FAQs. Q1:How did Flight 828 disappear on Manifest? A piece of Flight 828 is found off the shore of Cuba, and after Ben Stone has a recurring vision of the plane exploding, he concludes that the plane did explode, leaving the passengers dead.

In the context of the television series Manifest, Montego Air Flight 828 did not crash in the traditional sense, but its fate is the central mystery of the show. The Boeing 737 departed Jamaica for New York with 191 souls on board; during the flight, it experienced severe turbulence, but eventually landed safely at Stewart International Airport. However, upon landing, the passengers discovered that five and a half years had passed for the rest of the world, even though they had only been in the air for a few hours. While the plane landed intact, it was later "destroyed" on the tarmac when it mysteriously exploded after being seized by the government. Throughout the series, it is revealed that a "duplicate" of the plane may have crashed into the ocean, leading to complex theories about divine intervention, time travel, and "The Lifeboat." Ultimately, the show explores the "Callings" received by the survivors who returned from a flight that the world had long believed was lost at sea, rather than a standard aviation disaster.