On a flight over the Gobi Desert in Mongolia, Capt. Frank Towns
(Dennis Quaid) and co-pilot A.J. (Tyrese Gibson) are unable to keep
their cargo plane in the air when a violent sandstorm strikes.
Crash-landing in a remote part of the desert, the two pilots and their
passengers -- a crew of oil workers and a drifter
(Giovanni Ribisi) -- must work together to survive by rebuilding the
aircraft. Soon, low supplies and a band of merciless smugglers add
greater urgency to their task.
