The Concorde: Airport '79 (1979) http://www.cinemaroll.com/Cinemarolling/The-Con... Joe Patroni, now promoted to Airline Captain, pilots a plane which a corrupt company, Harrison Industries, wants to crash because one of the passengers on board, Maggie, holds documents with her that prove Harrison Industries is secretly making nuclear weapons. The company's CEO, Kevin Harrison, is also on this flight to make sure all goes as planned, but it doesn't, so he improvises by de-pressurizing the aircraft at altitude, therefore crashing the plane right into the Alps.
Airport '77 (1977) http://www.cinemaroll.com/Cinemarolling/Airport... A 747 airliner is hijacked for some valuable cargo on board and ends up crashing in the Bermuda Triangle. Now the crew and passengers must escape before the plane is completely submerged with water.
Airport 1975 (1974) http://www.cinemaroll.com/Cinemarolling/Airport... When a small plane collides with a packed commercial jetliner in mid-air, a flight attendant becomes tasked with landing the plane which now has no pilots at all. "Airport 1975" is a sequel that is worthy of being a successor to its original counterpart. It borrows the same formulas and archetypes from "Airport" but sticks to one story-line instead of working itself across multiple subplots (as the original did), this allows for more concentration on the action that is taking place. It also introduces its characters fast and with ease and then immediately gets things going.
Airport (1970) http://www.cinemaroll.com/Action/Airport-1970-F... Set around the fictional Chicago Lincoln International Airport, a manager fights obstacles while trying to stabilize his airport during a severe snowstorm, meanwhile, a suicidal bomber attempts to blow up a Boeing 707 while in flight.
The Poseidon Adventure (1972) http://www.bukisa.com/articles/71338_the-poseid... Based on a novel by Paul Gallico, the story centers on a luxurious ocean liner (the SS Poseidon) that is capsized by a tidal wave, resulting in the desperate journey of a group of survivors as they make their way up to the bottom of the ship's hull before the entire vessel sinks completely.
The Best And Worst Disaster Movies http://spicytv.blogspot.com/2009/11/best-and-wo... Still woefully behind the times of the counter culture 60 s amp; 70 s, mainstream Hollywood was overjoyed to discover the kind of blockbuster that everyone wanted to see. Entertainment trends come and go but, for an entire decade, big-budget, star-studded, disaster films ruled the box-office. A genre so wonderfully over-the-top that it seemed dest
