Ground Control (1998)

Directors

Richard Howard

Cast

Kiefer Sutherland, Bruce McGill, Kelly McGillis, Robert Sean Leonard, Kristy Swanson, Margaret Cho, Henry Winkler, Charles Fleischer, Farrah Forke

The story

Chicago air traffic controller Jack Harris (Kiefer Sutherland) was cleared of liability for an ill-fated flight under his authority which resulted in the loss of Transair flight 290, a Lockheed L-1011 with all 174 souls aboard. He subsequently left the job and went on to design air control software, until five years later when T.C. Bryant (Bruce McGill), his ex-colleague who had since transferred to Phoenix, pleads for help on New Year's Eve, due to a critical staff shortage and with torrential weather predicted.

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