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Pilot in command Zoya Agarwal rates eight pilot emergencies in movies and TV for realism.

Agarwal breaks down the accuracy of dealing with emergencies due to technical malfunctions in movies such as "2012" (2009) and "Flight," (2012), starring Denzel Washington. She looks at dealing with the threats on board the airplanes in "Snakes on a Plane" (2006), with Samuel L. Jackson; "Fast & Furious 6" (2013); and "Non-Stop" (2014), starring Liam Neeson. She also breaks down weather-related emergencies and emergency landings in "Airline Disaster" (2010), "The Captain" (2019), and "Runway 34" (2022), starring Ajay Devgn.

Agarwal is a pilot in command for Air India, flying the Boeing 777 aircraft. She is the first woman commander to fly over the North Pole, together with an all-female crew, on one of the longest air routes in the world. She is currently pursuing her master's at Columbia Business School.

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