Apologies if this is posted elsewhere...

I've been pondering just how the guiding force of Abbadon (getting Locke to go walkabout presumably to take advantage of an event window..and a seemingly long one at that?) fits in with the Swans system failure that is assumed to have ripped the plane apart and crashed it on on the Island...

Was the plane going to come to the Island without the failure via a window and it was pure coincidence?
Was there knowledge of Desmonds failure to reach the button on time and that was planned for?

I'm sure i've probably missed something, so any thoughts :confused:

I'm pretty sure the plane was able to enter the island's 'airspace' because of an 'event window', but it was Desmond not pushing the button that caused the plane to crash as it did and where it did.

In a show like Lost, coincidence can always be replaced by another word with the complete opposite meaning.

I personally feel that certain people flashed off of 815 similarly to 316. Desmond's failure to push the button brought the plane to a violent landing after they flashed off. We were never shown 815's flash because we were in no position to understand it that early in the series.

it would be a great deal if flight 815 was meant to be another attempt by an ex-islander to enter the event window - with some unexpected side effects.