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What is Oceanic Flight 815?

By Bonnie Covel, About.com

Question: What is Oceanic Flight 815?

Answer: The plane that crashed on the island was Oceanic Flight 815. On September 22, 2004, the plane left Sydney, Australia with a destination of Los Angeles, California.

Partway into the flight, the crew lost communications and turned back. They were more than 1000 miles off course when the plane went down.

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