Diverted (2009)
On September 11th, 2001, 38 planes headed to New York City were diverted to Gander, Newfoundland, Canada. A town of 9,000 took in 7,000 passengers for 4 days until American airspace reopened.
- Date of release
- 2009-03-08
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Alex Chapple
Casting
- Shawn Ashmore — Mike Stiven
- Joanne Whalley — Marion Price
- David Suchet — Samuel Stearn
- Liisa Repo-Martell — Eileen Northbrook
- Anousha Alamian — Jamal Hassani
- Mark Caven — Captain Montgomery Crawford
- Rick Boland — Major Reg Bowers
- David Christo — First Officer Paul Denman
- Anita Majumdar — Alia Ramaswami
- Karen LeBlanc — Nadine
- Amy Rutherford — Stewardess
- Phil Churchill — Nick
Interesting facts
Diverted is a 2009 CBC made-for-TV drama film. The film was directed by Alex Chapple and written by Tony Marchant. Diverted is a fictionalized account inspired by what actually happened to the people of Gander, Newfoundland, and the passengers and crews on the airliners diverted by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) during the 9/11 attacks in Operation Yellow Ribbon.
Production
Of the total of 200 aircraft flying over the Atlantic at the time of the 9/11 attacks, 38 flights were diverted to Gander, bringing 6,600 passengers and crew to a town of 9,000. Diverted was filmed during 2008 in the locations where the events occurred, including Gander, as well as St. John's, Newfoundland, Hamilton, Ontario, and London where many of the flights originated.
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