Diverted
First aired 8 March 2009 on CBC Television, Canada
TV drama based on a true story, runtime 90 min
Directed by Alex Chapple, written by Tony Marchant, produced by Shaftesbury Films and Pope Productions for CBC and BBC
"DIVERTED... is a fictional story inspired by what happened to the people of Gander, Newfoundland, and the passengers on the planes on September 11, 2001, when the Federal Aviation Authority shut down the skies over the United States.
Suddenly, more than 200 aircraft flying over the Atlantic at the time had to find a new place to land. Thirty-nine of those flights made their way to Gander, Newfoundland, and on that day 6,500 people descended on a town of 9,000.
Staring: Shawn Ashmore (X-Men, Terry) as a young air traffic controller who falls in love with a woman he never should have met; David Suchet (Agatha Christie: Poirot, The Bank Job) as a New Yorker desperate to contact his missing son; and Joanne Whalley (Willow, The Virgin Queen) and Colin Buchanan (Dalziel and Pascoe, The Secret) as passengers who find solace in each other." - Shaftesbury.org
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Samuel Stearn (David Suchet) in discussion with Jamal Hassani (Anousha Alamain)
Passengers leaving the plane...
Marion Price (Joann Whalley) and Andrew Tyler (Colin Buchanan)
- a farewell moment... Mike Stiven (Shawn Ashmore) and Alia Ramaswami (Anita Majumdar)
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