back about 30-odd years we started flying together. nick huslan a former chief pilot for malaysia airlines. my wife is a chief stewardess. so if my wife is onboard the aircraft, i would like zaharie to fly the plane, then, because i ve got great confidence in the guy. and there was real confidence in the aircraft they re about to fly, the boeing 777. it s a great airplane. it s got a sterling record of safety. that aircraft is actually the pinnacle of all the aircraft that i have flown, and the automation is just fantastic. for any critical electric or hydraulic system that would fail, there are two or three backup systems. after making their final preparations, the pilots are ready for pushback. at 12:32 a.m., the pilots taxi to the runway.
he does not he did not have that kind of makeup. he got married fairly early. socially, great guy. extremely helpful, and always willing to share. nick huslan met zaharie at malaysia airlines during the rigorous days of flight school 35 years ago. we had to polish our shoes until we can see we can count our teeth in it, you know. everything was very, very regimented. above all, huslan remembers his friend as a skilled and seasoned pilot who loved to fly, seen here in a video tribute posted by his family. he s crazy about flying. he flies real airplanes and builds small toy airplanes and flies them. he s got a life of aviation running through his veins. but if it wasn t zaharie and it wasn t fariq, what about the other passengers on flight 370? could it have been a hijacking? it would explain the fact
making the plane go dark. the plane was dark and silent. there was still no check-in with vietnam air traffic control, a call former chief pilot nick huslan has made thousands of times. you have to be like a drunk for you to forget to check in after somebody tells you immediately to check in. every pilot would want to do that as soon as possible. anything more than two to three minutes, already abnormal. around 1:27 a.m., ho chi minh s control center tries to reach the aircraft. they tried to call and see if mh370 was out there. no response. you attempt to communicate directly with the aircraft first? right. that s the first thing you do. if that s not successful, then you try to contact other aircraft around, and they did do that. and those planes tried to raise
and i took the decision that we must search both areas, the south china sea and the northern part. but no one was willing to comment either on the biggest unanswered question. did mh370 vanish because somebody with intent took over its controls? there is some level of human intervention. this is undoubted. nick huslan has piloted the plane thousands of times. we do not know who the perpetrator are. we will never know the reasons why. no matter what scenario you go with, we re deep in the world of crazy. crazy scenario, obscure scenario, evil scenario. whatever it is, we re in crazy land, right? this is stuff that doesn t happen. but it did happen. a truly astounding mystery. there is only a handful of verifiable facts, and after the confusion, delay, and chaos engendered in the first few
after, he became he hedged. he hedged. he suddenly, i m not talking about that. i m not saying that. we re not commenting on that. weeks after the flight vanished, richard quest put some of those questions to malaysia s then prime minister. what would you say to the critics, and be blunt, prime minister, who say malaysia wasted time at various parts of the investigation. i don t think they were fair criticism. you remember when the plane was reported lost, i was briefed that morning. and i took the decision that we must search both areas, the south china sea and the northern part. but no one was willing to comment either on the biggest unanswered question. did mh370 vanish because somebody with intent took over its controls? there is some level of human intervention. this is undoubted. nick huslan has piloted the