Skyjacked

Skyjacked is a 1972 disaster film starring Charlton Heston, James Brolin, and Yvette Mimieux. The film is based on the David Harper novel Hijacked. Global Airways Flight 502—operated by a Boeing 707 -- takes off as a routine flight from Oakland, California, to Minneapolis/St.Paul, Minnesota, with Captain Henry O'Hara (Charlton Heston) and his flight crew at the controls. In the middle of the flight, Captain O'Hara becomes aware of a bomb threat i... more

Skyjacked is a 1972 disaster film starring Charlton Heston, James Brolin, and Yvette Mimieux. The film is based on the David Harper novel Hijacked. Global Airways Flight 502—operated by a Boeing 707 -- takes off as a routine flight from Oakland, California, to Minneapolis/St.Paul, Minnesota, with Captain Henry O'Hara (Charlton Heston) and his flight crew at the controls. In the middle of the flight, Captain O'Hara becomes aware of a bomb threat in the sense that he has to divert his course immediately to Anchorage, Alaska, or otherwise the bomb will explode on board. In light of this, Captain O'Hara has no other opportunity but to change course immediately to Anchorage and manages to carry out a perfect landing there, despite terrible weather and other circumstances. Suddenly it appears that a disillusioned soldier, Sgt. Jerome K. Weber (James Brolin), a Vietnam veteran, is responsible for hijacking the plane, threatening to blow it up with a bomb, therefore taking control over the... less