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Weeks sends a message home. >> the last line is this is one day, so that means it's only 27 days until i see you all again. >> around 12:30 a.m., malaysia airlines 370 pushes back from the gate and gently eases towards the runway. the aircraft is cleared for takeoff. >> let's go. >> all right. so the brakes are off and everything is set. >> the captain boosts the mass i have engines. the plane roars into the sky. its altimeter tracking its climb through 5,000 feet then 10,000 feet. now airborne, air traffic controllers pick up the flight. >> they're going to see you on their radar because you'...

>> around 12:30 a.m., malaysia airlines 370 pushes back from the gate and gently eases toward the runway. the aircraft is cleared for takeoff. >> let's go. >> yeah, all right. so the brakes are off and everything is set. >> the captain boosts the massive engines. the plane roars into the sky. it's altimeter tracking its climb. now airborne air traffic controllers pick up the flight. >> you have a squawk code in your transponder which turns your radar return into something with a lot of information on it. it includes the flight number and the speed and the altitude. >> coming up to 17,000 feet....

>> the captain boosts the massive engines. the plane roars into the sky. its altimeter tracking its climb through 5,000 feet, then 10,000 feet. now airborne, air traffic controllers pick up the flight. >> they're going to see you on their radar because you've got a squawk code in your transponder which basically turns your simple radar return into something that has a lot of information on it. it includes the flight number and the speed and the altitude. >> coming up to 17,000 feet. >> this is malaysia here, and this is vietnam here. there's cambodia on the left side. >> as the plane reaches i...

>> the captain boosts the massive engines. the plane roars into the sky. its altimeter tracking its climb through 5,000 feet, then 10,000 feet. now airborne, air traffic ro controllers pick up the flight. >> they're going to see you on their radar because you have a squawk code in your transponder which basically turns your simple radar return into something that has a lot of information on it. it includes the flight number and the speed and the altitude. >> coming up to 17,000 feet. >> this is malaysia here. and this is vietnam here. there's cambodia on the left side. >> as the plane reaches ...