Tom Hanks never seems to have any luck with airplanes.
Whether in Cast Away, Cloud Atlas, or -- heck -- even Apollo 13, the most common antagonist to a Hanks character is some sort of flying apparatus. He reprises that same relationship this year in his Hollywood blockbuster Sully, about the Hudson River hero, Captain Chesley Sullenberger, who crash-landed a plane outside of New York and saved all 155 lives of crew and passengers.
I would fly with Captain Sully any day -- he’s cool under pressure and great in emergencies -- but I will never travel with Tom Hanks, based on his track record.
