"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.
故事发生在20世纪80年代，十年浩劫烟消云散，改革开放的春风吹遍神州大地，中国人的脑子开始活泛起来，为了美好的幸福生活努力奔走。第五钢铁厂运输队的司机刘思佳（张甲田 饰）和何顺（朱德承 饰）在厂门口的自由市场里支起了煎饼摊，这可惹恼了党委书记祝同康（陈颖 饰），他命令一手栽培的车队副队长解净（方舒 饰）严肃处理相关人员，但是解净却不以为然，她知晓刘思佳的难处，也十分珍惜在车队的锻炼机会。她通过自己的不懈努力，终于扭转了车队司机们最初的偏见，在一连串的考验中，刘思佳也对这个美丽的女孩慢慢产生了好感…… 本篇根据蒋子龙的同名小说改编。
美籍华人于美珍 廖柏兴夫妇到香港投资，遇到美珍昔日情人林建业，共同寻找二十年前的女儿邓雯雯，从而透视出香港回归前夕港人的种种心态，折射出海外华人血浓于水的爱国情感
