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Off. a-card system being turned off. the plane turned, at least twice, probably three times. >> and most perflecting, no distress calls. >> there are so many ways, vhf radios, many, many way, none of it happened. >> could the difference of mh 370 be deliberate? passing through the security at the night of the flight. he was only 27 years old. farid. >> young to be flying a 777 in the u.s. he had gone through the gates, and passed and was with a senior guy. >> he had no known motive or

Digital handshakes with their satellites. >> that was a water shed moment. it changed everything. >> it changed everything, everybody thought that everybody thought they malaysia airlines flight 370 had gone dark. the handshakes showed it was in the air for hours more than anybody thought. >> it few west and south, and continued to fly for six and a half hours. >> using complicated calculations, they could roughly determine where the plane was going? >> it is getting close to black magic. it is ...

>> it reports that flight 370 had exchanged digital signals, known as handshakes, with their satellites. >> this 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 1/2 hours. >> using complic...

>> when we look at that roof, as pilots, we look at the wave points in the airways, there arent any. its as remote as you can get and still be on this planet. >> this is where experts believe the wreckage of flight 370 may lie. finding it an immeasurable challenge. >> were not searching for a needle in a haystack, were still trying to define where the haystack is. >> set out in hopes of finding the plane and failed. >> now this is no easy task. we have very good techniques for detecting needles ...

As soon as possible. anything more than two, three minutes is abnormal. >> 1:27 a.m., the control center tries to reach the aircraft. >> they tried the radio. tried to see if mh 370 would answer. >> the airports tried to reach mh 370 as well, with no success. >> with no response, an air traffic controller calls malays malaysia airlines for help. >> they tells air traffic control a completely different story. they say mh 370 hasnt vanished at all.

Posture not as ready as the world believes it to be. >> no jets are scrambled. nothing is done. the military said they chose not to intercept the plane, it was friendly, and didnt pose a threat to national security. >> why have an air force, if it is not capable of doing something like this? it is a big mistake, frankly, the malaysian government has not accounted for it to the families and the rest of the world. >> for david is a gray area. >> in the united states, we would know it in a heart be...

Finally, an hour after the plane was expected to land, malaysia airlines makes its first public announcement on facebook. >> this flight, mh370, lost contact with subang air traffic control at 2:40 a.m. this morning. >> it quickly becomes the biggest story in the world. >> where is malaysia airlines flight 370? >> more questions than there are answers. >> the hunt for flight 370 now covers millions of square miles. >> the worlds attention turns to the malaysian government and airline officials. ...

Channel news asia months after the planes disappearance. >> he does not -- he did not have that kind of makeup. >> he got married fairly early. socially, great guy. extremely helpful, and always willing to share. >> nick huslan met zaharie at malaysia airlines during the rigorous days of flight school 35 years ago. >> we have to polish our teeth, you know. everything was very regimented. >> he remembers his friend as a skilled and seasoned pilot who loved to fly, seen here in a video tribute pos...

>> clears for departure. flight 370 takes off for a three-poi3.5 hour flight to beijing. >> under controls, after landing gear. >> by 1:00 a.m., the crew and 227 passengers on board are cruising comfortably at 35,000 feet. even the pilots can relax, the plane is now basically flying itself. >> there was no challenge, for a seasoned officer to handle that flight. >> all went well, automatic message from the aircraft communication system.

>> when we look at the roof for the charts and the air points and the airwaves, there arent any, because it is as remote as you can get and still be on the planet. >> this is where the experts believe that the wreckage of 370 may lie, but finding it is an immeasurable challenge. >> and what we have out there at the moment, we are not searching for a needle in the haystack, but we are trying to define where the haystack is. >> that is last year, when the vessel "shield" set out in hopes of findin...