sabotage rather than accident; the aircraft returns without shuttle assistance "ploughing" the way; and the shuttle mission sent to bring the passengers oxygen fails to launch at all. Reception The New York Times said Starflight: The Plane That Couldn’t Land was "... still another reworking of the escapist adventure stuff that proved so popular in the film Airport." A later review by Dave Sindelar noted that the film was a cross between Marooned (1969) and the Airport movies. It also relied heavily on stock NASA footage to its detriment. Also, Starflight: The Plane That Couldn’t Land was "... slow-moving, mired by disaster-movie style cliches, implausible, and has plenty of dead spots." Notes References Further reading Roberts, Jerry. Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 2009. . External links Movie trailer 1983 television films 1983 films 1980s disaster films 1980s science fiction films ABC network original films American aviation films American disaster films American science fiction television films Disaster television films Films scored by Lalo Schifrin Films set on airplanes Films directed by Jerry Jameson 1980s English-language films 1980s American films