Strong winds began picking up on Friday afternoon, with the storm expected to come the closest to the city and to China’s southern Guangdong province at night and into Saturday morning. Residents in Hong Kong began preparing for the typhoon on Thursday as it approached, with many flocking to supermarkets and stores to stock up on food and essential goods. Meanwhile, eight cities in southern mainland China, including its tech hub Shenzhen, lifted suspensions imposed a day ago on work, classes, markets and transport, according to state-affliated outlet The Paper. The industry accounts for 80 per cent of the former Portuguese colony’s income. Casinos in the gambling hub reopened on Saturday morning following mandatory closures over Friday night. The neighboring city of Macao canceled 264 flights. There were 18 cases of flooding and one report of a landslide.įour hundred and eight flights are expected to take off from Hong Kong International Airport on Saturday after 366 were canceled on Friday. The Home Affairs Department opened dozens of temporary shelters. Some images showed scaffolding detached from building sites.Īt least three people were injured and taken to hospital in Hong Kong, according to the city’s Information Services Department. The storm previously impacted parts of northeastern Philippines.īy Saturday afternoon, Hong Kong authorities had received more than 1,200 reports of fallen trees, many of which were captured in dramatic images and videos shared by residents on social media. However, it remains the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane, with winds reaching 220 kilometers per hour (140 miles per hour). Saola had been a super typhoon on Thursday, but was downgraded to typhoon status Friday.
#FALL FLIGHT 174 RATING MOVIE#
What this all boils down to is that "Freefall: Flight 174" ends up an under whelming plane disaster movie which not only lacks the tension this sort of movie demands but also often feels quite cheesy do to the general lack of panic.The strongest typhoon Hong Kong has seen in five years ripped through the city and other parts of southern China, knocking down trees and scaffolding and causing hundreds of flights to be canceled. It means that whilst "Freefall: Flight 174" stars William Devane, one of my favourite actors, his character and various others just never really convince of being in difficulty. But the worst thing is that everyone seems so calm, Captain Bob calmly handles the plane, smiling most of the time, Rick the engineer has a calm smile on his face and basically none of it rings true especially when most plane disaster movies tend to have a real sense of panic about them. Unfortunately this is where the movie is a let down because not only do we get far too much cheesy dialogue but there are no real effects, a few flashing buttons but that for the most is it. Now there is nothing really wrong with doing that as I am sure most of the drama of the true story unfolded in the cockpit and the control tower but it does make it cliche and weak cliche because these characters are not fleshed out enough.īut as I said the real focus of the drama is in the cockpit and the endeavours of the pilots to deal with a plane which they discover has no fuel. Actually I can guess how true it is as "Freefall: Flight 174" is made very much in the style of a typical disaster movie where we have various passengers aboard the plane, from a loved up couple, a fearful wife, the obligatory engineer as well as a nasty businessman.
So not only is it nearly 20 years since "Freefall: Flight 174" was made but it is also nearly 30 years since the true story unfolded and as such I have no idea of how true to what really happened this movie is. With the flight diverted to Winnipeg they soon realise they have no fuel and no electrics as well leaving Bob to try and glide the plane in and land it dead stick. Bob Pearson ( William Devane - Yanks) and co-pilot Maurice Quintal (Scott Hylands) along with an engineer travelling with his wife to work out what is going on. It turns out that there calculations were wrong as during the flight the fuel warning lights start flashing leaving Capt.
#FALL FLIGHT 174 RATING MANUAL#
Turns out my expectations were right as whilst an interesting movie which sees a pilot forced to land a commercial plane dead stick it is not the most convincing as there is no major drama or panic and left me feeling under whelmed.Īs the engineers prep a brand new plane they struggle with the fuel conversion as the system operates in kilograms rather than pounds and with a fuel gauge inoperable they have to rely on manual calculations. So when I came across "Freefall: Flight 174" a movie from the 90s about a real event which happened during the 80s my expectations were as you expect low even though it stars William Devane.
#FALL FLIGHT 174 RATING TV#
When ever I discover another made for TV flight movie the only thing I expect is that it will be average at best, I never have high expectations even when it features one of my favourite actors.
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