- Writer:
- Arthur Hailey
- Producer:
- Patrick Dromgoole
- Technical adviser:
- John Braybon
- Designer:
- Tim Harvey
- First Traveller:
- Derek Tansley
- Second Traveller:
- Douglas Phair
- Newscaster:
- George Golden
- First Newsman:
- David Calderisi
- Second Newsman:
- Robert O'Neil
- Third Newsman:
- Chuck Julian
- Airport Manager:
- Douglas Stewart
- Luther Ross:
- John Phillips
- President:
- Alexander Knox
- General Henry Stewart:
- David Garth
- Ian Harbron:
- Robert MacLeod
- Darrel Freedman:
- Bill Nagy
- Captain Shaw:
- Anthony Sagar
- Stewardess:
- Constance Wake
- Co-Pilot:
- Don Mason
- Third Pilot:
- Burnell Tucker
- Navigator:
- Gene Sandys
- Flight Engineer:
- Glenn Beck
- Major Hale:
- Lloyd Lamble
- Sergeant Baiden:
- Hal Galili
- Radar Operator:
- Harry Towb
- R/T Operator:
- Terence Fallon
- Brig -General Patrick:
- Alan Gifford
- Major Peter McMahon:
- Graydon Gould
- Orderly:
- Alan Cousineau
