A small private airplane crashes in the desert, not far from Dakar. It is a miracle that the pilot, Jacques Forestier, and his mechanic, Paul Marcadout, survived, since both were drunk when they lost control of the plane.

Claire Magny ,who wanted to be a stage actress,became an air hostess after an unhappy love affair.She is to marry commandant Pierre Aubry when Jacques Forestier,a former love, reappears in her life.Thanks to Pierre's support,Jacques becomes an airline pilot.During a dramatic flight,Jacques manages to save his plane and Claire realizes she is still in love with him.But she is Pierre's fiancee.—dbdumonteil