Former pilot Ted Striker (Robert Hays) had a psychological trauma in a war and was afraid of flying. His girlfriend Elaine Dickinson (Julie Hagerty) was a flight attendant. On this day, Elaine broke up with Ted and went to work on the plane. In order to win back his girlfriend's heart, Ted also tried his best to get on the plane. However, countless ridiculous things happened on the plane. First, the passengers suffered from food poisoning one after another, and even the captain was not spared. In desperation, Ted, the only one who had experience in flying a plane, could only sit in the cockpit with his girlfriend to control the plane. He turned on the autopilot, and the plane was able to operate on its own, but it could not land normally. So a thrilling forced landing journey began, and can Ted win back his girlfriend's heart? The various nonsensical plots in this film make people laugh and become a classic Hollywood comedy.