At an awards ceremony, ace pilot Theo Zimmer accepts the Golden Fly, then abruptly wakes up as his eight-year-old self aboard Flight 8236. He sees his father Liam alive and his divorced mother Brianna arguing in the cabin. Realizing he has traveled back to the flight that originally crashed, Theo warns everyone the plane will go down, but passengers scorn him and crew demand order. The cockpit reports no stress points and calls the tower. Suddenly the plane shudders; alarmed voices cry, "What's happening?", leaving Theo's warning and the plane's fate unresolved.