Swantje is an aircraft mechanic and coastal pilot at the airfield owned by her father Hauke in Büsum, on the North German coast. The raw idyllic beauty of this place has always been something that Swantje has enjoyed about her life and work here, but a fear of flying has kept her grounded since a dangerous crash landing. This is an existential problem for the family business, as 57-year-old H..

Father Hauke, daughter Swantje and, in her eyes at least, wholly unreliable prodigal brother, Sönke are working (somewhat reluctantly) together to secure the future of the family's airfield, when, out of the blue, their mother Britta returns to the coast. She had left the family 20 years previously for another man. Now she wants to reconcile with her children. 35-year-old Swantje still ca..