Hawk and Dom overfly the plane and never see the armed vessel even when it is dropping depth charges.
The Coast Guard advises they'll have a ship to lift the plane (a 4 engine jetliner) within the hour. Such a ship does not exist, and even if one did, it would not be able to arrive in an hour.
A large jetliner such as the 747 was designed for intercontinental flight; it would be expensive to use such an aircraft for a flight of a mere 1,451 miles.
When Dom and Hawke find the aircraft they report its co-ordinates to the search HQ; however they give the co-ordinates as degrees only - no minutes and/or seconds. At the latitude given this would be an area of around 3000 to 3500 square miles which would take a very long time to search!!
This is why during a search co-ordinates a given in degrees, minutes and seconds. 1 second of arc is around 100 feet, much less than the length of a 747.
This is why during a search co-ordinates a given in degrees, minutes and seconds. 1 second of arc is around 100 feet, much less than the length of a 747.
The shoulder-fired rockets are single-use only and incapable of repetitive fire as shown. It is possible that the hijackers had more than one launcher.
When the hijackers smashed the plane's radio, what actually was seen broken was the glass CRT face of an oscilloscope. Oscilloscopes are used for TV and electronic servicing and would not be part of avionics in the cockpit.
The coordinates reported by Dom are 114 West and 27 North. 114 West and 27 North would return a location over land in Baja California, not over water as was shown.
Caitlin is on a flight that is going from LAX to Dallas. The plane crashes into the ocean after being hijacked. And yet, there is no ocean between Los Angeles and Dallas. Even if the hijackers altered the course, nobody is surprised at being over the ocean once they realize that they're over it.
The exterior shots of the airport in Los Angeles are actually Dulles International Airport in Northern Virginia.
An announcer states that the president of the company which owns the jetliner is aboard; the man himself states that he is the vice president.