a 747 is on its way from taipei to hong kong for china airlines (the taiwan natinoal airline) when it hits 35000 feet the plane explodes into a lot of peices in the air killiing everyone on board the investigation determines a faulty repair on the 22 yar old plane 22 years earlier from a tail strike caused the rear of the aircraft to fail dooming the plane they also determine that older planes need to be maintained and checked more freequently.