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Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

I just had a thought -

The Oceaniac 6 got back on the plane and ended up back on the island. Someone has to have noticed them missing by now. And was the Algeria Air crash reported on the news? That would be the second plane to go missing in 6 years and on that plane were the Oceaniac 6. So twice in 6 years there are 2 missing planes, and both planes were transporting [some of] the same people.

I would guess that when the Ajira 316 airplane crash-landed on the island, the sideways timeline came into existence and in that existence, Oceanic 815 landed safely and Ajira 316 doesn't yet exist. So, as far as "news" goes, neither event happened and all of the Losties are where they should be (more or less).

I think this is what katiesue is also saying.