Whakaotihia te rerenga kōrero e whai ake nei: I muri i te angitu nui o te kiriata "Airport" i te tau 1970, ka tīmata a Universal Studios ki te mahi tahi me te kaiwhakanao whakahaere a Jennings Lang ki te whakaputa i tētahi whakaaro hou e mahi ana i roto i te momo "whakamataku-whakamataku". I puta mai te whakaaweawe i roto i te ahua o te
Te ruu o San Fernando o Hui-tanguru 1971. Ko te Kaiwhakahaere Mark Robson me Lang i miharo ki te whakaaro ki te hanga i tetahi aitua i runga i te kiriata kaore e herea ki tetahi rererangi rererangi, engari ka puta i runga i te rohe nui. I awhina te kaiwhakanao a Bernard Donnenfeld ki te whakaputa i te kiriata, engari kaore i whakawhiwhia.