Frank Lapidus Frank's role in the first half of season four was diminished, and some planned storylines were carried over into the fifth season. Frank's introduction, along with the three other new characters from the freighter introduced in season four, was well received, as was his return in season five. "Lost" executive producer Damon Lindelof confirmed in an interview that Lapidus would be a series regular for the show's sixth and final season. Originally from The Bronx, New York, Frank was the intended pilot of Oceanic Airlines Flight 815, which crashed on an island in the South Pacific. He is first encountered
British Airways Flight 9 2010. Captain Eric Moody gave an interview to the July 2010 edition of Flaps Podcast, where he recounted his experience. The Discovery Channel Canada / National Geographic TV series "Mayday" featured Flight 9 in a 2007 episode titled "Falling From the Sky" or "All Engines Failed" which featured interviews with the flight crew and passengers, and a dramatization of the flight. A nearly identical incident occurred on 15 December 1989 when KLM Flight 867, a Boeing 747-400 en route from Amsterdam to Tokyo, flew into the plume of the erupting Mount Redoubt, causing all four engines to fail due to