Plot hole: Near the end of the film, the crippled Thunderbird 5 is about to catastrophically re-enter the Earth's atmosphere and burn up. Predictably, the younger Tracy brother restores control, saves Thunderbird 5 and all on board. A few seconds later, a computer announces that Thunderbird 5 has resumed a geostationary orbit (such orbits are only possible at an altitude of 400km) My point? Pulling out of a fall, climbing 370km in a few seconds, and then stopping dead 400km up would have required such a massive acceleration/deceleration that everyone on board would probably have been pulverized, even if it were possible for a badly-damaged space station to move that fast.
Thunderbirds (2004)
1 plot hole
Directed by: Jonathan Frakes
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Bill Paxton, Anthony Edwards, Brady Corbet, Lou Hirsch, Debora Weston, Soren Fulton
Revealing mistake: When Thunderbird 3 lands in London, the jets do not burn the grass they land on.
Lady Penelope: Oh, and England won the footbal last night.
Parker: YES! EN-GER-LAND.
Trivia: Director Jonathan Frakes has a cameo role as a policeman at the end of the movie.
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