Flight into Danger

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Flight into Danger is a 1956 Canadian television play by Arthur Hailey about an airliner whose passengers and crew are stricken with food poisoning, forcing a passenger to attempt to land the plane.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf drama ⓘ
television play ⓘ
authorNationality British-Canadian ⓘ
authorOf Arthur Hailey ⓘ
broadcastFormat black-and-white ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Canada ⓘ
firstBroadcastDecade 1950s ⓘ
genre aviation drama ⓘ
disaster drama ⓘ
hasAdaptation Flight into Danger (radio adaptation) ⓘ
linked to: Flight into Danger

Flight into Danger (stage adaptation) ⓘ
linked to: Flight into Danger

Zero Hour! ⓘ
hasSubject airline passengers ⓘ
commercial aviation ⓘ
in-flight medical emergency ⓘ
influenced Airplane! ⓘ
Zero Hour! ⓘ
inspiredBy Arthur Hailey's experience as a former RAF pilot ⓘ
mainPlot A passenger is forced to attempt to land the plane ⓘ
Passengers and crew of an airliner are stricken with food poisoning ⓘ
medium live television ⓘ
notableFor basis for later film Zero Hour! ⓘ
early example of the modern aviation disaster story ⓘ
originalChannel Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork CBC Television ⓘ
originalReleaseYear 1956 ⓘ
productionCompany Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ⓘ
screenwriter Arthur Hailey ⓘ
setting airliner in flight ⓘ
theme aviation emergency ⓘ
mass food poisoning ⓘ
ordinary person in crisis ⓘ
writer Arthur Hailey ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zero Hour! → basedOn → Flight into Danger ⓘ
Flight into Danger → hasAdaptation → Flight into Danger (radio adaptation) ⓘ
linked to: Flight into Danger
Flight into Danger → hasAdaptation → Flight into Danger (stage adaptation) ⓘ
linked to: Flight into Danger
Zero Hour! → basedOn → Flight into Danger ⓘ
subject linked to: the 1957 film Zero Hour!