Question: Before I claim this as a continuity or factual mistake - a question: When the Arab raiding party shows up over the dune, they camp by a collection of scrub that was not all dead, some was green. There were also a number of plants in that low-lying area around the camp. Wouldn't the survivors had a better chance of surviving more days by digging for underground water in that area? Perhaps deep, but there. If they took 12 days to build the plane, it seems 2 days digging for water would have given them more time.
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
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Directed by: Robert Aldrich
Starring: James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Ernest Borgnine, Peter Finch, Hardy Krüger
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).
'Ratbags' Crow: Don't forget to put it down in your diary, how very, very nice it was at the party here until the booze ran out.
Trivia: The cast includes five Oscar winners: James Stewart, Ernest Borgnine, Peter Finch, George Kennedy, and Sir Richard Attenborough.
Answer: In the desert, the only place you can find water as at an oasis or maybe digging in a dry river bed. Those bushes would be extremely salty, and any meaningful water would be far too deep under the sand.
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