Final Approach (2007 TV Movie)

This page is about the TV movie / miniseries of 2007. Please do not confuse with the 1991 movie!

Final Approach DVD cover.

TV Movie (2007)
French title : Vol 732 - Terreur en plein ciel

Starring:
Dean Cain (Jack Bender)
Anthony Michael Hall (Greg Gilliad)
Ernie Hudson (Agent Dawson)
Lea Thompson (Alicia Bender)

An action-filled account of an ex-FBI negotiator who uses all his skills to save a jumbo jet headed for Los Angeles from the terrorists who have placed a bomb on board.

Eurocopter AS355F-2 TwinStar

Ep. 01
Reg. N80KK Eurocopter AS355F-2 TwinStar.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Ep. 04

Unidentified Aircraft

Ep. 01
Takeoff of an unidentified airliner of Continental Airlines.

Boeing 747

Ep. 01
Landing of a Boeing 747 (perhaps with the colors of Northwest ?).

Another one in the old livery of Asiana Airlines.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Ep. 04
Alongside a Boeing 767 of Ansett Australia.

American Airlines Airliner

Ep. 01
Tail of a Boeing 747 and a undentified McDonnell Douglas MD-8x Serie.

Lockheed L-1011 TriStar

Fictional Infinity Air livery photoshoped on a real airliner taking off from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) despite action place is at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR/KEWR) according the road sign.

Blurred LAX tower in background (Episode 1).

Such CGI is used numerous times throughout the four episodes.

Episode 3.

Episode 4.

McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet

Ep. 4

Note the angle of the vertical stabilizer : twice the real one !

Bell 206B

Ep. 4
Reg. N546SA Bell 206B c/n 1939 built in 1976.
From now, action is filmed in Mojave Airport (or nearby).

Atlas Impala Mk.I

Ep. 4
Behind the Tristar, two grey Atlas (bought to South Africa surplus).

De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter

Ep. 4
Reg. N121PM De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter c/n 14 built in 1966 in the colors of DESERT EXPRESS.

Ep. 4
Registration N140SC, c/n 193E-1067 built in 1967. One of a handful of TriStars that are still operational, this aircraft is used by Orbital Sciences Corporation as a mothership for Pegasus rocket launches.

Reg. N140SC Lockheed L-1011-1 TriStar Stargazer of Orbital Sciences Corporation.

Close-up on the pylon used for Pegasus launches under the fuselage.

Bell UH-1 Iroquois

Ep. 4

Unidentified Boeing (707 or 720 ?)

Ep. 4
1980's livery for this former Middle East Airlines Boeing. Fly there under a Canadian registration.

Various Airliner

Ep. 4
Behind the broken tail of a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, a McDonnell Douglas MD-88 of Continental Airlines. On left and right borders, two McDonnell Douglas DC-10. About the fifth aircraft, see next section.