When Bree Ashworth goes to help teacher Jenny Dench in her classroom she is attacked by an intruder. The attacker escapes and Bree is taken to hospital. At the hospital her husband Colin tells her he is leaving and moving to London with his mistress. Bree has already booked to attend a conference in New Zealand during summer vacation. With double tickets bought and Colin gone, she invites Jenny to come with her. In New Zealand the small commuter aeroplane they fly in crashes in thick bush country. The pilot is killed and Jenny and Bree try to survive by themselves.... Police in England tell Colin, Bree has been involved in an air crash and is missing. Colin flies out to New Zealand but his intentions are not those one would expect from a worried husband....