Dark Lightning

The plane was believed to be hit by dark lightning and five and a half years later, the plane and its passengers reappeared.

Description

Dark lightning is a high-energy atmospheric discharge that releases lots of ionizing radiation. You have to be very close to detect it and Roger Mencin did when Flight 828 disappeared in the storm. Bill Daly made the airspeed 300 knots, maintaining a level altitude, and flying through the storm, but the simulator showed that's impossible. Captain Daly said dark lightning hit the plane and nobody believed him. Dark lightning is a burst of gamma radiation, invisible.

Aftershock Theory

When Zeke was in the cave, there was an electrical storm in the center of the blizzard. Zeke felt something like an earthquake, the equivalent of the turbulence of Flight 828. Aftershock theory - the airplane was the earthquake and that was the aftershock. Like the tremors from the misuse of the omega sapphire, the aftershock are the result of the divine.

Al-Zuras

One of the pictures in the Al-Zuras Journal is of his ship sailing with dark lightning above it as well as a "silver dragon." Ben Stone later sees the same bolt outside of his house during a Calling.

The Glow

The black box recorded ultra low frequency, electromagnet waves that the human ear can’t hear are emitted by earthquakes. The black box recorded all the Callings, until Daly reappeared, in a 6.2-second segment of ULF. Used by peacocks and few other animals to communicate, and so do the passengers. ULF is a sort of God frequency. The dark lightning that hit the plane was the glow chasing Flight 828. According to copilot Amuta Clarke, the dark lightning struck the plane several times, presumably causing its destruction and the death of the passengers before they were pulled into the Glow. The Glow from outside the plane and the Callings, it's all one, it's all connected, Flight 828 was inside the glow. The plane was in the divine consciousness, and the Callings are memories been there.

After the passengers beat the Death Date, dark lightning flashes around the restored plane as the Glow reappears in the distance. Amidst dark lightning, Michaela Stone and Amuta fly the plane back into the Glow, emerging on April 7, 2013, the day that Flight 828 was originally supposed to land.

Experience

• James Griffin disappears - "Upgrade" (S1:E14)
• The storm that both Al-Zuras' ship and Flight 828 experienced - "Airplane Bottles" (S2:E09) and "High Flight" (S4:E03)
• The Meth Heads fell into the lake. - "Icing Conditions" (S2:E13)
• Mayday: Part 2 (S3:E13)
• Flight 828 returns to the Glow after beating the Death Date - "Final Boarding" (S4:E20)

Appearance

Manifest: Season One
"Pilot"	"Reentry"	"Turbulence"	"Unclaimed Baggage"	"Connecting Flights"	"Off Radar"	"S.N.A.F.U."	"Point of No Return"
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Dead Reckoning"	"Crosswinds"	"Contrails"	"Vanishing Point"	"Cleared for Approach"	"Upgrade"	"Hard Landing"	"Estimated Time of Departure"
Absent	Absent	Mentioned	Absent	Mentioned	Mentioned	Absent	Absent

Manifest: Season Two
"Fasten Your Seatbelts"	"Grounded"	"False Horizon"	"Black Box"	"Coordinated Flight"	"Return Trip"	"Emergency Exit"
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Carry On"	"Airplane Bottles"	"Course Deviation"	"Unaccompanied Minors"	"Call Sign"	"Icing Conditions"
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Appears

Manifest: Season Three
"Tailfin"	"Deadhead"	"Wingman"	"Tailspin"	"Water Landing"	"Graveyard Spiral"	"Precious Cargo"
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"Destination Unknown"	"Bogey"	"Compass Calibration"	"Duty Free"	"Mayday (Part 1)"	"Mayday (Part 2)"
Mentioned	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Appears