no, answer us now, this man yells. we re not getting any information and whether they know anything and they re not telling us, at this stage i m it s just blank. just waiting and praying. just north of perth, australia, danica weeks waits for news of her husband, paul, with her 3-year-old lincoln and 11-month-old jack. the good news is malaysia hasn t had to deal with this before. the bad news is, malaysia hasn t had to deal with this before. we re in a situation watching them learn how to deal with it and it s up fortunate. with a lack of clear communication, speculation and theories abound. could it have been mechanical, structural failure
there was repeated attempts to reach the aircraft. not only on the frequency they were assigned but also an emergency frequency. there is no answer. they re going through their check lilist for a missing aircraft, an aircraft that has fallen off the radar screens and is not communicating. at 2:48 a.m., a worried air traffic control alerts malaysian airlines they ve lost contact with the plane. flight 370 has disappeared. by 6:30 a.m., the sun is rising over beijing. the same time flight 370 is scheduled the land. but there is no plane and no sign of phillip wood, paul weeks
tracking its climb through 5,000 feet, then 10,000 feet. now airborne, air traffic controllers pick up the flight. they re going to see you on their radar because you have a squawk code in your transponder which 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. this is vietnam here. there s cambodia on the left side. as the plane reaches its cruising altitude of 35,000 feet, the pilots can relax a little. so can the passengers like paul weeks and phillip wood. it s 1:19 in the morning and a voice from the cockpit addresses air traffic control, saying simply all right, good night. for flight 370, it s been a routine evening.
he spent so much time with the kids, and took them to the zoo. and they were like his little shadow. reporter: in fact, preparing the boys was a major issue preparing for paul s 28-day abroad assignment. itt wthis was a big change fe family and especially lincoln, and he had bought him a little mini pad to skype him and a map to know where daddy would be. reporter: when he left home, he told his wife that he was leaving a few things behind. he said, i am leaving behind my wedding ring and watch, and if anything should happen to me, i want the wedding ring to go to the first son marry and the second to have the watch. i said something like, don t be stupid, you come back and i will give it back to you, and you can give it to them then. reporter: hours earlier, first officer hamid and captain
reporter: the captain booss s the massive engines. the plane roars into the sky. its altimeter tracking the time through 5,000 feet and then 10,000 feet, and then airborne, the air traffic controllers pick up the flight. they will see you on the radar, because you have a squawk code in the transponder which is going to turn the simple radar return into something that has a lot of information on it. it includes the flight number and the speend the altitude. coming up to 17,000 feet. this is malaysia here, and this is vietnam here. this is cambodia on the left side. reporter: as the plane reaches the cruising altitude of 35,000 feet, the pilots can relax a little, and so can the passengers like paul weeks and philip wood. it is 1:19 in the morning, and a voice from the cockpit addresses air traffic control saying