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Not sure that the statement about the range is correct. Aircraft ranges are given with the plane fully loaded -- it is possible to fly a jet further by not loading it to the maximum load of passengers / cargo. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bananapanic (talk • contribs) .

"In order to be subject to an electromagnetic field, such as occurs during a Swan system failure, the aircraft would have to contain ferrous metals."

Is this in any way factual? It's true that common household magnets only stick to things containing iron, but it's also true that electromagnetic fields interact with all charged particles, and it seems ignorant to surmise that the electromagnetic effects seen on the Island are limited to moving ferrous metals around. I'm not too great with technical science stuff, but for starters, any electronic device can be affected by a strong enough electromagnetic field. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Asterphage (talk • contribs) .

Actually you don't need anything ferromagnetic, to have it interacting with dynamic (i.e. varying) magnetic fields. The most common technology to use this are ordinary asynchronous electro induction motors. Incudction Motor page on Wikipedia Actually the use of ferromagnetic material in an induction machine was inefficient, as magnetic energy would be lost by magnetizing the material. Alas for the same reason Sayid would have had some problems hitting the concrete barrier with that titanium part of the fuselage in "The Swan" station: Eddy current brake

--Physics addict 11:51, 14 June 2008 (PDT)

Addendum: With extremely strong magnetic field you can even have EM interaction with non-conducting materials (i.e. insulators), mostly through diamagnetism: Levitated Frog --Physics addict 16:11, 16 June 2008 (PDT)

UNSUBSTANTIATED PAGE This whole page is based on 'SEMI-CANON'. One should not conclude that OA815 is in fact a B-777. The O-Air weblink to the seating chart is 'semi-canon' by Lostpedia standards. Using Lostpedia standards for CANON, the aircraft is an L-1011. The show is thee CANON source. Pilot 1/2 S1-1/2 showed an L-1011 on the beach. Ep 3-1 showed a B-777 type aircraft breaking-up over the barracks. 3-14 (Expose) is the most recent episode AND shows an L-1011. "Newer episodes: The information in a newer episode has priority when conflicting with a previous episode." --DocH 17:38, 28 July 2008 (PDT)