The surprises. Debris found off the coast of reunion island in the indian ocean. The second piece of mh370s wreckage picked up. And setbacks. It was terterrible. It felt like we were right back at the beginning again. Questions still unanswered. We need to know what happened. And the only way youre going to do it is to find the aircraft. Theres just too much at stake here to say were going to stop. Now, vanished the mystery of Malaysia Airlines flight 370. March 8th, 2014. Kuala lumpur international airport. Just after midnight, the pilots of Malaysia Airlines flight 370 are preparing for takeoff. Its all about checklists in aviation. Theyre going through checklists. Miles obrien is a pilot and aviation analyst for cnn. It doesnt matter how mundane it is, how many times youve done it. You do it religiously because that is absolute foundation of safety in aviation. In the cockpit, 27yearold first officer fa reek hamid. This video shows him training on the triple 7. Flight 370 was his fi
reputation. kept zahari and me, we go back about 30 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 zahari 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 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.
are preparing for takeoff. it s all about checklists in aviation. they re going through checklists. miles o brien is a pilot and aviation analyst for cnn. it doesn t matter how mundane it is, how many times you ve done it. you do it religiously because that is absolute foundation of safety in aviation. in the cockpit, 27-year-old first officer fa reek hamid. this video shows him training on the triple 7. flight 370 was his first time flying the aircraft without an instructor. so while his experience level might have been low on the aircraft, he was totally up to date on how to fly it. a lot of airline pilots tell me these are the best people to fly with because they ve just come out of rigorous training. next to fariq, zahari shah, a captain with over 18,000 hours in the air and a stellar