The Crash of Flight 401

Status:
Released
Production:
Charles Fries Productions
Aired:
1978-10-29
The Crash of Flight 401
True story recounting the crash of Eastern Airlines, Flight 401, which crashed in the Everglades while on approach to Miami in December 1972. Accurate in many respects, the movie goes through the events leading up to the crash, the crash itself, and the rescue effort afterwards.
Drama
TV Movie
Characters

William Shatner
Carl Tobias

Adrienne Barbeau
Veronica Daniels

Brooke Bundy
Camille Lawrence

Christopher Connelly
Mike Tagliarino

Lorraine Gary
Emily Mulwray

Ron Glass
Jerry Grant

Sharon Gless
Lesley Fuller

Brett Halsey
Standish

Joyce Jameson
Sophie Cross

George Maharis
Evan Walsh

Ed Nelson
Philip Mulwray

Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Larry Cross

Artie Shaw
Elderly Passenger

Joe Silver
Alvin Jessop

Laraine Stephens
Ginny Duffy

W.K. Stratton
Ray Ordway

Richard Yniguez
Osario

Eddie Albert
Capt. Dunn

Maria Melendez
Cecilia Tagliarino

George Murdock
Claypool

Don 'Red' Barry
Helicopter Pilot
Maria Elena Cordero

Lurene Tuttle

Shirley O'Hara

Roxanna Bonilla-Giannini

Susan Brown
Ed Call

J. Kenneth Campbell

Royal Dano

Jerry Douglas
Miami Approach Controller

Marcy Lafferty
Read Morgan

Lane Smith

Donna Kei Benz
Ralph Brown
Frank Buch
Walt Davis
Roger Hampton

Bob Hastings
Bill Hindman
George Ranito Jordan
Orin Kennedy

Buddy Lester
Robert P. Lieb
Frank Logan
Dominick Mazzie

Julio Medina
Susan Mullen
Flight Attendant

Mark Pinter
Stretcher Bearer
Frank Schuller
Watson
Judith Searle
Dr. Claire

C. Lindsay Workman
Dr. Baylor
Leoda Richards
Passenger (uncredited)