Meet China’s answer to Sully. On May 14, 2018, the cockpit window of Sichuan Airlines Flight 8633 shattered deep in the Himalayas, sucking the copilot halfway out of the plane and placing the rest of the 9-person crew and 119 passengers at risk for hypothermia, hypoxia, and worse. The story of how the captain, the […]
“The Captain” Tops Chinese Box Office
Andrew Lau’s air disaster film The Captain sat atop China’s box office Friday, the China Movie Data Information Network said Saturday. On Day 12 of its wide release in China, the drama grossed more than 58 million yuan (about $8.2 million USD), and its total worldwide box office revenue is more than 2 billion yuan ($283 […]
Trailer: The Captain (Zhongguo jizhang) (2019)
May 14, 2018. 32,000 feet over Tibet. On Sichuan Airlines flight 8633, the cockpit’s windscreen suddenly shatters, sucking a copilot half out of the airplane and causing depressurization and loss of communications. This actual event is the story behind a new Chinese film, The Captain (also known as The Chinese Pilot, original title Zhongguo jizhang), […]