flight. bags checked, boarding passes printed. among them chinese painter and ka lig fers returning from an exhibit of their work. a family heading back from vacation with their toddler. two iranian men traveling on fake passports, passengers flying for business and pleasure. as well as the flight crew. the captain and first officer make their final preparations. in a 777 simulator, commercial pilot mitchell cosado shows martin savage the preflight prep. so it s going into this system here. the pilot loads the route, programming the aircraft to fly to its destination. it s essentially step by step going to take this plane from kuala lumpur to beijing. the plane is ready. paul weeks sends a message home. the last line was, it s only
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.
and pleasure as well as the flight crew. in the cockpit, the captain and first officer make their final preparations. okay. oxygen. check. instruments. check. in a 777 simulator, commercial pilot mitchell casado shows cnn s martin savidge the preflight prep. it s going into this system here. the pilot loads the route, programming the aircraft to fly to its destination. and it s essentially step by step going to take 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 until i see you all again. 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.
in the cockpit, the captain and first officer make their final preparations. okay. oxygen. check. instruments. check. in a 777 simulator, commercial pilot mitchell casado shows cnn the preflight prep. it s going into this system here. the pilot loads the route, programming the aircraft to fly to its destination. and it s essentially step-by-step going to take 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 until i see you all again. 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.