Is Lifetime’s ‘Pushed Off A Plane And Survived’ Movie Based On A True Story?
Model and actress Eva Marcille is starring in a new Lifetime movie that is so unimaginable, it’s difficult to parse whether the events of the romantic thriller Pushed Off A Plane And Survived actually happened.
Pushed Off A Plane And Survived follows the premise of many Lifetime dramas. Jaynie (Marcille) falls in love with a seemingly perfect man, Cole (Tyler Lepley), who says all the right things.
“I like who I am when I’m with you,” he tells her in the trailer. “I see the man I’ve always wanted to be.” When he proposes they get married, Jaynie agrees. But then, the red flags start flying when he proposes they go into business together.
As his behavior becomes increasingly concerning, Jaynie’s sister voices her concern. But Jaynie trusts Cole no matter what.
But Lifetime’s official synopsis for the movie doesn’t shy away from the movie’s shocking twist: “Jaynie miraculously cheats death after her husband Cole’s betrayal. A skydiving trip turns into a nightmare when she plummets 4,000 feet from the sky… only to survive against all odds.”
The trailer claims the story is “ripped from the headlines” and “inspired by real stories.” But is Pushed Off A Plane And Survived based on a real story? Here is everything we know about the movie.
Is Pushed Off A Plane And Survived based on a real story?
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Pushed Off A Plane And Survived seems to be loosely based on the story of Victoria Cilliers, though there is no confirmation of what directly inspired the Lifetime movie.
Cilliers’ husband, Emile, attempted to murder her in 2018 by sabotaging her parachute before a skydiving trip. Cilliers, who was a captain in the army, was an experienced skydiver by the time Emile arranged for them to go skydiving in Wiltshire, England. But that day, her first parachute and her reserve parachute failed her, meaning she had to try her best to survive the 4,000 foot fall from the airplane. Reports say she was going 60 miles per hour when she hit the ground, leaving her with a broken pelvis, back and ribs, in addition to a “few minor internal injuries,” per The Independent.
Emile quickly became a suspect after police became involved. It was found that he had likely tried to kill her before. He received a minimum 18-year prison sentence for attempted murder. Cilliers’ survival story was also captured in the Channel 4 documentary, The Fall: Skydive Murder Plot.
Marcille praised Lifetime’s knack for adapting unbelievable true stories like this for the screen.
“Lifetime does a beautiful job at finding stories that are ripped from the headlines,” Marcille recently told Us. “And as an actor, art depicts life and so what yummier story to tell than a real life story. To be pushed from a plane, I mean, who could imagine? But there’s one thing that is a theme in all of this, is, what do you do for love?”
How to watch Pushed Off A Plane And Survived:
Pushed Off A Plane And Survived is streaming now on the Lifetime app.
The Lifetime app is free to download and use for subscribers.
Lifetime content is only available to stream in the United States at the moment.
