Captain Bob (William Devane) has a routine trip taking his new Boeing 767 across Canada. Unfortunately, there is a problem. Canada has switched to metric and this has confused the ground crew. Therefore, Bob and his fellow crew and passengers discover that their airliner is about to run out of fuel...
Bob has to demonstrate all of his flying skills to get his now-glider safely down on the ground. Meanwhile, the motley collection of stereotypes amongst the crew and passengers face the danger in many different ways.
A good film though padded out a bit. The soapy elements do add a bit of human interest to the film and to heighten the stakes but maybe slightly over done. A neat little cameo is made by the real Captain Bob Pearson who plays an examiner who assures some trainees that it could be done!
