Charlie and Mr. Eko at the plane.

The Drug Smuggler'sSmugglers' planePlane is a Beechcraft 18airplane planethat fromcrashed Nigeriaon the Island. It was carrying Virgin Mary statues which contained heroin inside of them. The plane was flown by Nigerian drug smugglers who were disguised as priests.

In Nigeria, Mr. Eko came up with a plan to transport heroin outside the country. He and the other smugglers, Goldie and Olu, dressed up as priests, andloaded the plane with heroin, inside the Virgin Mary statuesstatues, withto heroinmake it appear they are on a missionary. Before leaving, Yemi came, inside.pleading Mr. Eko wasto stop what they are supposeddoing. The military came, and shoot Olu. Yemi tries to bestop inthe shooting, but is shot himself. Goldie brings Yemi onto the plane, but was kickedkicks out byMr. anotherEko, smuggleras whilehe tryingattempted to getclimb on inside.board. The plane somehowtakes crashedoff without Mr. Eko.

The plane crashes on the islandIsland.

The Itplane wascrashes firston discoveredthe byIsland Nikkiat andan Paulounknown time. Locke, who didis travelling notthrough telltime, anyonewitnesses aboutthe theirplane discovery.crash. It wasflies thenvery laterlow, discoveredonly a few meters above him. A Virgin Mary statue falls out of the plane. He goes to investigate the crash, but cannot make it to the plane, as he is shot down by LockeEthan.

The andfirst Boonesurvivors to discover the plane were Nikki. Lockeand Paulo, whosewho also discovered legsthe suddenlyPearl becamestation paralyzed,just toldbelow Booneit. Nikki tells Paulo to climb upinto the plane, which is hanging from a cliff, wherebut thehe planerefuses, wasthinking that currentlyit situatedwill at,fall andif gohe tries.

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The plane hanging from inside.the cliff.

The Virgin Mary statues.

When Mr. Eko discovereddiscovers that hisCharlie brother,carries Yemia wasstatue of the Virgin Mary, he orders him to take him to the place which he found inside.it at. They burnteventually arrive, and Mr. Eko finds the plane,body butof Charliehis keptbrother, someYemi, statuesinside forthe himself.plane. He eventuallytakes kickedthe hiscross drugthat addiction.is Itbrother was laterwearing, discovered,and byburns the plane while citing the 23rd Psalm.

Locke and Mr. Eko, thatreturn to the planesite, waswhile onsearching topfor ofthe aquestion largemark ?.Locke saw on the blast door map. He finds a giant ? wason the entranceground towhere the Pearl station.plane Mr.is, Ekoand dieddiscover atthe thisPearl. locationLater, whenthey they,return, along with SayidDesmond, DesmondSayid, Nikki, and Paulo. While they are in the Pearl, Mr. Eko searches the plane, but discovers Yemi's body is missing. Yemi appears, and after talking, he disappears into the jungle. Mr. visitedEko follows him, but is killed by the station.Smoke Monster.


Questions:

• Where was the plane heading to?
• How did the plane crash on the island?Island?
• If Locke was indeed intended to go to the plane as directed by his 'vision' then what in fact was the purpose of the visit as it only appears to have led to BoonesBoone's death and nothing more.