A cargo aircraft crashes in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for a replacement aircraft they need to build before their food and water run out.
Alternative titles: The Flight of the Phoenix | El vuelo del Fénix | Der Flug des Phönix | De vlucht van de Feniks | O Voo da Fênix | Полетът на феникса | Le vol du Phoenix | 凤凰劫 | 荒漠十壮士 | Let Fénixe | Vinger til fugl Føniks | Aavikkolento | Le vol du Phénix | Der Flug des Phoenix | I ptisis tou foinikos | Η πτήση του Φοίνικα | A Fönix repülése | A Főnix útja | Il volo della Fenice | Tobe! Fenikkusu | 飛べ!フェニックス | Fenikso skrydis | El vuelo del fénix | De Vlucht van de Phoenix | Flyet som forsvant | Start Feniksa | O Voo da Fénix | Pasărea Phoenix | Feniksov let | Let Fénixa | Полет Феникса | El vol del Fènix | Fenix flykt | Flykten från öknen | Sonsuz uçuş | Політ Фенікса | Zarobljeni u pustinji