Mitch (Cliff Potts) has just got his pilot's license, and asks his father to join him for a ride. The plane is circling the Mauna Loa Volcano when it develops engine trouble and Mitch has to crash land the plane. Just at that moment, the volcano provides a little trouble of its own

Mitch is keen on Sarah, who is in charge of the rehabilitation centre for female ex-cons. Teri, a trouble-maker at the centre, escapes one night and is not heard of and seen for some time. In the sub-plot, divorcee Renee (who is also Mitch'a friend) goes home to collect her child from ex-husband Brett and runs into an argument with him over the matter. Then Brett is found killed, and Renee is the prime suspect.