CINNAMON SHAFFER, a new flight attendant for Angel Airlines, confronts disaster on her first day at work. She falls face first into some winter slush and bangs her knee on a chunk of ice, which produces a small cut. In the employee lounge, Cinnamon changes out of her wet clothing. As she takes off her pantyhose, dried blood from her small wound acts like glue. She begins to cry when JADE PINKERTON, an African American flight attendant, comes over to cheer her up. They become friends.
Shortly before their plane bound for Korea lands, Jade is shot by a bad guy and bangs her head hard on the shell that surrounds first-class seats. At the hospital, doctors worry more about her head wound. Will Jade have amnesia? The next time Cinnamon visits the hospital, Jade has disappeared. Will Cinnamon find the proverbial needle in the haystack in the land of the morning calm?