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How did the fake FBI agent know?

posted 12 years ago by phayuk
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Just watched the film. What I could not figure out is how did the fake FBI agent know that the plane had crashed near there in the first place?

Also, if he had a hunch that the plane was near there , why go to the police to help find it? It was only a bit of luck that the police officer remembered that the brothers mentioned a plane and therefore able to find it. Going near the police pretending to be FBI should have been the last thing he would have done.

[–] squodge 12 years ago

The fake FBI didn't know the plane was there. He went to every small town to look for the plane, as he figured that a plane crash in a city or big town would obviously have been located and reported.

The novel explains that he spent a long time visiting a *LOT* of small towns between where the plane took off and where it was expected to land. There are no discrepancies in the story - again, if you look at the original novel.

[–] phayuk 12 years ago

Thank you. I guess reading the book would help explain a few things. It must have been a bit of luck that he managed to speak to the police chief who had just happened to have spoken to the men and had them blurt out about the plane.