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777 in the u.s. that would be unheard of. this guy was doing well. >> doing so well that fari fariq hamid had just finished training and it was his first time without a check co-pilot. nearly 30 minutes off the takeoff, all seems well from a message sent with the communication system. >> that's kind of a little check message, just checking in. everything about that indicates a plane at cruise, everything is fine, everything is normal. >> 12 minutes later, at 1:19 a.m., a handoff with air traffic control. >> what happens during these handoffs is the controller in the station that is giving an a...

Without a check co-pilot. nearly 30 minutes after takeoff, all seems well according to an automatic message sent from the aircraft's communications system. >> that's kind of like a little text message that is just checking in. everything about that indicates a plane at cruise, everything's fine, everything's normal. >> 12 minutes later, at 1:19 a.m., a handoff with air traffic control. >> what happens during these handoffs is the controller in the station that is giving an airplane over to another sector gets on a phone to the next sector and say, hey, i've got malaysian airlines 370 coming yo...

Are at least three backups for every system, electrical, hydraulic. >> reporter: in the cockpit of flight 370, the captain with over 18,000 hours in the air, and a stellar reputation. >> he is the kind of guy that i want to fly with, you know. the quintessential good airline pilot, and he is everything that you would want to have taking you down to the ground on that dark and stormy night. >> reporter: seated beside him, 27-year-old first officer fariq hamid who has just under 3,000 hours in the air. >> an airline pilot in the mid-20s with the amount of experience that he had would never be fl...

Plane. he lived with his parents. he was engaged to marry another employee for malaysia airs. the airline said he had flown the triple 7 five other times before flight 370. they confirmed this was his first flight without a check co-pilot supervising him. obviously something that the pilot they would have maybe felt safe because he was being put with a pilot who had overseen pilot training for the airline. there are questions about the co-pilot's judgment. you may recall a woman told cnn hamid allowed her and her friend to ride in the cockpit a few years ago. the airline says it's shocked by t...

Them. they have released 0 information there is no word whether they will, but there is focus on the 27-year-old co-pilot, whether he was ready to fly the triple p. malaysia air says he was qualified listen. >> we did not see any problem with it. and so he is actually on the sixth flight which doesn't require a check co-pilot. you must realize he's flying with an examiner, not with anyone less. the captain is a triple seven examiner. >> as for 440 pounds of lithium batteries malaysian air says they were secured and there is no evidence of them exploding. >> trace, thank you. >> so what about s...