In 1959 with Castro about to take over Cuba, the fleeing dictator Batista loaded four planes with all he could steal from the Cuban treasury to head to Tampa. 3 planes made it. The 4th one, said to hold $3billion in gold, disappeared. In the present, Mac Travis is trying to salvage his boat in storm ravaged Bahamas when he finds the wreckage of a plane matching the description of the missing one.