According to an interview with William Wellman, Jr. in the special features for the DVD of "The High and the Mighty," his father used John Wayne as a stuntman in this film.
American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films 1931-1940 erroneously identifies Glenda Farrell (uncredited) as "Woman in Wreck". Glenda Farrell does not appear in this film.
This film has been preserved by the Library of Congress.
According to the American Film Institute Catalog entry for this film, a plane crash scene was deleted from this picture after the aviation board of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce objected that it would harm the air travel industry.