Blackout Effect

Blackout Effect

96 mins | Drama, Thriller | Jan. 4, 1998

There has been a mid-air collision involving a passenger jet and a cargo flight, killing everyone aboard the two planes. The NTSB investigator in charge, whose girlfriend died in the crash, is puzzled. On one side, the air traffic controller claims he lost radar contact with the cargo plane shortly before impact, when his screen "blacked out." On the other side, everyone else, including the controller's bosses and the media, put the blame on human error. The truth is soon to be uncovered, as the aging air traffic control facilities are on the verge of failing right in the middle of the busy Thanksgiving season.

Blackout Effect

96 mins | Drama, Thriller | Jan. 4, 1998

Blackout Effect
There has been a mid-air collision involving a passenger jet and a cargo flight, killing everyone aboard the two planes. The NTSB investigator in charge, whose girlfriend died in the crash, is puzzled. On one side, the air traffic controller claims he lost radar contact with the cargo plane shortly before impact, when his screen "blacked out." On the other side, everyone else, including the controller's bosses and the media, put the blame on human error. The truth is soon to be uncovered, as the aging air traffic control facilities are on the verge of failing right in the middle of the busy Thanksgiving season.
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers
Original title Blackout Effect
Directors Jeff Bleckner
Writers Matthew Bombeck

Cast

Eric Stoltz

as John Dantley

Charles Martin Smith

as Henry Drake

Leslie Hope

as Karen

Denis Arndt

as Frank Wyatt

Lorraine Toussaint

as Kim Garfield

Andy Comeau

as Tim Connors

Tucker Smallwood

as Harold

Joe Guzaldo

as Dan Lafia

Jeff Allin

as William Kennedy

Michael Mantell

as Stephen Royer

Alexandra Hedison

as Catherine Parmel

Joel McKinnon Miller

as Brian Mack

Jack Stehlin

as Jim Travis

Jeff Williams

as Paul Roth

Nancy Hower

as Lori