 According to Minkowski, as they approached "something happened" to Brandon that caused them to turn back.Brandon died as a result of this attempt to approach the Island, and Minkowski suffered from temporal displacement (jumping between past and present in his mind) and, lacking a "constant" (some aspect of his life present in both times and to which he would have a strong emotional connection), died soon after.One crew member, Regina, speaks with Faraday over a radio regarding a rocket payload experiment.