Remake of first Soviet disaster film of the same name.
Second Russian movie released in IMAX (after Stalingrad, 2013)
Aleksandra Yakovleva, the performer of one of the main roles in the 1979 film, the flight attendant Tamara, played a cameo role in the film of 2016. Her character, an aviation official, is also called Tamara.
First movie in Russian history partly shot on new IMAX camera.
The director started work with the support of Alexander Mitta, who directed the soviet film of the same name in 1979.