The Chinese Pilot (中国机长, Zhongguo jizhang, litt. « Le Pilote chinois ») est un film catastrophe chinois réalisé par Andrew Lau et sorti en 2019 en Chine. L'histoire est basée sur l'incident du vol 3U8633 du 14 mai 2018 lors duquel un avion de ligne est forcé d'atterrir d'urgence après la rupture du pare-brise du cockpit.
Il est premier du box-office chinois de 2019 lors de sa première semaine d'exploitation.
Synopsis
Le capitaine Liu Chuanjian (Zhang Hanyu) se prépare pour un vol de routine de Chongqing à Lhassa avec ses deux co-pilotes, Xu Ruichen (Oho Ou ) et Liang Peng (Du Jiang) ainsi que les hôtesses de l'air supervisées par Bi Nan (Yuan Quan ). L'appareil, un Airbus A319, semble n'avoir aucune irrégularité. Quarante minutes après le décollage, à 32 000 pieds d'altitude, le pare-brise éclate, aspirant l'un des copilotes dehors. L'avion se dépressurise et sa communication radio devient inopérante. Pour aggraver les choses, l'avion est coupé du site d'atterrissage d'urgence le plus proche situé sur le plateau tibétain par une tempête. Le capitaine Liu Chuanjian et son équipage sont les seuls espoirs de survie des 119 passagers.
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