May 22 1962. An explosion rocks rural Iowa and Missouri as a Boeing 707 jetliner is blown apart over the heartland of America. 45 passengers and crew on the multi million dollar jet are about to come crashing down in a field near a sleepy town. A wrecked plane , shattered champagne glasses and a twisted tale of a failed businessman combine with the efforts of a blogger nearly 50 years later who brought the crash to national attention.