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					Originally Posted by sleepyjeff  Starting with why is everyone so keen on getting this plane back in the air? 
Totally ignoring the fact that a ship far larger than the one that got Micheal and Walt off the island exists(see episode 3:9)
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I think MIB wants everyone on the plane so he can crash it (or have it blow up), indirectly killing all of the candidates (whom he is forbidden to kill directly).