What is also strange is that if you track the doomed Flight 815, it shows that it landed in LAX, but it still has an 'Alert' status.
Flight# - 815
Status - Alert
Airport - SYD
Scheduled - 14:04
Actual - 14:08
Gate - 15
Airport - LAX
Scheduled 03:16
Actual - 3:23
Gate - 42
Also, if you go to the fake airline site it has a link to answer some trivia about the show, get it right and you can sign up to get email notifications about upcoming info on the show.
http://www.oceanic-air.com/inflightmagazine.htm