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* CellphonesAreUseless: It's justified that there is no cell reception on the island so contacting help is impossible, but it edges into WhatAnIdiot territory when absolutely ''no one'' thinks of or knows how to get a GPS coordinate reading from their phone to pinpoint their exact location. Unlike voice calls or data, GPS signals exist nearly everywhere on Earth and can be read as long as the sky is reasonably clear, and every modern smartphone has a GPS receiver.
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* CellphonesAreUseless: It's justified that there is no cell reception on the island so contacting help is impossible, but it edges into WhatAnIdiot IdiotBall territory when absolutely ''no one'' thinks of or knows how to get a GPS coordinate reading from their phone to pinpoint their exact location. Unlike voice calls or data, GPS signals exist nearly everywhere on Earth and can be read as long as the sky is reasonably clear, and every modern smartphone has a GPS receiver.
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* CellphonesAreUseless: It's justified that there is no cell reception on the island so contacting help is impossible, but it edges into WhatAnIdiot territory when absolutely ''no one'' thinks of or knows how to get a GPS coordinate reading from their phone to pinpoint their exact location. Unlike voice calls or data, GPS signals exist nearly everywhere on Earth and can be read as long as the sky is reasonably clear, and every modern smartphone has a GPS receiver.
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* JustPlaneWrong:
** The plane's troubles start with a lightning strike killing all avionics on board (exceedingly unlikely but conceivable) and damaging the electrical system such that only battery power remains even though the engines are still running (very unlikely but possible, and in fact this has occurred in RealLife). From this point on, the movie doesn't even try to justify the plane's behavior.
** Captain Torrance says they will lose control of the airplane after the batteries deplete, which will be in 10 minutes. On passenger aircraft where batteries are expected to power vital systems, they must be certified to operate for 30 minutes at minimum.
** On a plane like the one shown (which appears to be a variant of the MD-80 or at least similar design and age) a complete power failure would ''not'' make the plane uncontrollable. The hydraulic assist would fail, but manual linkages to the flight controls exist and both pilots working together would have the strength to fly it manually.
** The plane somehow suffers a failure of even the most basic standby instruments, which can't be explained by any kind of lightning strike or power failure.
** Despite the complete power failure, the pilots hear the Ground Proximity Warning System announcement. This gets a LampshadeHanging from Captain Torrance but makes no sense given the other problems the plane apparently has.
** The plane's troubles start with a lightning strike killing all avionics on board (exceedingly unlikely but conceivable) and damaging the electrical system such that only battery power remains even though the engines are still running (very unlikely but possible, and in fact this has occurred in RealLife). From this point on, the movie doesn't even try to justify the plane's behavior.
** Captain Torrance says they will lose control of the airplane after the batteries deplete, which will be in 10 minutes. On passenger aircraft where batteries are expected to power vital systems, they must be certified to operate for 30 minutes at minimum.
** On a plane like the one shown (which appears to be a variant of the MD-80 or at least similar design and age) a complete power failure would ''not'' make the plane uncontrollable. The hydraulic assist would fail, but manual linkages to the flight controls exist and both pilots working together would have the strength to fly it manually.
** The plane somehow suffers a failure of even the most basic standby instruments, which can't be explained by any kind of lightning strike or power failure.
** Despite the complete power failure, the pilots hear the Ground Proximity Warning System announcement. This gets a LampshadeHanging from Captain Torrance but makes no sense given the other problems the plane apparently has.
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* GreyAndGrayMorality: Scarsdale is helpful to Brodie and wants the passengers and crew saved, but it's implied his primary motive is avoiding negative publicity towards the airline rather than concern about the airplane's occupants.
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* CassandraTruth: When Brodie tries to call his superiors, the lady on the other end tells him that they have been receiving prank calls to that effect and he needs to provide his badge number, which he left behind at the crash site.
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* CassandraTruth: When Brodie tries to call his superiors, the lady on the other end tells him that they have been receiving prank calls to that effect and he needs to provide his badge number, which he left behind at the crash site. However she does forward the recording of the call up the chain of command to said superiors.
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* BlownAcrossTheRoom: Anyone hit by rounds from the Barrett M82 anti-materiel rifle used by the mercenaries gets this treatment, whether they're behind a vehicle or not.
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* ConcealmentEqualsCover: Subverted, the vehicles the rebels hide behind are no protection from the bullets fired by the Barrett M82 AMR one of the mercenaries uses.
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No relation to ''WesternAnimation/Planes''.
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No relation to ''WesternAnimation/Planes''.''WesternAnimation/{{Planes}}''.
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No relation to ''WesternAnimation/Planes''.
