While researching catastrophes , he finds several pictures of the man from the power plant , who appears to turn up in different disasters ( sinking of '' Titanic '' , Hindenburg disaster and Hurricane Hugo ) , but who still looks the same in all the pictures . Merrick 's boss Eleanor books him a flight to Washington , D.C. to get the original photographs . On the plane , he spots the man from the power plant and photos and checks his luggage . He finds a flyer and discovers a future enterprise – Thrill Seekers – will make time travel possible in the year 2070 and will sell trips to the past to allow travelers to visit a catastrophe before it occurs , but are able to travel back in time again before they get killed . Merrick finds out that the flight he is on will be involved in a mid-air collision , killing everyone on board
Hindenburg disaster
Hindenburg disaster
Thrill Seekers (film)