the crash

[Jesus Stick]

So I was recently rewatching the first season and I came upon an interesting discrepancy.

During the original crash, we know the midsection (plus a few random people from the front including Charlie) crashed, and according to the lockdown map, it landed on the south side of the island. We know that Jack and company marched inland to find the cockpit, which would be somewhere north. Finally, based on their journey and the lockdown map, the tailies landed somewhere on the north-east portion of the island.

So based on this, I don't really see how the plane came apart and landed in three areas that aren't in order, and not in a semi-straight line. Logically the midsection would land in the middle of the island with ends on either side of it, depending on the direction it was flying from. My only explanation is that the monster or some other force caught one or more parts of the plane and moved it to a new location. Anyone else have any thoughts?

[dbruce]

If we accept the theory that the plane was downed by the EM discharge, then it's plausible that this is what's responsible. We don't know how high the plane was when it broke in two, so one (or both) of the sections could have been thrown in an unexpected direction while in the air due to some "force" on the island. Possibly the so-called cloaking device was attempting to deflect the plane so it wouldn't reach the island, but it was too big and coming in too fast?

[Sawyer]

The mid section of the plane was bigger, and so would have fell quicker, hence landing on the South point of the island, the Tail, the lighest part, would have landed on the North. Only thing i can think of really..

[Jesus Stick]

Seems kinda fishy to me. As for the weight theory, all objects fall at the same rate, neglecting air resistance, and air resistance wouldn't cause that much of a difference on objects of that great of a scale. As for the cloaking device, its possible. The writers said they would be taking a more scientific look at things in season 3, i hope its at least plausible.

[Señor Eko]

The plane didn't break apart in that order, and it could have been spinning it mid-air, creating more lateral velocity for the different section. We know that the tailsection came off before the middle, so the centripital velocity flung it farther ahead than the other two sections. As for the front, that could have just broken off first or last or whenever makes sense.

I don't know, just a guess. Applying what I've learned from physics class.

[???]

First of, hello.

Like it was mentioned Newtonian Physics explain it pretty well. Everything falls at the same speed as long as they begin with the same speed in the vertical axis.

Since we know that the tail section broke first (from the flashbacks) we know it was the turning point when the plane began to fall. Then the tail section was travelling horizontally at the same speed at which the plane was travelling when it broke off. For the rest of the plane to have crashed in that order we must assume that the tail-less plane had it's horizontal speed lowered somehow, I'd guess without the tail it faced downwards making it lose horizontal speed and gaining vertical speed.

It all seems pretty plausible. But we never know... Everything seems to mean something in this show.

For example, how did Charlie wound up in the beach when he was inside the bathroom of section of the head of the plane? Now that Mr. Newton doesn't explain.

[Persephone]

Maybe he wasn't in the bathroom after all.

This is pretty wild, but maybe Charlie is an other, on the plane, and made the plane crash...

Just kidding. I like to take wild stabs at this show, because most of the time it's not just a wild stab but a pretty accurate throw.

[Señor Eko]

Originally Posted by ???

For example, how did Charlie wound up in the beach when he was inside the bathroom of section of the head of the plane? Now that Mr. Newton doesn't explain.

When the plane did that huge BUMP Charlie ran back to a seat in the middle section. Watch that ep again, they show it. Seems weird that he'd run ALL THE WAY back there, but whatevs.

[???]

Ah must've forgotten about that part. Oh well, one less weird thing to think about. Now to return to the other 3974 things...

[Persephone]

Yeah, like the odd statue... have you checked out my theory on Alvar Hanso in the Things About Live Together, Die Alone thread? Because you should.