The film is a parody of the disaster film genre, particularly the 1957 Paramount film Zero Hour!, from which it borrows the plot and the central characters, as well as many elements from Airport 1975 and other films in the Airport film series.
Filmen er en parodi på katastrofefilmgenren, især Paramount-filmen Zero Hour! fra 1957 som den låner plottet og de centrale figurer fra, tillige med mange elementer fra Airport 1975.