CNN CNN Special Report March 30, 2014 01:36:00
>> 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 ...
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