04. Juni 1942 – zweihundert Seemeilen vor den Midway-Inseln im Nordpazifik… Um den Verlauf des Krieges zu ändern und die Dominanz der japanischen Streitkräfte im Pazifik zu brechen, wird eine US-amerikanische Flugzeugträgergruppe vor der Küste des Inselatolls stationiert.

June 04, 1942 – two hundred nautical miles off the Midway Islands in the North Pacific… To change the course of the war and break the dominance of the Japanese forces in the Pacific, a US aircraft carrier group is stationed off the coast of the island atoll. In the ensuing decisive battle, the crew of a U.S. Navy dive bomber has to make an emergency landing after they have decisively hit a Japanese aircraft carrier and come under fire themselves. Kept afloat only by their life jackets, pilot Norman Vandivier (Jade Willey) and his seriously wounded gunner Lee Keaney (John Enick) drift hundreds of miles away from their fleet in the cold Pacific Ocean. As they fight for survival and try not to attract the attention of the Japanese or be eaten by the sharks, the Navy leadership, with Admiral Spruance (Judd Nelson) and Commander Browning (C. Thomas Howell), disagree on rescue operations and valuable time is lost in the face of ongoing fighting.