Something hit us... The crew is dead... Help us, please, please help us! Columbia Airlines Flight 409 takes off from Washington DC on its way to Los Angeles. When flying over the mountains a...

Something hit us... The crew is dead... Help us, please, please help us! Columbia Airlines Flight 409 takes off from Washington DC on its way to Los Angeles. When flying over the mountains a small plane's pilot suffers a heart attack and smashes into the cockpit of the Columbian 747, killing the flight engineer and co-pilot, and leaving a blinded captain. In desperation head stewardess Nancy Pryor takes the controls. But the radio is going dead and only a death-defying rescue mission can save them.