2025年，在鹿儿岛县与冲绳县，搭载着配备手术室的特种车辆的渡轮已开始进行试运行。赴任的喜多见与夏梅在离岛从事医疗工作。某日，鹿儿岛县的诹访之濑岛发生火山喷发，为营救岛民，他们毅然挑战这项九死一生的任务。
"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.
