Lost Flight trap. When a child is born, the survivors unite to create a new society. Producer Frank Price originally came up with the idea of stranded passengers on a deserted island in 1966, naming his proposed TV series "Stranded". When that project failed to attract much interest, it was put on hold with a new two-hour pilot movie later hatched in 1970 that resulted in "Lost Flight". Although aired in 1969, the pilot did not lead to a series. Capt. J.S. Solomon from Trans World Airlines (TWA) was the technical advisor on the film. A Boeing 707 N790SA on lease from
Alitalia Flight 771 crew. After starting initially with 45 passengers in Sydney and taking on more passengers on the stops to Darwin and Singapore, Flight 771 departed from Bangkok at 15:16 UTC with 94 people aboard as stated by the load sheet, although the official flight plan stated there was to be 98 people aboard. The flight plan was not signed by the pilot-in-command, a violation of the Alitalia Operations Manual. Flight 771 first made communications with Bombay Flight Information Center at 17:20, during which the flight requested a weather forecast for landing, as well as stating their estimated time of arrival to