Flight 828

"The problem, ladies and gentlemen, is your plane departed Montego Bay, Jamaica, on April 7, 2013. Today is November 4, 2018. You've all been missing, presumed dead, for 5 1/2 years."

—Robert Vance^[src]

Flight 828 was a service of Montego Air from Montego Bay, Jamaica to John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, New York.

History

The aircraft departed on April 7, 2013 carrying a total of 191 passengers and crew. The flight encountered turbulence while airborne and arrived over New York on November 4, 2018. The flight was diverted to Stewart International Airport in Newburgh, New York, where the plane was met by government officials who told them they had all been missing for five and a half years and had been presumed dead.

After a piece of Flight 828 is found off the shore of Cuba, Ben Stone has a recurring vision of the plane exploding. Ben comes to the conclusion that the plane actually exploded and that the passengers died before they were resurrected for an as of yet unknown reason. The story is later leaked on the news after pictures are leaked from Guantanamo Bay. After the Eureka project determines that Kelly Taylor's body is showing signs of having died in a plane crash rather than being shot to death, Ben is convinced that they all died in a crash and were resurrected and that it has now been scientifically proven.

Copilot Amuta Clarke later reveals that he knows exactly what happened to the plane. He and Captain Bill Daly flew it into a storm and it was struck by lightning multiple times before flying into the Glow. Amuta believes that the lightning strikes caused the plane's destruction and that it was Daly's fault as he had insisted upon flying into the storm rather than over it. However, Cal saw the Glow awhile before the storm hit, meaning that the Glow had been chasing them and chose 828. Putting together all of the clues gathered by the Stones about the 828's disappearance, Cal and Olive realize that the plane was in the Glow which is actually the divine consciousness for five and a half years.

In the series finale, Flight 828 is restored on the Death Date after Cal combines his Omega Sapphire with a piece of Noah's Ark and all of the surviving passengers board it and take off as the world ends. The passengers undergo the Last Trial and the 11 who haven't earned a second chance burn to ash. After the surviving passengers' deeds are deemed to be enough to tip the scales towards good, the shadowy figure ends the Apocalypse. Michaela Stone and Amuta Clarke then fly Flight 828 back into the light. After getting off the plane, they begin walking and end up coming across a door, which opens. Going through, they are revealed to have exited the jetway into an airport in Queens.

They soon realize that they have traveled back in time to April 7, 2013, the day that 828 was originally supposed to land, which then also makes them realize that they have been given a second chance. As they traveled back in time and to the point they were supposed to arrive, the passengers reverted to their younger selves, and this creates a new timeline where the passengers get back the 5 1/2 years they originally lost. The passengers that died along the way and Cal are resurrected and also given a second chance, though Cal has no memory of disappearing and the last 5 1/2 years from the original timeline, and it is likely that the resurrected passengers have no memory as well. Only the passengers that survived the Death Date remember disappearing and the past 5 1/2 years from the original timeline. The authorities are left to investigate the disappearance of the 11 passengers who didn't survive the Death Date, while the 828 passengers that survived the Death Date begin to make use of their second chance.

Not mentioned in the show, 828 is an angel number:

"The angel number 828 teaches you about the importance of trust and confidence in yourself and your abilities to succeed, and achieve all your goals. It also symbolizes your faith in the Divine guidance you receive from the Universe and your guardian angels in serving your life purpose and soul mission."

Known Passengers and Crew

Main article: 828 Passengers

Manifest

Pilot

The plane takes off from Jamaica with 191 passengers onboard before experiencing some turbulence. When 828 arrives in New York, the plane is rerouted and upon landing, the passengers are informed by NSA Director Robert Vance that Flight 828 vanished five and a half years ago.

Later, the passengers are drawn by a Calling to the hanger containing the plane where it suddenly explodes.

Unclaimed Baggage

In a flashback, flight attendant Bethany Collins helps stowaway Thomas Reid escape after the plane is diverted, both unaware of the time that has passed.

Airplane Bottles

Driven by a Calling, Ben, Grace, Cal and TJ build a replica of the ship of Yusuv Al-Zuras, a 16th century sailor who experienced the same thing as the 828 Passengers. The group is transported into a vision of Al-Zuras' ship in a storm where it's revealed that the "silver dragon" Al-Zuras spoke of and drew in his journal was actually Flight 828. Somehow, the plane and Al-Zuras' ship were in the same place at the same time during the same storm.

