Omega Airlines Boeing 737 blows a tire on takeoff from New York's LaGuardia Airport and crashes into Flushing Bay. The Captain and ten people are killed; the First Officer and fifty-eight injured. His divorce imminent, Omega Airlines Pilot Instructor Kyle Masters is brought in to assist the NTSB's accident investigation. He and NTSB Investigator Lori Almond discover someone had played a role in the accident. Determined to absolve the crew and the airline of full responsibility for the disaster, Kyle uses his operational knowledge - and healthy dose of humor. With Lori's expertise in accident investigations, the duo close in on their target, putting their lives, and Kyle's family's, in danger.