The Three Lives of Vertus Air Flight 718
Original Timeline - S1-EP13 "The Transformation" originally airing on February 3, 2009:
Vertus Air passenger Marshall Bowman mutated in a matter of minutes, after becoming ill during the flight.
Vertus Air flight attendants were initially reluctant to treat or assist Bowman. After he mutated and threatened flight safety, desperate calls were made to the cockpit.
Vertus Air pilots contacted Air Traffic Control and attemped a distress call that was cut-off - the final transmission -"Our purser's reporting a disturbance in the main cabin. There seems... It's trying to get in. New York, we need an emergency land... 718... we have something on board... It's already killed at least three pass...."
Vertus Air Flight 718 crashed in Scarsdale, New York killing all 147 on board including Marshall Bowman - the exact same number as those who perished in the Glatterflug Flight 627 crash on the very first episode "Pilot".
Altered Timeline - S4-EP16 "Nothing As It Seems" originally airing on March 30, 2012:
Vertus Air passenger Marshall Bowman started to mutate in the plane's restroom, after becoming ill during the flight. His transformation ceased, but later resumed while he was in custody after the flight.
Vertus Air flight attendants were initially reluctant to treat or assist Bowman. An Air Marshal interceded and delivered bowman to TSA custody after landing.
No one from the flight died except Marshall Bowman, after he was in custody and could not reach the drugs moderating his transformation.
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he Alternate Universe - Fringe Season 2 Press Kit - William Bell's New York Post Newspaper - originally released September 5, 2009:
NTSB Withholds Transcript of Flight 718 Black Box.
Official cites concern for Vertus Air employees' families. Full story, Page 8.
Did Peter's erasure from existence also change the fate of Vertus Air Flight 718 in the altered alternate universe as well?