After one man gets totally soaked in water, he takes out a dry cigar from his pocket.
When the girl falls off of the dinghy and into the water, she gets completely submerged. But when she gets back onto the dinghy, her hair and clothes are completely dry. These wet/dry discontinuities occur all through the movie.
When one man shoots up out of the water in the jaws of the crocodile, his left arm is dangling by a thread of skin, whilst the other one is waving in the air. But in some of the shots, they flipped the frame, and so in some shots his right arm is dangling by a thread of skin and his left arm is perfectly normal.
The camouflage colors/design on the helicopter changes.
After the two men get out of their helicopter they push a dinghy out into the water. By doing this they get themselves up to their thighs in water, making their trousers wet. But in the next shot of them turning the engine on their trousers are dry.
Well into the flight, the captain is speaking on the radio to "Ground Control". Actually, a pilot ceases talking to ground control even before moving onto the runway for takeoff.
It is shown only having two flight attendants on the flight while most flights usually have 3 or 4 depending on the duration of the flight from the U.S.A. to Mexico , Canada or the Caribbean or could have 9 - 16 on the longer flights from the U.S.A. to Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand or Europe.
Mia has previously been given the planes 'black box' flight recorder by the pilot, and told that it would help the rescue team to find and track the survivors, who are being forced to trek through the swamp. Later on, she reveals to other survivors that she has the black box, and one of them asks her if this means the rescue team can use it's locator beacon to find them quickly. She replies "no", and says that the rescue team will spend time at the crash site before branching out to find survivors.
This is false. The locator beacon has one purpose, and that is to lead any rescue efforts toward itself. This means any rescue team will be guided to the black box first, which is in the possession of the survivors, and not even get to the crashed plane until later. The pilot even specifically told her this.
This is false. The locator beacon has one purpose, and that is to lead any rescue efforts toward itself. This means any rescue team will be guided to the black box first, which is in the possession of the survivors, and not even get to the crashed plane until later. The pilot even specifically told her this.
When the flight takes off it is shown as a DC-9 aircraft as well as some of the outdoor airborne shots but when the flight attendants are serving the first few rows of passengers the aircraft changes to a Airbus A319, Airbus A320 or Airbus A321.
While Max and Roland are flying in the helicopter, Roland tells Max that guns "don't make it in planes and helicopters". Max tells him to shut up and fly the 'plane'.
This may be a deliberate error based on Max being nervous about the perilous situation he is in.
This may be a deliberate error based on Max being nervous about the perilous situation he is in.