[PW] Re: ?movie/book id about plane crash in river

[Ellen Cousins]

How about "The Pilot" (1981) with Cliff Robertson, based on a book by 
Robert P. Davis?

Ellen C.

Bristol Library wrote:
> Hello,
> I have a patron who is trying to identify a book.  I'm not having any luck;
> I'm wondering if he has confused two or more incidents.
> 
> He says it was "a famous book, translated into several languages, including
> Polish"  about a real accident. He says the author is Jack Higgins.   I've
> had no luck locating a book by Jack Higgins on this topic. There was a movie
> made of the book. The plane was taking off from LaGuardia and crashed into
> the river.  The pilot was an alcoholic and there is a scene where he is
> trying to hide the bottle of liquor so that it won't be found.
> 
> I've tried IMDB using "plane crash river" and variants, but no luck.  I did
> find a movie about the plane crash into the Potomac but it didn't seem to be
> based on a book;, and information on at least two different crashes at
> LaGuardia in which the plane went into the river but no movie.  And none of
> the ones I've found cite an intoxicated pilot as being the cause. I've tried
> Amazon and First Search but am not finding anything that fits all the
> criteria.  I'm hoping someone will remember the scene in the movie so that
> we can at least identify that and find out if it was indeed based on a book.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Jeanne