The top mistakes in Flight of the Phoenix http://www.moviemistakes.com/film4671 en Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:55:26 +0000 80376 When the pilot is trying to make a crash landing during the sandstorm the landing gear wheels are up in one angle and down in another angle. 90611 Interior shots of the cargo bay of the C-119 seem way too small. The real cargo bay is about 50 feet long and seats 62 troops, or 35 stretchers. In the movie it's almost full up with 12 passengers plus about 10 feet of cargo. 91993 Townes taxis the C119 far too close to the buildings next to the oil platform. The nose of the plane is almost touching the wall. The only anchoring point on a C119 for a taxiing tractor is on the nose wheel, and he hasn't left enough space for the tractor to link up and turn the aircraft without the wing (and engine) hitting the building. There are no anchoring points on a C119 that allow it to be towed backwards, even if they could steer it that way. 90620 Moments before the C-119 crashes, we see a towering sandstorm, tens of thousands of feet high. After it crashes, Frank Towns looks out a port and says the wind is blowing 70 mph and would cut you to shreds. But during the crash several exterior shots show clear air and no sign of a storm. 76705 When the Phoenix just starts to take off at the end of the movie, one of the first shots shows the ground covered in large rocks. The very next shot shows the plane moving along a smooth, pristine dirt runway.