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Frank went back in time (via wormhole) to 1952 with Gretchen's clone. She attended 3 years of flight school. Then Frank arranged for Gretchen's clone to be travelling on the plane in 1955 and take over the cockpit in order to steer the plane away from the crash. It's not rocket science.

Frank is actually Donnie's sister's (Elizabeth Darko) boyfriend. The Frank we see through most of the film should technically be referred to as Manipulated Dead Frank. Manipulated Dead Frank (MD Frank) is appearing from somewhere beyond or Universe, and the future of the Tangent Universe, to help Donnie achieve the goal of saving the universe. The Frank we see at the very end of the film, in the scenes where Gretchen is run over and the "Dreams" sequence, is the "real" alive Frank, that is the Frank who exists in our universe prior to being shot by Donnie.

There are also some links to the living Frank throughout the film, for example:

1. He drops off Elizabeth after a date (just before the jet engine hits the house)

2. He drives past Donnie in his red Trans Am when Donnie is cycling home near the beginning of the film

3. He is on a beer run at Elizabeth's party (the notice on the fridge. Note the similarity with the "They Made Me Do It" handwriting around the school mascot)

4. He fucks Elizabeth in the ass

Note that Frank does honk his horn in the first sequence as well, but he doesn't drive away the second time around.

But wasnt Javert alive in the 1800s. I dont get how he could have helped Donnie?

Will Farrell is Manipulated Dead but Seth Rogen is a Living Receiver.