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Crucial information from geoffrey thomas. >> geoff regarding this township of the transcript retained by the telegraph newspaper you say the signoff from the copilot still doesn't sit right with you. why? >> no. well, the international protocol from the international civil aviation organization is that the signoff should be a repeat of the instruction given by air traffic control. so typically the signoff should be mh 370, contact ho chi minh city on 120.9, good night. it repeats the instruction. that's the international protocol. all right good night is either very -- way too casual, not comp...

Common? that kind of casual language? >> well, yeah. it's nonstandard, but that frequency is probably used all the time. and the controllers know that the pilots know and vice versa. >> so technically, we're seeing it on the screen here all right good night technically the copilot should have reread ho chi minh city, 120.9. >> should have read back the frequency to confirm it. but they've probably done this hundreds of times. and it just goes -- >> as far as you're concerned not much to glean from this. >> no. in addition to -- we seem to be focusing on the repeating of the altitude a bunch of...

Used all the time and the controllers know that the pilots know and vice versa. >> so technically, the co-pilot should have reread ho chi minh city, 120.9. >> yes, but they've probably done this hundreds of times and it just goes -- >> so as far as you're concerned, not much to glean from this? >> no, and we seem to be focusing on the repeating of the altitude a bunch of times. the way i look at it, if i wanted a higher altitude to go into that air space, the way i coax a controller that i want a higher altitude is to confirm i'm still at the same altitude. >> mary, you agree, nothing to glean...

The final altitude is 350. >> right. they get there, the pilot, the 27-year-old co-pilot repeats this information which is a little bit bizarre but not too bizarre. they say that that's something that is -- that does happen. the only really bizarre activity that we're noticing from all of this is just the handoff between air traffic controllers from kuala lumpur and who he chi min city, a lot of flight experts would say if i was going to steal an airplane, this is the point where i would do it. >> then there's the transcript of the final minutes. so let's look at this and think about this toge...

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