is killed, the cabin catches on fire, and Myerson is badly burned. The passengers extinguish the fire just as the crisis ends. On the ground, flight attendant White expresses her gratitude for Larkin saving the passengers, but Larkin reveals White as the smuggler of the stolen money. He explains how before the aircraft took off, Franklin had dropped her bag, which had no money inside. Therefore, the money was put in the bag by the real guilty smuggler, Karen White. Larkin accompanies Myerson down an escalator to hand him off to the waiting British police. Myerson attempts to justify his actions, claiming he will be commended for protecting the people from criminals because he brought a thief to justice when the law would not. Captain Larkin looks on as Myerson is led off by officers. Cast Principal cast listed alphabetically: Ralph Bellamy as Dr. Kenyon Walker Polly Bergen as Mona Briarly Theodore Bikel as Otto Gruenwaldt Sonny Bono as Jack Marshall Dane Clark as Ray Garwood Laraine Day as Claire Garwood Fernando Lamas as Paul Barons George Maharis as Robert Davenport Farrah Fawcett-Majors as Karen White Hugh O'Brian as Detective Daniel Myerson Molly Picon as Ida Goldman Walter Pidgeon as Charlie Parkins Robert Stack as Captain Larkin Brooke Adams as Vera Franklin Danny Bonaduce as Millard Kensington Vincent Baggetta as Fred Connors Rosemarie Stack as Dorothy Saunders Elizabeth Stack as Marilyn Stonehurst Steve Franken as Donald Goldman Philip Sterling as Benny Cummings Pepper Martin as Bomb Man Yolanda Galardo as Alice Quincy Bob Hachman as Operations Man Don Hanmer as Priest Glorie Haufman as Ticket Taker Byron Morrow as Diplomat George O. Petrie as Ferguson Dave Shelley as Harold Production Robert Stack, then mainly shooting in Europe, was still a television icon and was in demand for the movie-of-the-week features that were common in the 1970s. In later interviews, Stack revealed that one of the prime incentives to sign on for Murder on Flight 502 was the opportunity to work with his wife Rosemarie and daughter Elizabeth. Reception The Los Angeles Times called it "an ill-begotten 'Son of Airport''' that never gets off the ground having been fogged in by trite dialogue and cliche characterisations." Reviewer Keith Bailey considered Murder on Flight 502 as typical of the 1970s disaster film. "The '70s was the era of the 90-minute (including commercials) TV movie, unlike this one; had this movie been cut