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| - Nikki and Paulo were actually the first survivors to come across the drug smugglers' plane shortly after the crash. They saw the plane on the edge of a cliff, but Paulo refused to go up and search for a radio because he was sure it would fall. They also discovered the Pearl hatch and opened it, but Nikki did not want them to go inside. ("Exposé") The drug smugglers' plane was later seen on the Island by Locke in a dream, a vivid vision of the plane crashing, his mother, and Boone covered in blood. Locke then took Boone into the jungle, following his foresight. Upon finding the plane and suspecting there could be a radio inside, Boone climbed into the plane at the behest of Locke, whose legs were not functioning properly at that time. Inside the plane, Boone tried to send a distress call using the cockpit radio. As the plane began to tip from Boone's weight, he heard a return transmission from Bernard. The plane then fell to the ground below, fatally injuring Boone. Paulo later returned to the Pearl and overheard Ben tell Juliet to have Tom move the plane on top of the Pearl hatch. When Eko and Charlie found the plane in the jungle, Eko took the cross his brother was wearing, put a statue in his arms, and ceremonially burned the plane, while he and Charlie recited the 23rd Psalm. Eko then told Charlie that he was a priest. Charlie took at least one Virgin Mary statue (with heroin hidden inside each one) with him when he stopped at the plane with Sayid while looking for Rousseau (who had taken Claire's baby Aaron away from her) and would later return to take more and hide them. Later, the plane, when viewed from the cliff, appeared to be lying next to a large circle on the ground marking the site of the entrance to the Pearl. Due to some overgrowth on the circle, it appeared to Eko to resemble a large question mark. ("?") Locke returned to the site, along with Sayid, Desmond, Paulo, and Nikki, to find Eko and visit the Pearl. Eko investigated the plane, and Yemi had gone, despite large boulders remaining unmoved by the doors. ("The Cost of Living")
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