盖布丽（安琪拉·琼斯 Angela Jones 饰）的童年里有一段非常可怕的经历，年幼的她曾经在凶杀现场亲眼目睹死尸。这一段奇异的人生经历让盖布丽开始对尸体和死亡产生了好奇之心，这股子好奇随着她年龄的增大越发强烈起来，盖布丽甚至会特意的收藏报纸上的谋杀新闻做成剪报册，时时翻阅温习。 迈阿密接连发生凶杀案，被害者均是养尊处优的阔太太，而且无不身首异处。这起连环杀人案件很快就吸引了盖布丽的注意，为了能够更加接近命案现场，盖布丽来到了一间专门清理命案现场的保洁公司应聘成为了员工，并且在机缘巧合之下同连环杀人犯（威廉·鲍德温 William Baldwin 饰）有了一面之缘。
"Miss, what's that?" the kid asked the stewardess, pointing to a small crack that he noticed in celing above him. At that point, the crack widens and the entire roof of the airplane is ripped off. Based on a true story. On April 28, 1988, Aloha Airlines flight 243, halfway between Big Island and Maui, suddenly lost an 18-foot section of its front fuselage, due to metal fatigue. At 24,000 feet of altitude, the sudden decompression leaves room for panic in the cabin. But in the flight deck, Captain Schornstheimer and First Officer Tompkins are faced with the difficult task of safely landing the crippled, barely-controllable airliner, as the title says.
