Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan gagarumar nasarar fim na bala'i da bala'i na 1970 "Filin Jirgin Sama", Universal Studios ya fara aiki tare da babban mai samarwa Jennings Lang don samar da sabon ra'ayi wanda zai yi aiki a cikin nau'in "bala'in bala'i". Inspiration zo a cikin nau'i na San Fernando girgizar kasa
na Fabrairu na shekara ta 1971. Darektan Mark Robson da Lang sun kasance masu sha'awar ra'ayin ƙirƙirar bala'i a fim wanda ba zai iyakance ga jirgin sama ba, amma a maimakon haka ya faru a kan babban yanki. Mai gabatarwa Bernard Donnenfeld ya taimaka wajen samar da fim din, amma ba a ba shi izini ba.