Factual error: Before the damaged plane is dismantled, in some shots the three propeller blades of the port side engine are a mixture of clockwise and anticlockwise type. (The twist along the length of the blade goes the opposite direction depending on the type).
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
1 factual error
Directed by: Robert Aldrich
Starring: Ernest Borgnine, Hardy Krüger, James Stewart, Peter Finch, Richard Attenborough
Factual error: Before the damaged plane is dismantled, in some shots the three propeller blades of the port side engine are a mixture of clockwise and anticlockwise type. (The twist along the length of the blade goes the opposite direction depending on the type).
Standish: Insurance companies move in mysterious ways. Much like God... only far less generous.
Trivia: The plane which is shown flying at the end of the movie was actually built and flown for the movie. The stunt pilot Paul Mantz was killed while flying it for the movie, which is why the plane is not shown landing in the movie's final scene.
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