‘Airport’ opens in New York City 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 5 1970)


Video: 'Airport' trailer

(Thursday, March 5, 1970, 9:30 a.m. EST)Airport, an American air disaster-drama film about an airport manager trying to keep his airport open during a snowstorm, while a suicide bomber plots to blow up a Boeing 707 airliner in flight, opened this morning at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

Directed by George Seaton, the film starred Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jean Seberg, Jacqueline Bisset, George Kennedy Helen Hayes, Maureen Stapleton and Van Heflin.