weeks sends a message home. the last line is this is one day, so that means it s only 27 days until i see you all again. around 12:30 a.m., malaysia airlines 370 pushes back from the gate and gently eases towards the runway. the aircraft is cleared for takeoff. let s go. all right. so the brakes are off and everything is set. the captain boosts the mass i have engines. the plane roars into the sky. its altimeter 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 ve got what s called 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
around 12:30 a.m., malaysia airlines 370 pushes back from the gate and gently eases toward the runway. the aircraft is cleared for takeoff. let s go. yeah, all right. so the brakes are off and everything is set. the captain boosts the massive engines. the plane roars into the sky. it s altimeter tracking its climb. now airborne air traffic controllers pick up the flight. you have a squawk code in your transponder which turns your radar return into something with 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 there is vietnam here.
27 days until i see you again. around 12:30 a.m., that laze yeah airlines 370 pushes back from the gate and gently eases towards the runway. the aircraft is cleared for takeoff. let s go. all right. the brakes are off and everything is set. 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 controllers pick up the flight. they re going to see you on your radar because you ve got what s called a squat 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.
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 controllers pick up the flight. they re going to see you on their radar because you ve got 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 its cruising altitude of 35,000 feet, the pilots can relax a little. so can the passengers like paul weeks and philip wood. it s 1:19 in the morning. and a voice from the cockpit addresses air traffic control
preparations. oxygen, check. instruments, check. in a 777 simulator, mitchell casado shows cnn s martin savidge the preflight prep. the pilot loads the route, programming the aircraft to fly to its destination. reporter: it s essentially step by step going to make this plane from kuala lumpur all the way to beijing. the plane is ready. before taking off, paul weeks sends a message home. the last line was, this counts as one day, so that means it s only 27 days till i see you all again. around 12:30 a.m., malaysian airlines flight 370 pushes back from the gate and eases toward the runway. the aircraft is cleared for takeoff. let s go. so the brakes are off and everything is set. the captain boosts the massive engines. the plane roars into the sky.