Character mistake: When Dean Martin is telling passengers the flight plan, he mentions Toronto, Montreal, Cape Race and Saint John, Newfoundland. However, Saint John is in New Brunswick. St. John's is in Newfoundland. (01:11:15)
Airport (1970)
1 mistake since 4 Jan '25, 05:30
Directed by: Henry Hathaway, George Seaton
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, George Kennedy, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean Seberg
Tanya Livingston: There's bound to be a passenger with a fifty-dollar wrenched back. I'd better get out there with some release forms and plenty of sympathy and understanding.
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Chosen answer: Patroni isn't referring to the cabin pressure, he says to "pressurize the manifold" - part of the engine start procedure of a Boeing 707, which I believe involves a ground crew pumping gas (nitrogen?) from a cart into the intake manifold.
Sierra1 ★
Pressurize - as in the manifold, to turn on bleed air from the APU - on board Auxiliary Power Unit - a small jet engine that provides electrical and pneumatic air to operate aircraft systems including starting engines.