an hour after the plane was expected to land, malaysia airlines makes an announcement on facebook. >> this flight lost contact with air control at 3:30 a.morning. >> it quickly becomes the biggest story in the world. >> where is malaysia airlines flight 370? more questions than answers. >> the world's attention turns to the malaysian government and officials. they don't seem to know what they are talking about. >> a deer in the headlights component to the early news conferences, you could see them struggling through t not knowing what they were doing. not understanding how to begin an investigation. >> 43 ships and 40 aircrafts. >> that would baffle the greatest minds in the aviation world, and the accident investigation world. >> they put out information without corroborating it. and it turned out to be false. >> the aircraft, continued flying for some time after last contact. those reports are inaccurate. >> they ended up on both sides of a bad situation. >> even days after the plane disappeared. families believe they are not being told the truth. >> this chinese woman demanded answers before a press conference. she didn't get any. >>

plane was expected to land, malaysia airlines makes its first public announcement on facebook. >> this flight, mh370, lost contact with subang air traffic control at 2:40 a.mstory in the world. >> where is malaysia airlines flight 370? >> more questions than there are answers. >> the hunt for flight 370 now covers millions of square miles. >> the world's attention turns to the malaysian government and airline officials. to many critics, they don't seem to know what they're talking about. >> there was a deer in the headlights component to those early news conferences. you could almost see them struggling through it, not knowing what they were doing. >> we cannot indulge in speculation. >> not understanding how to begin the investigation. >> there are currently 43 ships and 40 aircraft searching for it. >> an unprecedented investigation that would baffle the greatest minds in the aviation world and the accident investigation world. >> they put out information without really corroborating it, and much of it turned out to be false. >> i would like to refer to news reports suggesting that the aircraft may have continued flying for some time after last contact.