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
SS Oceanic (1965) service. Home Lines (incorrectly) marketed her as "the largest ship ever designed for year-round cruises". In their marketing material, Home Lines also used British tonnage measurement for the ship (giving her tonnage as ), even though she was registered in Panama, and by Panamanian measurements she was only . "Oceanic" was delivered to Home Lines in March 1965. On 31 March, she left on a transatlantic crossing with fare-paying passengers (only 200 of them) from Genoa to New York City. She made a short series of transatlantic crossings, following which she entered cruise service from New York to the Bahamas