March 5 1970 

Written and directed by George Seaton, from the best selling novel by Arthur Hailey, AIRPORT opens in NY.  Dean Martin, Burt Lancaster and Geoege Kennedy lead a star-studded cast ound mid-west airport, George Seaton's star-studded adaptation of Arthur Hailey's best-seller spawns 4 sequels & ushers in the decade of the disaster movie.

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