle, Walt Davis, Laraine Stephens, J. Kenneth Campbell, Brett Halsey, Bill Hindman, Read Morgan, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, George Murdock, Buddy Lester, C. Lindsay Workman, Susan Brown, Robert P. Lieb, Royal Dano, William Shatner, George Maharis, Ed Call, Frank Logan, Leoda Richards, Shirley O'Hara, Roger Hampton
  • Director: Barry Shear