Icing Conditions

Ben Stone has a Calling of Flight 828 exploding and crashing into the ocean. At the same time, Cuban fishermen recover the 828 Tailfin from the ocean.

Tailfin

Ben tells Michaela about his Calling of the plane's destruction after the recovery of the 828 Tailfin from the ocean. Ben thinks that the Calling is trying to tell them that Flight 828 exploded and everyone died. Ben suggests that Flight 828 was resurrected like its passengers and the plane exploding after it landed was Flight 828's own Death Date.

Mayday (Part 2)

After Michaela Stone returns the 828 Tailfin to the ocean, the reconstructed plane vanishes from Eureka. Before it vanishes, Captain Bill Daly briefly appears in the cockpit yelling for help.

High Flight

Copilot Amuta Clarke reveals to Michaela, Cal and Saanvi that he and Captain Bill Daly flew the plane into an electrical storm after Daly refused to fly over it. Flight 828 was struck multiple times by Dark Lightning which Amuta attributes to causing the plane's destruction and the death of the passengers before it flew into the Glow. This triggers Cal's memory of being on the plane in the Glow with Daly and Fiona Clarke, the latter of whom told Cal that he already had all of the answers. Cal remembers seeing the Glow before the turbulence hit and they realize that it had been chasing the plane rather than Flight 828 flying into the storm.

Go-Around

Cal realizes from all of the clues gathered by the Stone family that Flight 828 was in the Divine Consciousness for five and a half years.

Rendezvous

Ben, Michaela, Cal, Saanvi and Thomas Reid experience a Calling where they're on Flight 828 with Olive Stone, Jared Vasquez, Zeke Landon, Leo and Alex Bates -- their loved ones -- sitting in the seats while its red outside of the window and lava creeps down the aisle. This reveals that the Death Date is not just for the passengers, but rather for the whole world: the Apocalypse.

Final Boarding

On the Death Date, Flight 828 suddenly emerges from the dragon-shaped crevice at the base of Storm King Mountain, having been restored by Cal combining his Omega Sapphire with the one in Noah's Ark to serve as their place of judgment. The surviving passengers board the plane as an apocalyptic volcanic eruption begins. Michaela -- taking the place of the deceased Captain Bill Daly -- and Amuta fly the plane into the air with the lava parting to create a runway of hardened ground for takeoff. The passengers undergo the Last Trial to determine whether or not they will beat the Death Date, and 11 passengers burn to ash, suffering the same fate that they had when Flight 828 exploded and everyone died, but everyone else survives. The passengers unite to confront the shadowy figure that appears to judge them and beat the Death Date. As Dark Lightning flashes around the plane, the Glow reappears outside and Michaela and Amuta fly Flight 828 inside.

When the passengers disembark, they emerge at JFK on April 7, 2013, the day that the Flight 828 was originally supposed to land, having been sent back in time and given a second chance as a result of beating the Death Date. All of the passengers who had died along the way are resurrected, emerging from the plane as well, albeit with no memories of anything that had happened, and everyone is returned to the ages and clothing that they were when the plane left. The only ones who don't emerge from the plane are the 11 passengers who had failed to beat the Death Date, leaving Robert Vance and the authorities with a new mystery.

Appearances

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

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

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

Trivia

• "Rendezvous" reveals that 828 is meant to be the next Noah's Ark. In "Final Boarding", the plane is restored by Cal Stone's combination of his Omega Sapphire and the one in a piece of Noah's Ark and it acts as the passengers' place of judgement on whether or not the Apocalypse will happen.
• 828 dissapears and reappears while flying over the Florida straits. This is where the tailfin is found by 2 Cuban Sailors.
• All the passengers are blamed unfairly for all the mayhem and destruction that ensued following their return. When in truth, this was the fault of a bunch of trigger happy bigots who hated anything they couldn't understand.
• In "Airplane Bottles" (S2:E9) it was revealed that Al-Zuras’ ship and Flight 828 were at the same place at the same time, the same storm. (Or at least Al-Zuras saw Flight 828, the silver dragon).
• The cause of the plane's crash and destruction is never revealed.