 This film was aired in two parts on the CBS network in the late  autumn of 2004, the first part being broadcast on Sunday, 14  November 2004, followed by the second part on Wednesday, 17 November  2004. One subplot in the first part involving a stricken airliner  was created by using footage from an earlier disaster television  film, _Nowhere to Land (2000) (TV)_ (qv), and its 747 airliner  flying for the fictitious Oceanic Airlines. The airliner exterior  footage is taken from the film, with lightning added, as well as  scenes inside the passenger cabins with the flight attendants  telling the passengers to prepare for an emergency landing. Those  having seen the latter film may notice familiar faces as the camera  cuts to reaction shots of passengers in the cabin. Another aspect  borrowed is the call sign of the airliner, Oceanic 7