
Die Hard 2 movie poster.
Movie (1990)
French title: 58 minutes pour vivre
Starring:
Bruce Willis (Lt. John McClane)
Bonnie Bedelia (Holly McClane)
William Atherton (Richard Thornburg)
Reginald VelJohnson (Sgt. Al Powell)
Franco Nero (Gen. Ramon Esperanza)
William Sadler (Col. Stuart)
It's another Christmas and Lt. McClane is off to meet his wife but yet again more terrorists plan to disrupt his life. When the authorities lose control of the airport systems and with it any ability to land the aircraft, it's up to McClane to stop the terrorists and bring the planes down safely, including the one carrying his wife.
Other works in this series:
Die Hard
Die Hard with a Vengeance
Live Free or Die Hard
A Good Day to Die Hard
Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar 50[]
This plane called Northeast Airlines Flight 140. Seen throughout the film as Holly McClane's plane. Registration N765BE, c/n 193P-1105 built in 1975. Northeast Airlines (NEA) is a fake airline created for the movie; the aircraft was actually operated by Hawaiian Airlines at the time of filming. Scrapped in 2004.

Reg. N765BE Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar 50 of Hawaiian Airlines.

Reg. N765BE Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar 50 of Hawaiian Airlines.

Reg. N765BE Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar 50 of Hawaiian Airlines.

Reg. N765BE Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar 50 of Hawaiian Airlines.

Reg. N765BE Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar 50 of Hawaiian Airlines.
Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar 1[]
A 'Fuji Air' Tristar is seen whilst Dulles transmits its final message to approaching aircraft. This is actually N303EA, c/n 193A-1004.

During final transmission from Dulles Tower.
Boeing 727-22[]
Seen taking off from Washington D.C. International Airport and at various points throughout the film.

Boeing 727-22 of ATA-American Trans Air.

Boeing 727-22 of ATA-American Trans Air.

Boeing 727-22 of ATA-American Trans Air.
Boeing 727[]
Another 727 is seen whilst Dulles transmits its final message to approaching aircraft. Hard to make out, but the livery belongs to fake airline "Essex".

Boeing 727 of 'Essex Airways'.
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II[]
These F-4s are used to escort General Esperanza's plane. A loosely mock of the real plane (surprising for an american movie with all these F-4 stocked in Mojave or elsewhere).

Close up of the Phantom's mock.

Douglas DC-8-72[]
This plane called Windsor Airlines Flight 114. Also seen during Dulles final transmission.



'Windsor 114' hits the runway after the terrorists set ILS to -200ft.

Bell UH-1 Iroquois[]
These choppers deliver Major Grant's anti-terrorist team.



North American P-51 Mustang[]
Seen on a postcard.

Fairchild C-123 Provider (heavily modified)[]
Esperanza's Plane: this aircraft is not actually a production aircraft but a CGI/add-on composition or heavily modified airframe. The body is from a C-123 Provider, wings having four jet engines instead the usual two radial engines. The real C-123 has no ejection seat.
It has a code of 709 on the nose.





AƩrospatiale AS350B Ecureuil[]
McClane's ride to the terrorist. Registration N300CE, serial 1227 built in 1980.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Reg. N300CE AƩrospatiale AS350B Ecureuil.

Reg. N300CE AƩrospatiale AS350B Ecureuil.

Reg. N300CE AƩrospatiale AS350B Ecureuil.

Reg. N300CE AƩrospatiale AS350B Ecureuil.

Reg. N300CE AƩrospatiale AS350B Ecureuil.
Boeing 747-121(A/SF)[]
The terrorists try to escape using this plane before McClane puts an end to their plans.
Registration N473EV, c/n 19657/37 built in 1970.
On 31 March 1993, this aircraft called Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 46E and had an incident in Anchorage International Airport, Anchorage, Alaska.

Reg. N473EV Boeing 747-121A/SF of Evergreen International Airlines.

Reg. N473EV Boeing 747-121A/SF of Evergreen International Airlines.

Reg. N473EV Boeing 747-121A/SF of Evergreen International Airlines.

Reg. N473EV Boeing 747-121A/SF of Evergreen International Airlines.

Reg. N473EV Boeing 747-121A/SF of Evergreen International Airlines.
Various Aircraft[]
Shot of the safely landed airliners at the end of the film. On the left, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar of ATA-American Trans Air. In the center, a Boeing 747 of the fictional Fuji Air followed by Holly's Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar 50 N765BE listed above and a McDonnell Douglas DC-10. The nose of another Boeing 747 to the right.

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