In real life, an FAA air traffic controller was in the flight deck jumpseat. This was not depicted in the movie. The aircraft used for the movie (bearing the colors of fictitious Paradise Airlines) is a Boeing 737-297 Advanced, registered as N70723. At the time, it was owned by Aloha Airlines (which is the airline involved in the incident of flight 243). That aircraft has been re-registered C-GCWJ and is flying currently (2005) for WestJet Airlines in Canada. The gentleman with a piece of ...[Read Story ]