Flight 29 Down

Flight 29 Down is an American adventure comedy-drama television series about a group of teenagers who are stranded on an island.

The show was created by Stan Rogow (Lizzie McGuire, Darcy's Wild Life) and D. J. MacHale (Are You Afraid of the Dark?, The Pendragon book series).

The executive producers are Rogow, MacHale, Shauna Shapiro Jackson, and Gina & Rann Watumull.

The show follows a group of teens stranded on a South Pacific island in the Federated States of Micronesia after they crash their plane (a De Havilland Heron) in a tropical storm while flying to an eco-adventure camping trip in Palau.

A plot device of a video diary powered by a solar battery charger allows the kids to talk about themselves and to the camera about their difficult everyday struggles, the island, and each other.

Part 1: With the group split in two, tension mounts on the beach as Lex blames Daley for the break-up while those that left begin their mission to find life on the island.

Part 2: Nathan creates a new signal to grab the attention of passing ships, while the team that is exploring the island discovers they are not alone.

A flight with ten teenagers and a pilot crashes on a tropical island after a storm results in an engine explosion.

A huge monsoon ruins the camp and their communication equipment; however, brief contact with another plane had been established before the destruction.

The group continue to survive but a storm left their camp in ruins, as well as their plane washed out to sea.

In the end the castaways are saved by the Navy just before Typhoon Melissa hits the island and destroys everything.

The show also was aired in Saudi Arabia by MBC4 It was shown in Brazil by TV Cultura in 2008, from Monday to Friday, at 7 pm (Brasilia Time), under the title in Portuguese "Resgate Vôo 29" (Flight Rescue 29).

The main cast of Flight 29 Down (from left to right): Johnny Pacar, Kristy Wu, Hallee Hirsh, Allen Alvarado, Corbin Bleu, Jeremy Kissner, and Lauren Storm.