Continuity mistake: A sexy blond woman wearing a short hot-pink top, dark jacket and miniskirt exits the plane with the first 100 hostages. She leaves again later with the rest of the passengers and is seen leaving the plane again at the end when the members of the press surround the plane to question the agent.
Passenger 57 (1992)
Plot summary
Directed by: Kevin Hooks
Starring: Wesley Snipes, Tom Sizemore, Bruce Payne, Alex Datcher
Charles Rane (Bruce Payne), the most deadly hijacker, is being brought to trial on a plane. He escapes and takes over the plane. Luckily, John Cutter (Wesley Snipes) is on-board, and just might be able to stop him...
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More mistakes in Passenger 57
Charles Rane: You wouldn't take advantage of a helpless man.
John Cutter: Never stopped you.
Charles Rane: It's the American way, isn't it, brother?
Trivia: At the fairground, when Rane and the two terrorists walk away as Cutter is arriving, there's a white Honda Civic seen. It's license plate reads "outatime", the same as the plate on the DeLorean in Back to the Future.
Question: How can the plane take off from this country airport when they seem so worried about a short landing?
Answer: The plane would not be able to take off from that small airport.
Answer: Planes can take off from smaller airports by power braking. They can hold in order to get within 50% of necessary take-off power.