Oceanic Airlines
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Oceanic Airlines is a fictional airline used in several films and television programs. It is not to be confused with the real airlines Trans-Oceanic Airways and Ocean Airlines.
The portrayal of Oceanic Airlines as an accident-prone company has become something of an inside joke in the television and film industries. Popular television review website Television Without Pity, for example, sold a set of limited edition shirts and messenger bags branded with an Oceanic Airlines logo and the slogan, "Getting halfway there is all the fun!" The airline's motto in the ABC television series Lost is especially apt for an accident-prone airline: "Taking you places you've never imagined!"
In Lost, Oceanic Airlines is branded with a highly-stylized logo depicting an Aboriginal dot painting that resembles a bullseye or an island. The show's storyline begins with the crash of Oceanic Flight 815 on a mysterious island. But the airline has been portrayed in many other forms. Producers of the 1996 film Executive Decision shot extensive footage of an actual Boeing 747 painted with another fictional Oceanic logo and livery. This stock footage has been reused in several films and television programs, spreading the Oceanic Airlines brand across various and unrelated fictional universes.
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[edit] Occurrences of Oceanic Airlines
The following sources feature Oceanic Airlines:
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- Executive Decision: Oceanic Flight 343 from Athens to Washington, DC was skyjacked by Islamic terrorists.
- Code 11-14: an FBI agent searches for a murderer aboard Oceanic Flight 816, a Boeing 747SP, bound for Los Angeles from Sydney.
- Lost: The show explores the aftermath of the crash of Oceanic Flight 815 from Sydney to Los Angeles. The producers of Lost also created a website for the fictional airline, including clues and references to the show's plot. In flashforwards, a group of the characters that survive the crash are nicknamed the "Oceanic Six".
- Alias: Oceanic's flight to Sydney is briefly mentioned in an announcement when the show's lead character Sydney Bristow is at Los Angeles International Airport. Alias and Lost were both created by J. J. Abrams.
- LAX: 01.13 "Senator's Daughter" (first aired 16 April 2006): Advertisements and computers in airport terminals in LAX read "Oceanic Airlines".
- Pushing Daisies: 01.01 "Pie-lette" (02 October 2007): An Oceanic Airlines advertisement is displayed in the travel agency.
- Chuck: 01.02 "Chuck versus the Helicopter" (01 October 2007): Chuck is viewing a series of photographs when one prompts him to recall the secret information to which he had been exposed by Bryce Larkin. He begins revealing apparently unconnected secrets, including, "Oceanic Flight 815 was shot down by a surface-to-air..." This suggests a different cause for the explosion on Oceanic Flight 815 from that revealed in Lost.
[edit] Reused footage
Stock footage from Executive Decision was also reused in the following:
- After the Sunset: In the trailer, Max and Lola fly on Oceanic Airlines to their retreat in The Bahamas. The footage does not appear in the film's final cut.
- Category 6: Day of Destruction: Oceanic Flight 762 was forced to make an emergency landing at O'Hare International Airport after being struck by lightning. During landing, the hole in the aircraft's fuselage from Executive Decision is visible.
