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The b-17 bomber, which was, frankly, a really big help in bombing the snot out of the nazis in world war ii, thank you very much. and, yes, the b-17 and its proet types, they were more complicated than planes had been before. but with this pilots checklist innovation, pilots flying after peter hill went onto fly that boeing plane nearly 2 million miles without having another accident. and to this day, one of the things pilots carry around in those giant, over-sized boxy suit cases is their dock ...

On the morning of march 8th, four hours after flight 370 disappears, a search is launched in the south china sea east of malaysia. >> as with any search, you start where the plane was last seen. >> we begin this morning with a desperate search at sea after a jet carrying 239 people vanished off the southern coast of vietnam. >> but very quickly overnight, very quickly, theres no debris, they cant find anything from the aircraft. and thats unusual. >> even more unusual, searchers also start looki...

At the same time, new leads are coming in. >> late today, chinese authorities released satellite photos of what they call a suspected crash site. >> an international fleet of aircraft and boats are now searching in two different areas. >> they had to look in the east because thats where debris was allegedly being reported. they had to look in the west because thats where their radar data had told them the plane had gone. >> but searchers still find nothing. days turn into weeks. and the search a...

They must be a wizard, somebody i would like to meet. i decided if i ever had the chance to go back to vegas, id check out la reve. watch the show once again. poke around backstage, ask some questions and see if i can get some answers. assuming i live through the flight. success. that was fun. no, i didnt have to pee. ♪ ♪ i took a road and wandered and i knew it ♪ ♪ i found a place where people laughed and put their hearts into it ♪ ♪ it aint the job, it aint the pay, no matter how y...

Ship lowers the ping 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 in the water. >> i was convinced this was it. they have the answer. it is a matter of days. >> a robotic submarine scours the 329 square mile area where the pings were heard. it is painstakingly slow work. then, two months later -- >> a massive setback in the search for malaysia airlines flight 370. the ...

Also start looking in the opposite direction. hundreds of miles to the west. >> i sat in the studio covering this. and we would look at each other and say did he say were looking to the west? >> yes. thats because newly discovered military radar reveals the plane may have turned back it the west. at the same time, new leads are coming in. >> late today, chinese authorities released satellite photos of what they call a suspected crash site. >> an international fleet of aircraft and boats are now ...

The 329-square-mile area where the pings were heard. it is painstakingly slow work. then, two months later -- >> a massive setback in the search for malaysia airlines flight 370. the u.s. navy says the underwater pings are not from the planes black boxes. >> how big a setback is that? >> it was terrible. it felt like we were right back at the beginning again. >> back to the beginning. and no closer to solving the mystery of malaysia flight 370. coming up, authorities investigate the last two men...

On the morning of march 8th, four hours after flight 370 disappears, a search is launched in the south china sea east of malaysia. >> as with any search you start where the plane was last seen. >> we begin this morning with a desperate search at sea after a jet carrying 239 people vanished off the southern coast of vietnam. >> but very quickly overnight, very quickly there is no debris, they cant find anything from the aircraft. and thats unusual. >> even more unusual, searchers also start looki...

May have turned back to the west. at the same time, new leads are coming in. >> late today, chinese authorities released satellite photos of what they call a suspected crash site. >> an international fleet of aircraft and boats are now searching in two different areas. >> they had to look in the east because thats where debris was allegedly being reported. they had to look in the west because thats where their radar data told them the plane had gone. >> but searchers still find nothing, days tur...

On the morning of march 8th, four hours after flight 370 disappears, a search is launched in the south china sea east of malaysia. >> as with any search you start where the plane was last seen. >> we begin this morning with a desperate search at sea after a jet carrying 239 people vanished off the southern coast of vietnam. >> but very quickly overnight, very quickly there is no debris, they cant find anything from the aircraft. and thats unusual. >> even more unusual, searchers