Second Plane

The second plane is a quadjet airliner that flies over the peninsula as part of either end of the Story.

Story
After Eric learns that he needs a live sacrifice to revive Timmy with the Resurrection Obelisk, he makes his way to the Power Obelisk in the Observatory. There, he finds that the computer below the window displays a plane flying near the island and lists three children aboard it, and gives Eric the option of activating the Obelisk to shoot it down. Alternatively, Eric can shut down the obelisk and allow the plane to pass safely.

If he chooses to activate the obelisk, Eric will view his photo of Timmy before doing so. The obelisk fires its pulse, and a few moments later the airliner falls out of the sky from the east, clipping the mountain and shearing off its right wing as it comes to rest in the snow. The epilogue, set one year later, confirms that Eric used a child from the plane to resurrect Timmy and that Eric's role in crashing the plane is not known to the rest of the world.

If Eric instead chooses to shut down the obelisk, upon leaving the Artifact Cave he will witness the plane flying off safely toward the south. After watching it depart, he will mournfully burn his photo of Timmy before resuming his survival routine.

Trivia

 * This plane resembles an Airbus A340, although it appears to be much smaller in scale. It may alternatively be a Russian Ilyushin Il-96, although the children aboard seem to have typical Western names.