- Diagnosis: Murder: 04.23 "Murder in The Air" (24 April 1997): Flying between Los Angeles International Airport and Switzerland on Oceanic Flight 456, Dr Mark Sloan and Amanda Bentley carry out an airborne investigation after the first officer is murdered and several aircrew personnel are incapacitated by a mysterious illness.[1]
- JAG: 03.06 "Vanished" (28 October 1997): an Oceanic Airlines flight to Washington, D.C. carrying a delegation from the Palestine Liberation Organization is the target of a terrorist plot involving a missing United States Navy F-14 Tomcat.[2]
- JAG: 05.18 "The Bridge at Kang So Ri" (29 February 2000): Oceanic Flight 343 is skyjacked by North Korean extremists who accuse a passenger of ordering a massacre during the Korean War.[3]
- Nowhere to Land (2000 television movie): A man suffering from mental illness brings a deadly nerve agent on board Oceanic Flight 762, also from Sydney to Los Angeles, in the run-up to the 2000 Summer Olympics. At takeoff, the hole in the aircraft's fuselage from Executive Decision is visible.[4]
- Panic in the Skies! (1996): A Royce Air International Boeing 747 is struck by lightning shortly after takeoff in America, en route for Europe. In some scenes, the Royce Air International logo is not visible, with Oceanic Airline markings in their place.[5]
- The War at Home: 01.20 "The West Palm Beach Story" (16 April 2006), which featured a gag about a Middle Eastern man and the threat of airborne terrorism on board an Oceanic Airlines flight.[6]
[edit] List of Fictional Oceanic Airlines Flights
| Flight | Incident description | Occurrence |
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| 816 | Serial killer pursued by FBI agent on aircraft. | Code 11-14 |
| 815 | Explosive decompression caused by electromagnetic pulse. | Lost |
| 815 | Shot down by surface-to-air missile. | Chuck: 01.02 "Chuck versus the Helicopter" |
| 762 | Forced landing caused by lightning strike. | Category 6: Day of Destruction |
| 762 | Nerve agent attack threatened by mental illness sufferer. | Nowhere to Land |
| 456 | First officer murdered in-flight and aircrew members afflicted by illness. | Diagnosis: Murder: 04.23 "Murder in the Air" |
| 343 | Skyjacking by Islamic terrorists; aircraft retaken in-flight by special forces. | Executive Decision |
| 343 | Skyjacking by North Korean extremists; aircraft retaken in-flight by JAG personnel. | JAG: 05.18 "The Bridge at Kang So Ri" |
| 017 | Aircraft ditched in the Atlantic Ocean, 80 miles south of Miami, Florida. | Flipper: 02.07 "The Ditching" |
| 009 | Walter Matthau kisses co-star Dyan Cannon and terror ensues.[7] | Out to Sea |
[edit] References
- ^ Murder in the Air at TV.com. Retrieved 01 May 2008.
- ^ Vanished at TV.com. Retrieved 01 May 2008.
- ^ The Bridge at Kang So Ri at TV.com. Retrieved 01 May 2008.
- ^ Nowhere to Land at the Internet Movie Database (IMDb). Retrieved 01 May 2008.
- ^ Panic in the Skies! at the Internet Movie Database (IMDb). Retrieved 01 May 2008.
- ^ The West Palm Beach Story at TV.com. Retrieved 01 May 2008.
- ^ Out to Sea at the Internet Movie Database (IMDb). Retrieved 06 June 2008.
[edit] External links
- Boeing 747-269BM at Airliners.net. A photographic history of the Boeing 747 filmed in Executive Decision.
- Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar 1 at Airliners.net. A photographic history of the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar dismantled for the set of Lost.
- Oceanic Airlines. Alleged official website. Maintained by ABC. Includes Easter eggs from Lost.
- HansoAir. Alleged corporate website of the company that bought out the insolvent Oceanic Airlines. Domain registered to Loren Verville of Fort Collins, Colorado.
- http://www.oceanicflight815.com. Official Lost website.
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| Production | DVD releases • Episode list • Music • Season 1 • Season 2 • Season 3 • Season 4 |
| Main characters | Ana Lucia • Ben • Boone • Charlie • Charlotte • Claire • Daniel • Desmond • Hurley • Jack • Jin • Juliet Kate • Libby • Locke • Michael • Miles • Mr. Eko • Nikki • Paulo • Sawyer • Sayid • Shannon • Sun • Walt |
| Supporting characters | Alex • Bernard • Christian • Ethan • Rose • Rousseau • Tom |
| Groups | Dharma Initiative • Hanso Foundation • Oceanic Airlines • The Others |
| Miscellaneous | Awards • Find 815 • Lost Experience • Lost: Missing Pieces • Lost: Via Domus • Mythology |
