Ka cika wannan jumla: Bayan gagarumar nasarar fim ɗin bala'i mai ban tsoro na 1970 "Filin Jirgin Sama", Universal Studios ta fara aiki tare da mai shirya fim ɗin Jennings Lang don su fito da sabon ra'ayi da zai yi aiki a cikin irin wannan fim ɗin "bala'i mai ban tsoro". Inspiration zo a cikin nau'i na
San Fernando girgizar kasa na Fabrairu 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.