On a Wing and a Prayer is a 2023 American biographical survival film directed by Sean McNamara and starring Dennis Quaid, Heather Graham, and Jesse Metcalfe.
Less than 10 minutes after their King Air 200 private plane (registered N559DW but mainly using the abbreviated callsign "niner delta whisky") takes off from Marco Island, Florida, the pilot dies of a heart attack.
Fort Myers air traffic controllers and a flight instructor from Danbury, Connecticut manage to teach Doug how to fly the plane and land it while the family, who attend a Church of Christ, pray for a miracle.
On January 27, 2021, it was reported that Dennis Quaid would star in the faith-based family drama, his third time working with director Sean McNamara, with the screenplay written by Brian Egeston.
[7] The film is based on the 2009 true story of Doug White, a passenger who was forced to land the King Air 200 plane on which he was traveling with his wife and daughters, after the pilot unexpectedly died mid-flight with no co-pilot on board.