On a Wing and a Prayer

On a Wing and a Prayer (2023) is an American drama you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Sean McNamara and starring Dennis Quaid. The story comes from something that actually happened: a private plane passenger with no pilot's licence had to take control of a Cessna after the pilot suffered a fatal cardiac event mid-flight, his entire family on board.

Quaid plays Doug White, an ordinary man talking to an air traffic controller through headphones and doing the math on how not to die. Heather Graham and Jesse Metcalfe are his family behind him — frightened, trusting him, with nowhere to go. The film is made squarely within the Christian drama genre, which means faith is woven into the structure of the story rather than mentioned in passing. That's worth knowing going in. What works is the fundamental tension of the situation — the runway is out there somewhere, and someone who's never landed a plane has to find it. Watch On a Wing and a Prayer (2023) in full online on iFILM.