该片是由迪克·劳瑞执导的剧情片,于1990年上映，主要讲述了:"Mi.ss, what's that?&.quot; the kid a.sked the ste.wardess, poi.nting to .a s.mall crack that. he noticed in celing above. him. At .tha.t p.oint, the cr.ack widens and the en.tire roof of th.e airplane is r.ipped off. Based on a. true story. On. April 28, 1.988, Aloha A.irlines f.lig.ht 243, halfway. between Big Island and Mau.i, sudden.ly .los.t an 18-foot. section of its front. fuselage, due .to metal fatigu.e. At 24,000 feet of .altitude, the s.udden decomp.ression leav.es room f.or .panic in the ca.bin. But in the flight deck., Captain. Sc.hor.nstheimer an.d First Officer Tompk.ins are faced w.ith the difficu.lt task of safely lan.ding the crippl.ed, barely-c.ontrollable .airliner,. as. the title says..