Aviation is considered a very interesting area for most people because of the novelty and interestingness of going on a plane, although these are considered a very safe means of transportation, there are a large number of people who are afraid to fly, in mostly because they consider that they will have an accident during their transfer, despite the fact that this sector is very rigorous in their security process as mentioned in Importance of security in commercial airports.
Based on the aforementioned, aviation is an item with many years of experience that is constantly being innovated to give passengers a sense of safety and comfort; therefore, the film industry has shown great interest in showing what some scenarios have been like with accidents or how they can be, in the following lines some recommended films will be named.
The Aviator
The Aviator was a film released in 2004, with the direction of Martin Scorsese and the protagonism of Leonardo DiCaprio, here it is related how the life of Howard Hughes was, who is considered one of the pioneers of aviation from the 20s to the decade of the 40s; During the cinematography, the life of Huges is detailed, the time where he directed and produced his films in Hollywood, and also drove the aerial prototypes that he had created.
Red Tails
This film was produced by George Lucas and released in 2012, it was based on the story of the first African American fighter pilots who were in World War II, there it shows the racial discrimination that existed at the time and how these young Tuskegee pilots manage to overcome limitations due to their skin color.
The Flight
This feature film released in 2012 and directed by Robert Zemeckis is about an accident that occurs in a plane of a company called SouthJeten, such plane has a scheduled flight from Orlando to Atlanta, during the trip, it suffers a malfunction and the captain changes the system of the aircraft managing to save most of the passengers by making a forced landing in a field.
Midway
It was released in 2019 and directed by Roland Emmerich, this film focuses on the year 1942 and what happens after the Pearl Harbor attack of World War II. Six months after said attack the Japanese Imperial Navy decides to carry out a new attack, but Admiral Nimitz and Dick Best organize a counterattack; there, a series of air and sea attacks are displayed, exposing the power and strength of both nations.
The Flight of the Phoenix
Directed by John Moore The Flight of the Phoenix is a film released in 2004, which is based on a plane crash; Due to a sandstorm, an airplane pilot was forced to make an emergency landing, which caused a major accident where there were only 10 survivors, with no chance of being rescued, they are stranded in the middle of the Gobi desert. In order to get out of there, they had to build a new plane with the remains that were left.
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