影片讲述的剧情是真实事件改编。1986年印度航空公司一架飞往美国的纽约航班，当时飞机上的空姐尼尔嘉·巴诺特是第一次以乘务长的身份跟随飞机航班起飞，飞机在途经巴基斯坦卡拉奇的时候遭遇了恐怖分子的劫机，整个飞机之中场面十分混乱，空姐尼尔嘉·巴诺特随即站出来安抚乘客，不仅如此，他也以成长的身份和恐怖分子进行了谈判，在听从恐怖分子的要求之后，作为空姐，为了能够拖延时间便答应恐怖分子所有的要求，以各种机制的想法与恐怖分子进行周旋，随着时间一分一秒的过去，恐怖分子也发现了事情不对劲，他们威胁并杀害了这位有勇有谋的空姐，尼尔嘉·巴诺特不仅拯救了飞机上所有的乘客生命，而且还抓住了这场恐怖袭击案的恐怖分子

The plot told by the film is adapted from real events. In 1986, Air India flew a New York flight to the United States. At that time, the flight attendant Neilja Barnott was the first flight attendant to take off with the flight as a flight attendant. The plane encountered a terrorist attack while passing through Karachi, Pakistan. The plane was hijacked by terrorists, and the scene in the whole plane was very chaotic. The stewardess Neilja Barnott immediately stood up to appease the passengers. Not only that, he also negotiated with the terrorists as a grown-up. After obeying the terrorists’ demands, As a flight attendant, in order to delay time, she agreed to all the demands of the terrorists, and used various mechanisms to deal with the terrorists. As time passed, the terrorists also discovered that something was wrong, and they threatened and killed the terrorists. The brave and resourceful stewardess, Neilja Barnott, not only saved the lives of all the passengers on the plane, but also caught the terrorists in this terrorist attack