A Fijian man named laitia Tabakaucoro worked as an air traffic controller in the early 90s.
At the time, he and his pilot friends wanted to hp across the water of Fiji's main island of Viti Levu to one of the smaller islands.
While the plane was in flight, it got struck by a crosswind that knocked off its course.
The plane got lost in the blue expanse of the Pacific Ocean.
The crew remembered that the plane had GPS, and at the time, GPS was still relatively new.
Incredibly, one short flight to a nearby island sparked the use of GPS on planes.