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>> there was just no indication that there was anything going on in his life other than he had made it. >> fariq had made it and was on an impressive career trajectory. >> at 5,000 hours on a 737 you go from a small plane to a big plane, and this was his promotion. >> cnn aviation correspondent richard quest gained permission to fly on malaysia airlines in february 2014. in an eerie coincidence it was one of fariqs last training flights on the boeing 777. >> there is absolutely no question that ...

>> inmarsat, a british company, reports that flight 370 had exchanged digital signals, known as handshakes, with their satellites. >> that was a watershed moment. and that changed everything. >> it changed everything because everyone had thought flight 370 had gone completely dark. but the discovery of the digital handshakes was proof the plane was in the air for several hours longer than anyone thought. >> suddenly they have evidence that it flew west and south and continued to fly for some 6 1...

Theyre going through checklists. >> miles obrien is a pilot and aviation analyst for cnn. >> it doesnt matter how mundane it is, how many times youve done it. you do it religiously because that is absolute foundation of safety in aviation. >> in the cockpit, 27-year-old first officer fariq hamid. this video shows him training on the 777. flight 370 was his first time flying the aircraft without an instructor. >> so while his experience level might have been low on the aircraft, he was totally up...

>> debris found off the coast of reunion island in the indian ocean. >> the second piece of mh370s wreckage picked up. >> and setbacks. >> it was terrible. it felt like we were right back at the beginning again. >> questions still unanswered. >> we need to know what happened. and the only way youre going to do it is to find the aircraft. >> theres just too much at stake here to say were going to stop. >> now, "vanished: the mystery of malaysia airlines flight 370." march 8th, 2014. kuala lumpur ...

Expire, so youve got to say, this is our best guess now. >> their best guess is a remote area more than twice the size of california. >> good morning. these are all the aircraft flying today. >> the australians take over the search. and soon after the australian ship "ocean shield" lowers its pinger locater into the water, pings are detected. >> clearly this is a most promising lead. >> it was wow again. >> it was miraculous. they had just put the towed pinger locater into the water. >> i was co...

Theres a gray area. >> here in the united states, we would know that in a heartbeat. over there, it wasnt set up that way. it was a clear delineation, a firewall between military and civil operations, and the two just didnt meet each other. >> a missed opportunity. >> exactly. >> on the ground in beijing, of course, the families waiting patiently for the arrival of flight 370 knew none of this. finally, an hour after the plane was expected to land, malaysia airlines makes its first public announ...

>> and i intend to be the next president of the united states. >> george w. bush believes he has a purpose, and this is his destiny. >> i can hear you! >> when you saw him on that pile of rubble, most americans said, were going to get behind him, and were going to hope he leads us out of this. >> announcer: the following is a cnn special report. malaysian 370. >> its been five years since a state-of-the-art aircraft disappeared. >> nobody expects a 777 to vanish. it just doesnt happen. >> wher...

Later.ay an aviation source saying it could be monday before anything is made public. on the ground, investigators are interested in the tail section of the jet, the horizontal stabilizer which controls nose up and down movement, specifically the jack screw, which moves that part. a source says it was found in a nose down position. with the 370 jetliners towed and parked around the world, american airlines alone canceled 85 flights today as boeing has stopped delivery of the maxes. tonight the q...

Malaysian airlines, flight 370. also sarah nelson. hello to both of you. interesting day. david, im going to start with you. "the washington post" reports that in conversations about this issue the president said the 737 max 8, quote, sucks and that the 737s paled in comparison to the boeing 757 also known as trump air force one. whats your reaction to the presidents comments, david? >> ill tell you what, 737 max 8 does anything but suck. its a great airplane. theres no question in my mind. its ...

After nearly every other country in the world had already taken action president trump today grounded boeing 737 max 8 and 9 jets. thats after a deadly crash in ethiopia on sunday that killed 157 people. the second crash in less than five months. joining me now is a former faa inspector the author of malaysian airlines, flight 370. also sarah nelson. international president of flight attendants. hello to both of you. interesting day. david, im going to start with you. "the washington post" repor...