MH370 – 2 March BL 8pm FINAL
OPENING TITES OPENING TITLES
SUNSET & EXTERIOR OF HOUSE WITH KID LAUGHING
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ON MARCH 8TH 2014 – FLIGHT MH370 DISAPPEARED
UPSOT DANICA AND LINCOLN
It’s full of sugar!
It’s making me jump up the walls!
PRE-TITLE TEASE
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DANICA WEEKS’ HUSBAND WAS ON THAT FLIGHT.
DANICA: Pauly and I always had this rule that the kids were in bed by 7. It was our time then. I don’t have that time anymore!
UPSOT LINCOLN GRABS SPIDERMAN
DANICA (CRYING): I know it’s not good parenting.
I've been keeping Lincoln up just because it lessens the amount of time I have alone….
TITLE CARD: MH 370
ONE YEAR ON
REPORTER ALEX DE JONG
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THE SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN IS ONE OF MOST REMOTE AREAS OF THE WORLD.
THIS IS WHERE THEY’VE BEEN HUNTING FOR MH 370 FOR ALMOST A YEAR…
IN PARTS THE OCEAN IS OVER 6 KILOMETRES DEEP
AND IF THE PLANE IS HERE, IT’S ALMOST CERTAINLY BROKEN UP AND SCATTERED INTO PIECES
SUPER 00:01:40
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PETER FOLEY
search coordinator
PETER FOLEY
The area that we’re searching in is a very challenging part of the ocean. It’s remote. The sea conditions that far south at times are absolutely horrendous.
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PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA UPSOT ALEX ARRIVING AT HOUSE
UPSOT GETTING KIDS OUT OF BED
O wow…that is fantastic…..Is that Batman’s cave?
Awesome! Ok breakfast time monkeys. Come on….
DANICA: It was the Friday and he was just finishing off some of his packing, Paul leaned down and he had a split all the way down through his jeans and we started obviously laughing and I said ‘Pauly you can’t go like that you cannot go on a plane with split jeans. He’s like ‘Why not..why not? And we just sat here as a family and we did some family videos, and a family selfie video. And he was just so happy.
ALEX: He was flying business class?
DANICA: Yes he was flying business class! Hence he couldn’t go with split jeans…He was really looking forward to it.
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PAUL WEEKS WAS HEADING TO A MINE IN MONGOLIA WHERE HE’D JUST GOT A NEW JOB AS A MECHANICAL ENGINEER. IT WAS A BIG BREAK.
DANIKA AND PAUL ARE KIWIS, THEY MET 14 YEARS AGO AT THE MUNICH OKTOBERFEST. THEY MARRIED, HAD TWO KIDS AND EVENTUALLY SETTLED IN PERTH.
SUPER 00:02:11
DANICA WEEKS
paul’s wife
DANICA: He said he would Skype us at about 1 0’clock I the afternoon. It was after he landed in Beijing. So I’d put on Skype waiting for him to call us and so we’re blissfully just going about our day not thinking about anything and I suddenly get a phone call ..It was about 1’o clock in the afternoon and it was a reporter from the NZ Herald and she said to me ‘Is Paul Weeks there?’ And I said ‘No. He's on a flight to Mongolia. Or he’s on his way to Mongolia. And she said you haven't heard then? And I said what? And she said there's been an incident with the plane.
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IT WAS A PHONECALL THAT CHANGED THIS FAMILY FOREVER.
UPSOT
Ok boys come on! Breakfast time!
FOR A BRIEF MOMENT, SHE THOUGHT PAUL WASN’T ON THE PLANE BECAUSE HIS NAME HADN’T BEEN LISTED WITH THE AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY. BUT OF COURSE, IT WASN’T THERE BECAUSE THEY’RE NEW ZEALANDERS LIVING IN AUSTRALIA.
DANICA: And this Why? What? When? How? is just a constant constant in your life!
And I search on the phone, on the internet just constantly looking for one piece of information that will tell me where they are.
That’s just the most crazy thing of all. How do you lose a plane? I wake up every day and say ‘How do you lose a plane? They fly past here every day and I just think. It’s impossible! It’s truly impossible.
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UPSOT NEWS FOOTAGE
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THIS MAP SHOWS ALL THE DIFFERENT PLACES IN THE SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN THEY HAVE LOOKED FOR THE MISSING PLANE OVER THE PAST YEAR
THE INITIAL AERIAL AND SURFACE SEARCH STARTED HERE
THEN IT MOVED NORTHEAST
AND THEN…FURTHER NORTH UP TOWARDS INDONESIA
AFTER THAT….IT DROPPED DOWN AGAIN…..
THE CURRENT UNDERWATER SEARCH ZONE IS HERE….
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ONE YEAR ON
NOT A SINGLE PIECE OF MH370 WRECKAGE HAS BEEN FOUND…
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ADDING TO THE MYSTERY AND ANGUISH FOR THOSE, LIKE DANICA DESPERATE TO FIND THEIR LOVED ONES…IS THE FACT THAT THE DECISION TO SEARCH IN THE SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN WAS DRIVEN BY JUST 8 BRIEF CONTACTS MH370 HAD WITH AN INMARSAT COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE.
