Remember that monster on the wing of the airplane? William Shatner saw it on The Twilight Zone, John Lithgow saw it in the movie-even Bart Simpson saw it. A high-stress situation, such as thinking the plane will crash, is what led to Justin's previous mental breakdown while in Yemen.Personally selected by Richard Matheson, the bestselling author of I Am Legend and What Dreams May Come, the stories in Nightmare at 20,000 feet more than demonstrate why Matheson's regarded as one of our most influential horror writers.įeaturing the story 'Duel,' a nail-biting tale of man versus machines that inspired Steven Spielberg's first film. All of this can be explained by Justin having another psychotic break. One of the biggest clues that the podcast reveals, which Justin tries to prevent from happening, is Captain Donner signing off air traffic control by saying, 'Good night, New York.' But because Justin sets the plane crash in motion by having Joe Beaumont enter the cockpit and take over flight controls, he becomes the very catalyst of his destiny and his impending doom. After all, 'podcasts don't predict the future.' Even the air marshall had heard to the podcast and said she didn't know what Justin was up to you. As someone who suffers from PTSD and admitted to having had a psychotic break before, Justin is an understandably untrustworthy person to listen to in a situation like this.

Throughout the episode, Justin hears something on the podcast and in trying to avert whatever it is, he ends up causing more distress and confusion. 'Nightmare at 30,000 Feet' is, again, primarily rooted in the concept of fate. Nightmare At 30,000 Feet Ending Explained That is, everyone but Justin, who the passengers and crew members killed. Afterward, in the epilogue of 'Nightmare at 30,000 Feet', it's revealed that all the passengers not only survive the crash but will eventually end up being rescued. Joe ultimately takes it upon himself to save everyone by infiltrating the cockpit, knocking the pilots unconscious, and crashing the plane into the Atlantic Ocean. No matter what Justin tries to do or who he tries to tell, nobody believes him - except for Joe Beaumont, a man he met at the start of 'Nightmare at 30,000 Feet' and had signed a copy of the Progressive Pointe magazine for. Everything revealed on the podcast are merely details of a much larger puzzle in Flight 1015's crash, one that Justin continually, though perhaps unknowingly, attempts to make a reality. Third, it's a potential attack against a man named Igor Orlov, who is flying to Tel Aviv to testify against the Russian mafia. Second, it's a pair of Sikh men watching a sports broadcast on the plane's WiFi, something that Justin believes could be causing a disturbance with communications. First, it's a bird that strikes the engine (possibly as a reference to the gremlin from 'Nightmare at 20,000 Feet').

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