The logo of Oceanic Airlines from the ABC television series Lost.

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The ABC TV series Lost also features Oceanic Airlines, but does not feature recycled stock footage from Executive Decision, and uses its own Oceanic Airlines logo. The whole show revolves around the crash of Oceanic flight 815, and the mysteries that follow. The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... A television program (US), television programme (UK) or simply television show is a segment of programming in television broadcasting. ... “LOST” redirects here. ...

The novel Last Resort features Oceanic Airlines as the owner of the 747 that was skyjacked by Iraqi terrorists and crashed into the capitol. Skyjacked is a 1972 thriller starring Charlton Heston. ...

The portrayal of Oceanic Airlines as being a disaster-prone company has become something of an inside joke among television and movie fans. Popular TV review site 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 Oceanic slogan from Lost seems especially apt for the danger-prone airline: "Taking You Places You've Never Imagined!", as does its logo: a highly stylized Australian dot painting resembling a bulls-eye or an island. An in joke is a joke whose humour is clear only to those people who are in a group that has some prior knowledge (not known by the whole population) that makes the joke humorous. ... Television Without Pity (often abbreviated TWoP) is a website that provides detailed recaps of certain television dramas and reality TV shows, often by mocking them. ...

Media featuring Oceanic Airlines

The following sources contain Oceanic Airlines, but however, may have no relevance whatsoever to the Lost mythos.

Original

• Executive Decision: Oceanic Flight 343 from Athens to Washington, DC was hijacked by terrorists.
• Code 11-14: an FBI agent searches for a killer aboard Oceanic Airlines flight 816 bound for Los Angeles from Sydney.
• Lost: The show revolves around 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 mystery.
• Alias: Oceanic's flight to Sydney is briefly mentioned in an announcement at LAX, when the show's main character Sydney Bristow is there. Alias and Lost were both created by J.J. Abrams.
• LAX: Advertisements and computers in terminals in LAX feature the Oceanic Airlines name in the episode Senator's Daughter.
• Chuck: In the episode "Chuck vs the Helicopter", Chuck is viewing a series of photos when one triggers his recall of the secrets. He begins revealing apparently-unconnected secrets including, "Oceanic Flight 815 was shot down by a surface-to-air...", a different cause than what was revealed to bring down the airplane on the ABC series Lost.

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Reused Footage

Oceanic Airlines, as it appears in the After the Sunset trailer.

Stock footage from Executive Decision was also reused in the following: Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...

• After the Sunset: According to the trailer, Max and Lola fly on Oceanic Airlines to their retreat in the Bahamas. The footage does not show up in the theatrical cut of the movie.
• Category 6: Day of Destruction: Flight 762, which had to make an emergency landing at O'Hare Airport because the plane was hit with lightning.
• Diagnosis Murder: The Boeing 747 used with the route from LAX to Switzerland (Flight number 456) in the episode "Murder in The Air".
• JAG: Uses stock footage featuring Oceanic Flight 343 in the episodes "Vanished" and "The Bridge at Kang So Ri".
• Nowhere to Land: Oceanic Flight 762, also from Sydney to Los Angeles. Nerve gas onboard.
• Panic in the Skies: Footage was used from the film Executive Decision except with "Royce Air International" logos instead of the original ones. (In some scenes however, the original unedited footage is used.)
• The War at Home: Footage was used from the film Executive Decision in the episode called "The West Palm Beach Story"

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External links

• Airliners.net Executive Decision Jet - A photographic history of the original Boeing 747 that appeared in Executive Decision
• Airliners.net LOST Jet - A photographic history of the Lockheed L1011 Tristar dismantled for the "LOST" set.
• Lost-related mock-"official" site - run by ABC; incorporates a few Easter eggs.
• www.hansoair.org - Mock site of company which has "bought out" the bankrupt Oceanic Airlines. Domain registered to Loren Verville of Fort Collins, Colorado.
• Oceanic Flight 815 - Official LOST Website