The story is based on a real incident told to Tickell after the war by an army officer who was involved in a similar event.

According to the authors, most of these elements were based on real incidents.

If there is a real terrorist incident, we'll have to do that.

The crew and aircraft are detained as in the real incident.

Confronted with a real incident in their own lives, they couldn't even discuss it.

The communications room was based on a real incident in Pakistan.

Set in 1960s Taipei, the film is based on a real incident that the director remembers from his school days when he was 13.

Of course, there's nothing new about film makers using real incidents as the basis for their art.

Both the film and this book are based on the real incidents that happened during the summer of 1942 in Raucher's life.

Many of the songs are based on or inspired by real incidents.