Airport '77 (1977) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. William Whitaker. Sadly, the heroic efforts of Thompson and co-pilot First Officer Bill Tansky weren’t enough to stop the plane crashing into the Pacific and killing all 88 people aboard. Denzel Washington played alcoholic pilot William "Whip" Whitaker Sr in the 2012 film, Flight Credit: Getty I n rare instances, inebriated pilots have caused crashes. As in the film, the cause of the crash was fatigue of a jackscrew due to overuse and poor maintenance. They proved that the plane was defective and that he saved the plane, so manslaughter is out of the question. William Whitaker Sr. in Flight [Credit: Paramount Pictures] In Flight, Washington plays Whip Whitaker, an airline pilot with a substance abuse problem. Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 398th Bomb Group Assigned to 603BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. William J. Whitaker (Schoolboy)Virginia Beach - 88, A funeral service will be held, 11am, Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at Metropolitan Funeral Service, Berkley Chapel. If anything, the airline should have been held accountable for not switching the parts out after it being suggested that they do … William Whitaker (theologian) (1548–1595), English theologian William Whitaker (1629–1672), English ejected minister William Whitaker (geologist) (1836–1925), British geologist William Whitaker (pioneer) (1821–1888), American pioneer William Whitaker (MP) (1580–1646), English … Simon Whitaker according to his grandchildren and Miss Ida May Whitaker, family historian. Whether or not he had alcohol in his system, he still didn't kill those people. Whip is initially branded a hero, … Story continues. One of his most recent films, ‘Flight’ (2012), revolves around the story of a complicated character, William Whitaker, who is an airline pilot struggling with alcoholism. Several descendants in D.A.R. Denzel Washington's Whip Whitaker is a commercial airline pilot who confidently flies his plane through a horrendous storm, instinctively flips it over to stabilize its frightening nosedive, saving almost everyone on board when the plane crashes.In any other case, he would be a hero. He was called Capt. Civil War soldier, farmer, and riverboat pilot on the Tennessee River. Denzel was nominated for an Academy award for this role. Genealogy profile for William Sr. Whitaker William Sr. Whitaker (1750 - 1825) - Genealogy Genealogy for William Sr. Whitaker (1750 - 1825) family tree on Geni, with over 200 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. William Whitaker may refer to: . The family will be receiving friends, His name is sometimes written Simion and Simeon. applications list his name as Simon C. Whitaker. Failed to Return (FTR) Merseburg 2-Nov-44; Shot down in B-17 42-102562 'Knockout', Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 10157 Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME. The problem here is that he entered his cockpit … One day, Whitaker performs a daring emergency landing during a routine commercial flight after the aircraft malfunctions.