When an oil rig in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia proves unproductive, an aircraft crew are sent to shut the operation down and fly them out. On the flight out over the desert on the way to Beijing, Capt. Frank Towns and co-pilot A.J. are unable to keep their cargo plane, a C-119 Flying Boxcar, in the air when a violent sandstorm strikes. Crash-landing in a remote uncharted part of the desert, the two pilots and their passengers -- a crew of oil workers and a drifter -- must work together to survive by rebuilding the aircraft. Soon, low supplies and a band of merciless smugglers add even greater urgency to their task.
Dennis Quaid
as Frank Towns
Tyrese Gibson
as AJ
Giovanni Ribisi
as Elliott
Miranda Otto
as Kelly
Tony Curran
as Rodney
Sticky Fingaz
as Jeremy
Jacob Vargas
as Sammi
Hugh Laurie
as Ian
Scott Michael Campbell
as Liddle
Kevork Malikyan
as Rady
Jared Padalecki
as Davis
Paul Ditchfield
as Dr. Gerber
