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
Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 with the control tower. Two minutes later, Flight 815 was spotted still approaching from the east. The plane kept descending until it was 200 feet (60 meters) above the ground. The cockpit voice recorder showed at that time the first officer, Hoang Van Dinh, asked the captain, Pham Van Tieu, to pull up and abort the landing, as they still did not have visual of the runway. The captain said he would wait a little. The plane descended to 100 feet (30 meters), still with no visual of the runway, at which point the first officer and the flight engineer