The Plane

Plane

One of the plane locations
Description
Player Given Names	Starting location
Added in	v0.01
Location(s)	Random
Altitude	Random
Coordinates	Random
Environment	Grass/Forest
On Patrol Route	Always

The Plane after examination appearing to be an Airbus A320-200^[1] plays a large role in the story as it is the reason why the player is on the Peninsula in the first place. During the intro animation there appears to be an explosion from the right side of the plane where the cockpit detaches from the body. After the nose of the plane breaks off, the plane hurtles down onto the peninsula where the body crashes through the bushes and branches before coming to a stop where the beginning of the game takes place. The Cockpit, part of the plane, spawns every game in the mountain area.

Spawns

Each new game will bring a new location of the plane crash on the peninsula. There are several set spawn points. The list below is incomplete.

Next to Geese Lake
In the woods to the north of the Yacht
Next to the abandoned film camp
South west of the biggest cannibal village

Origin of the Crash

It is heavily suggested that the plane was brought down by the power obelisk, operated by Dr. Matthew Cross. The power obelisk functions as an EMP-type device, and Dr. Cross knew this before using it. He crashes the plane in order to find a suitable sacrifice to use for Megan in the resurrection obelisk.

Development

In v0.18 new plane and cockpit models were added. Post-v0.18 planes include overhead luggage compartments, a lavatory, and a modified posterior end of the interior. The front of the new plane's model where the cockpit separated also includes a more ripped and bent metal look. After the update, the type of aircraft made more probable the theory that affirm that the plane is an Airbus A320-200^[1].

The Broken Plane

The Broken Plane was an object that existed on the map in previous versions of the game. It was an invisible plane that casted shadows can could be jumped on and ran into, and it is possible that it is an Easter Egg. It is also possible that it may be re-added to future versions of the game, or moved to the Mountain Area. It may also be involved in the story, possibly being the source of the Survivor movie producers. When opening a decompiled version of the plane's 3d model, you can see that the plane is a small, high-wing, single-engine piston plane (likely only holding a very small group of people). It has a tail section, broken main wings, and its nose is bent and smashed.

Trivia

It is unknown where the flight originated. However, it is widely speculated that the flight originated in New York City, as several of the suitcases contain a statue of liberty figurine. These figurines are very common tourist merchandise sold in New York City.
It is also likely that the plane originated from the Toronto Pearson airport, in Ontario, Canada, as the developers are located in Canada, and the airport code of "YYZ" is shown on the passenger manifest.
The logo on the tail of the plane seemed to be taken from German airline Lufthansa which also provides speculation of the flight originating from New York, however, the Lufthansa logo was removed from the cockpit and fuselage in v0.04, most likely to avoid copyright trouble. Also, Lufthansa doesn't operate flights originating from New York with single-aisle aircraft.
The aircraft after close evaluation appears to be an Airbus A320-200.^[1]
The plane axe found in the flight attendant is carried on some Airbus aircraft in the cockpit behind the F/O's seat.

Gallery - Release 1.0

Blood on hands after plane crash
Stewardess with plane axe sticked to the body
Plane toilet with some booze
Passenger manifest, food and booze at the back
Food and soda at passenger sits
Plane view from inside
Plane crash location is randomized
Plane view from outside
Plane view from above
Many suitcases around the plane
One of many plane crash locations
View of the plane from the side
Crashed plane from distance

Gallery

The tail plane in the game.
The tail plane of a real Lufthansa airplane.
Plane around release of game
One of the plane movies screens
Other plane movie screen

Update History

Version	Changes
v1.0	Added clouds beside window in opening plane cutscene.

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 The evidence of the aircraft involved being an Airbus A320-200 follows, the player charactor sits near the back of plane, and the wings are clearly in display. If the aircraft was an A321 the wings would be much further forward on the fuselage. Secondly the shape of the fuselage and the cockpit windows are designed very similarly to the A320. Lastly the Side-stick seen in the cockpit, which is only used in Airbus aircrafts. The evidence for the aircraft being an Airbus A320-200 varient is the sharklets (wingtip device) which were only fitted onto the 200 model.[1][2]

[:0-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 The evidence of the aircraft involved being an Airbus A320-200 follows, the player charactor sits near the back of plane, and the wings are clearly in display. If the aircraft was an A321 the wings would be much further forward on the fuselage. Secondly the shape of the fuselage and the cockpit windows are designed very similarly to the A320. Lastly the Side-stick seen in the cockpit, which is only used in Airbus aircrafts. The evidence for the aircraft being an Airbus A320-200 varient is the sharklets (wingtip device) which were only fitted onto the 200 model.[1][2]

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