Quirky Xbox One-exclusive mystery D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die, while well-received critically, is currently hanging in stasis as something of a failed "pilot" given its lack of commercial success, selling only around 10,000 copies during its first month of release last year.
The world premiere of the adaptation of SE Hinton's cult novel is something of a coup for Pilot Theatre Company.
And, in something of a mystery, the pilot who was actually flying the plane, a veteran captain who was transitioning to the 777 and making his first landing here in that model, reportedly told Korean investigators that he had been blinded by a flash of light at an altitude of about 500 feet.
If you've seen them, then your impression of the film is probably something along the lines of: A pilot saves an airliner from a seemingly certain crash, then must fight for his reputation against dark forces that want to scapegoat him for a mechanical failure.
Cristiano Ronaldo, 28, may be one of the best players in world football but it seems the Real Madrid forward still dreams of being something else - a pilot.
As with the opening of any good ghost story, the pilot is something of a feint.
But he added that in an era of remote-controlled drones, human pilots were something of a liability.
Among fellow aviators, Mr Zaharie was renowned for his professionalism and bonhomie, and was regarded by younger pilots as something of a mentor.
American officials have portrayed the Chinese pilot, Wang Wei, as something of a showoff who repeatedly flew dangerously close to American reconnaissance planes.
Leading Great Britain Bobsleigh pilot John Jackson is something of a technological miracle himself having come through pioneering surgery on a ruptured Achilles tendon in July.
