大宅憩园易主，姚国良一家迁入。良任由亡妻母亲娇纵儿子，继室万婉华虽不满，却束手无策。夫妇俩偶憩园旧主人杨梦痴父子，得悉痴遭遇悲惨，正因童年被溺爱，华趁机促良反省，好好教导儿子。
"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.
