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When the C-119 is crashing it loses its rear ramp and the wind howls through the cabin. A moment later when it has crashed it is all quiet inside, despite a storm of supposedly 70 mph winds being able to blow into this gap. Next scene, the aircraft is totally buried in sand but none has entered through the wide open ramp. Next scene after that (and all subsequent ones showing the rear of the aircraft), we are again shown that the ramp is missing. See more...

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Flight of the Phoenix (2004) - 5 questions

Directed by John Moore, starring Dennis Quaid, Giovanni Ribisi, Hugh Laurie, Miranda Otto, Tyrese (add more)

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller

The "questions" section is for any random questions that occurred to you while watching this film, or anything you didn't entirely understand, and which Google or the IMDb can't help with. Submit them as a question, and hopefully someone will answer (the bold comments in brackets) - check back regularly. If the answer is wrong, or missing information, please use the "clarify answer" option. Don't feel limited - want to know what music played in a certain scene? Whether this was the first film to use a certain effect? Here's the place to ask!

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Question: When Towns finds the body that fell out, how come it's not in too bad condition after falling such a long way and onto dirt? Is the dirt what kept his body in pretty good condidtion after falling out? If so, please help me on this.

Answer: The person may have fallen on to a sanddune, in which case the landing would have been softened, but not to a point to prevent death.

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Question: What is the name of the song played when the plane leaves the oil rig?

Answer: "Gimme Some Lovin'" by The Spencer Davis Group.

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Question: What are cowl flaps? What is their purpose?

Answer: Cowl flaps are used to adjust to volume of air that passes over the cooling fins of an aircraft piston engine. Under takeoff and landing these flaps are open to allow maximum airflow and under normal flight they are closed to maintain normal engine temperature.

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Question: What's the name of the song that plays on the radio while they're fixing the plane? Not the Mexican song, the pop one.

Answer: "Hey Ya" by Outkast.

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Question: Where did the nomads get ammo for the guns and gas for their motorcycles?

Answer: They bought/robbed or traded for them with other nomadic tribes or in the cities.

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