The evening of the “Lassiter’s 20th Anniversary” plane trip to Launceston, Tasmania, finally arrived for the neighbours. Karl, dismayed at the thought of spending the evening with Izzy and Paul, had earlier in the day handed his tickets over to Alex and Susan, who were delighted at the prospect of a short break. Meanwhile Izzy and Elle were trying their best to remain civil for the sake of Paul. However unbeknown to the neighbours, a mysterious figure had planted a bomb in the undercarriage of the plane. This had been ticking away for hours prior to the flight, with the neighbours blissfully unaware that their fates were already sealed. With Paul, Izzy, Elle, Susan, Alex, Lil, David, Serena, Connor, Sky and Dylan dressed in glamorous 1940s attire and aboard the plane, it was time to get airborne. Just as the plane disappeared over the horizon, Sgt Steiger and Stuart sped onto the airfield to apprehend Dylan, but alas they were too late. News, however, got to Paul that Dylan would be intercepted in Launceston. Paul did his best to reassure Dylan that everything would be fine, but Dylan, unsure retired to his seat, and soon after an horrific explosion was heard from the back of the plane.

Back in Erinsborough, Janelle received a telephone call from Melody Jones (Nina Tucker’s former agent), who under the new guise of a publicist, wanted to publish Janelle’s creation, “The Bogan’s Tipped Hair”. Janelle however believed that Joe had set her up again. When she realised that in fact this was a genuine offer, Janelle was overjoyed. Dancing around the living room of number 26 with Bree, a startling apparition stopped Janelle, dead.

As the plane glided towards the sea, loved ones huddled together, and Dylan made the sudden realisation that he actually loved his mother, while Sky prepared for death, hoping she would soon be with her mum, Kerry. Izzy made a desperate call to Karl, saying she loved him, and that she was truly sorry for all the pain she had caused.

In the rough and icy waters of the Bass Strait, among the wreckage of the plane, Susan screamed for help. Izzy surfaced and was grateful to see Susan, the pair clung together, but on hearing the screams of Elle, Izzy swam to try and find her. Susan begged her not to leave and when Izzy turned around, Susan was gone. Inside the sinking plane, Connor and Serena were desperate to try and find a way out. When the water level began rising dramatically, Connor realised that he and Serena would have to take off their life jackets and swim under and out of the fuselage. Outside the pair held on to what they could, but after a while the struggle was too much for Serena and she disappeared into the dark.

In Erinsborough news filtered back of the disaster. Everybody seemed to take the news differently. Janelle, who had cursed Dylan when she learnt of the armed robbery, was beside herself, convinced her son was dead. Harold remained staunchly sure that everybody was alive, while others remained shocked. The neighbours gathered at number 24 and listened to the news. Slowly the information on those aboard the plane trickled though. Paul was the first survivor, nobody rejoiced. Then Elle and Izzy. Karl couldn’t hide his emotions any longer, furious that Izzy was alive and that there was no news on Susan, he lashed out and declared “Susan is worth a thousand Izzy’s”. Max leapt to hit him, but was held back by Lou. As the hours went on, it was revealed that Alex and Sky had too survived.

Connor meanwhile had been washed up on a deserted beach in Tasmania. While wandering alone he spotted a body lying in the sand, it was Dylan and he was alive. Both were relieved to have found each other, but were shaken and confused. Dylan was sure Sky was dead, and Connor had come to the same conclusion about Serena. Deciding neither of them had a life left in Erinsborough, they planned to go on the run and pretend they were both dead.

The sadness of the week’s events brought Janelle closer to both Karl and Joe. Lyn, too, was able to communicate with Karl on a level barely seen since the animosity of his divorce from Susan. Elsewhere, Boyd and Janae fell more in love with one another, which proved there was still light in the darkness surrounding such a tragic event.

Notes: Fully illustrated summaries of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday's (The Plane Crash: Parts One, Two and Three) episodes can be found here.

One of the mug shots, shown to Rob Summers in Tuesday's episode, was of Chris Adshead, who directed the episode.