Oceanic Airlines
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Oceanic Airlines, and less frequently, Oceanic Airways, is the name of a fictional airline used in several films and television programs—typically works that feature plane crashes and other aviation disasters, with which a real airline would prefer not to be associated.<ref name=":0" /> Columnist Daryna Tobey compared its prevalence to that of 555 telephone numbers on television.<ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The first appearance was in the 1965 two-part episode "The Ditching" of the television series Flipper. Appearances since include the 1996 film Executive Decision, the 2004–2010 television series Lost, the 2011 video game Dead Island, and a number of others.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite book</ref>
History
Oceanic Airlines first appeared in the 1965 two-part episode "The Ditching" of the television series Flipper.<ref name=":0" /> It later appeared in the 1996 film Executive Decision, and footage of the Oceanic Airlines plane in that film was reused as stock footage for several works.<ref name=":0" /><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Ill-fated
The fictional airline typically appears in works that feature plane crashes and other aviation disasters, with which a real airline would prefer not to be associated.<ref name=":0" /> In the 2004–2010 television series Lost, Oceanic Airlines Flight 815 crashes on an island in the Pacific Ocean;<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> before launching the season 4 episode Confirmed Dead a marketing company was launched with the help of the alternate reality game Find 815.Template:Citation needed
Actual aircraft
The actual aircraft used for most of the film Executive Decision was a Boeing 747-269B with the aircraft registration number N707CK. It was scrapped in 2004 after service with Ocean Airlines as S2-ADT.<ref name=sibe>Simon D. Beck, The Aircraft-Spotter's Film and Television Companion p.81</ref> The crash and ground scenes were filmed at Mojave Airport with a different aircraft, a retired Boeing 747-121. It stayed there retired after the filming, painted in Oceanic Airlines colors (with a dark hole painted on the fuselage), marked with the fake registration number N707CK;<ref>Aircraft "N707CK", a photo with commentary</ref> its actual registration numbers during service were N754PA, LX-FCV, and F-GIMJ.<ref name=sibe/>
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External links
- A fake Oceanic Airlines webpage with an announcement of the discontinued service