The film tells of the last days of the Swiss airline Swissair, of the historic grounding of its fleet on 2 October 2001 and describes how it could have come to this. 

At the same time, the film traces the real-life fate of top manager Mario A. Corti, the last, luckless boss of the tradition-rich airline, but also the tragic fate of unnamed people who almost lose everything in the maelstrom of the "Swissair" decline: Job, house and their faith in what used to be Switzerland.