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==Production== Most of the filming was at [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport]]. A display in the terminal, with stills from the field and the film, says: "Minnesota's legendary winters attracted Hollywood here in 1969, when portions of the film ''Airport'' were shot in the terminal and on the field. The weather remained stubbornly clear, however, forcing the director to use plastic 'snow' to create the appropriate effect." Seaton caught pneumonia Christmas Day in 1968 and [[Henry Hathaway]] took over directing while Seaton recovered, directing all of the exteriors; despite shooting for five weeks, Hathaway elected for no payment.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=February 12, 1969|page=4|title=Seaton Partly Active|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1969-02-12_253_13/page/n3/mode/1up?view=theater|access-date=May 6, 2024|via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/sim_take-one_september-october-1974_5_1/page/n11/mode/1up | title=Take One September–October 1974: Vol 5 Iss 1 | date=1974 | publisher=Take One, Incorporated }}</ref> The expensive set built representing the full interior of the 707 was left standing at [[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]], and was eventually joined with a more expensive airliner set, the front half of a 747-interior constructed in 1974 for ''[[Airport 1975]]''. These two sets became known as "Stage 747" on the lot, and both sets were used extensively in other Universal films and television series. The 707 set was used, for instance, in [[The Andromeda Strain (film)|''The Andromeda Strain'']] and on series like [[Ironside (1967 TV series)|''Ironside'']]. The sets were amortized over these many productions, and later removed around 2002 and the space converted into a workshop. Only one [[Boeing 707]] was used: a model 707-349C ([[Aircraft registration|registration]] {{Airreg|N|324F}}) leased from [[Flying Tiger Line]]. It sported an [[El Al]] [[cheatline]] over its bare metal finish, with the fictional Trans Global Airlines (TGA) titles and tail. This aircraft later crashed on March 21, 1989 during approach into [[São Paulo]] while in service as cargo flight [[Transbrasil Flight 801]], killing all three crew members and 22 people on the ground.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19890321-0 | title=Accident description PT-TCS | publisher=Aviation Safety Network | access-date=14 July 2011 | archive-date=12 October 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012150856/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19890321-0 | url-status=live }}</ref>
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