the u.s. navy says the underwater pings are not from the plane s black boxes. how big a setback was that? oh, 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 known to be in the cockpit of flight 370. we need to know what happened. it is not an option not to know. it turns out, they want me to start next month. she can stay with you to finish her senior year. things will be tight but, we can make this work. now. grandpa, what about your dream car? this is my dream now.
later, no one s looking yet. as precious hours pass, time is running out. while flight 370 flies further and further over one of the world s largest oceans. coming up, what happened onboard flight 370? we do not know who the perpetrator are. we will never know the reasons why. if you have recurring constipation and belly pain, talk to your doctor and say yesss! to linzess.
acars. richard quest is an anchor and aviation correspondent for cnn. think of acars as a giant smartphone that will send out huge amounts of information via satellite or by radio transmission. then at 1:19 a.m., a standard handoff with air traffic control as the plane leaves malaysian airspace and enters vietnamese airspace. the controller here in malaysia tells him to speak to ho chi minh. and he says good night, malaysian 370, something i would do. there was no indication that anything had gone wrong. david soucie is a former safety inspector for the faa. so for the first 40 minutes of this flight, up to that point everything has been routine.
when we look at that route as pilots, we all look at the charts and we look for the way points and the airways. there aren t any. it s as remote as you can get and still be on this planet. this is where experts believe the wreckage of flight 370 may lie. finding it, an immeasurable challenge. plenty offal gee out there at the moment. we re not searching for a needle in a haystack. we re looking for the haystack. they set out in hopes of finding the plane and failed. this is no easy task. we have very good techniques for detecting needles in haystacks. we have high confidence that if we ve got the right haystack, we ll find the needle in it. the australian transportation safety bureau was leading the search with chief commissioner martin dolan in charge. it s six days sailing out
cleared for departure, flight 370 takes off for a 5 1/2-hour scheduled flight to beijing. the human control, direct physical control on the controls, will probably cease after the landing gear goes up, the flaps goes up, and it goes on autopilot. by 1:00 a.m., the crew and 227 passengers onboard are cruising comfortably at 35,000 feet. even the pilots can relax a little. the plane is basically now flying itself. there was no particular challenge there for a seasoned captain and that first officer to handle that flight without any problem. and at 1:07 a.m., all seems well according to an automatic message sent from the aircraft s communications system, called