Kate Parks has spent t he past year on tour p romoting he r book, an in-depth lo ok at the att empted cover up of her hus band&# 39;s death in a plan e crash. No w all she wan ts is t o return hom e to her da ughter,  15-year -old Sam antha. But when a powerful  solar f lare strikes her flig ht home, kill ing the p ilot, knoc king ou t the co-pilot  and frying  all the electro nic systems on  the plane, i t looks like s he may not  get there. A s panic sets in among  the passe ngers, K ate wor ks with flight attend ant Jake to manage the  growing chaos  and ten sion on the  plane as  she tri es to keep 30, 000 tons of ste el hurtling  through the a ir at 500 mi les per hour . Flying bli nd, Kate tries to find  a way to com municate with air tra ffic control  - one wa y or another,  this plane is coming do wn. With the pa ssengers&a mp;#39; l ives on the li ne, Kate will have  to find a way to land sa fely... or nev er see he r daughter  again.！