A former fighter pilot haunted by his wartime experiences boards a passenger plane. During the flight, an outbreak of food poisoning incapacitates both pilots, and the air force veteran must face his demons to take the wheel and land the aircraft safely. Disaster movie that was the inspiration for Airplane!, starring Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell and Sterling Hayden.

In 1950s Canada, during a commercial flight, the pilots and some passengers suffer food poisoning, thus forcing an ex-WW2 fighter pilot to try to land the airliner in heavy fog.