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PETER FOLEY
search coordinator
SUPER 00:06:30
DES ROSS
fmr head aviation safety office
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CHRIS MCLAUGHLIN
inmarsat
PETER FOLEY: The analysis has been an extraordinary analysis by really expert people who have worked it and worked it, peer-reviewed it. We are confident that the analysis has placed us in the right place
DES ROSS: We seem to have gone away from the point of at which the aircraft went missing and we’re now searching in the southern Indian Ocean based on scientific data and scientific information which Inmarsat themselves are saying is not necessarily 100% accurate.
CHRIS MCLAUGHLIN: We have been dealing with a totally new area, trying to help an investigation, based on a single signal, once an hour, that didn’t have any GPS data, any time and distance information. So this really was a bit of a shot in the dark
CNBC: The issue with the inmarsat data is that this data is in no way designed to track the aircraft and locate the aircraft on the earth. It’s merely a carrier signnal to carry vital information about the airplane to Inmarsat and down to the airline company or engine company on the ground. So they’re trying to use this data for something it was never really intended for….
DES ROSS: I mean it's okay. There’s sort of a suggestion that this is the only game in town…and that this is the best information we have got to work with. So they're going with it.
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“I'm totally dissatisfied with what is been coming out of all of this
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THE MYSTERY OF THIS MISSING BOEING 777 DEEPENS AT EVERY POINT.
LAST OCTOBER, EVEN THE CEO OF EMIRATES, SIR TIM CLARK, SAID HE WASN’T CONVINCED BY THE SATELLITE DATA…AND THAT HE BELIEVED INFORMATION REGARDING THE INCIDENT WAS BEING WITHHELD…
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WARREN TRUSS
deputy prime minister WARREN TRUSS: We relied on satellite fixes. But that still left a very very large potential search area, perhaps more than a million square km.
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IT’S NOW THE MOST EXPENSIVE SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATION IN HISTORY.
THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT’S SET ASIDE $90 MILLION FOR THE SEARCH…BUT IT WON’T REVEAL HOW MUCH IT HAS SPENT TO DATE…OR HOW MUCH IT’S WILLING TO SPEND.
WARREN TRUSS: We budgeted a certain amount of money and we won’t make decisions about what to do after that until those decisions need to be made.
ALEX: When did he do this one?
DANICA: This was Tuesday. His last day at Daycare. I keep all these. Pauly had a box of them and he was going to put them in a big art book to keep them all. And so I keep them all so if he does come back then he’s got all the recent drawings he’s done. Cute.
He asked the teacher how to spell Dad. Because he knows how to spell Jack and Mum and Lincoln.
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THE DETAILED SONAR SEARCH IS NOW FOCUSSED ON A PRIORITY ZONE OF 60,000SQKM. THAT’S 2/3RDS THE SIZE OF TASMANIA.
SCANNING THE OCEAN FLOOR HERE IS LIKE INVESTIGATING UNDERWATER MOUNTAIN RANGES.
UPSOT MEETING STEVE : Hi Steve…Hello Alex
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ALL THE DATA COLLECTED COMES HERE TO THE OUTSKIRTS OF PERTH
STEVE DUFFIELD IS MD OF FUGRO OFFSHORE SURVEY, THE COMPANY PROVIDING 3 OF THE 4 DEEPWATER SEARCH VESSELS LOOKING FOR MH370…
STEVE DUFFIELD: So this is the area where we receive the data and its processed, checked, packaged and then the search begins thru the data.
ALEX: So it comes directly from the boats to here?
STEVE DUFFIELD: Directly from the boats to here.
VO: THE SEARCH BOATS AND A TEAM OF AROUND 180 WORK 24/7, OFTEN IN ROUGH SEAS… THEY’RE TOWING A SONAR SCANNER AT WALKING SPEED TO GET THE CLEAREST POSSIBLE IMAGE OF THE SEA FLOOR….
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PAUL KENNEDY
search project director
SUPER 00:11:12
PETER FOLEY
search coordinator
PAUL KENNEDY: The most unforgivable thing we can do is survey the sea floor and miss it. So it’s a one shot deal. You’re only gonna go there once. You need to make sure when you pass over it there’s no chance of missing it.
I’ve got an enormous pressure to find this plane. Enormous pressure. We all have. We all feel a terrible responsibility to find it. This has been all consuming for many many people in this building since April last year. And we’ve spent night and day working on this.
PETER FOLEY: I shed a tear occasionally, and I can recall even last week talking to Danica Weeks I really empathise with what she’s experiencing and feeling, and I think it certainly motivates you.
UPSOT DANICA GETTING KIDS IN CAR
“Come on! Into the car!”
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THE SEARCH TEAM CAN’T TELL DANICA WHERE HER HUSBAND IS…
AND ALTHOUGH SHE TRIED BRIEFLY…SHE HASN’T BEEN ABLE TO FACE WORK SINCE PAUL DISAPPEARED.
ONE OF THE MOST HEARTBREAKING PARTS OF THIS STORY IS WHEN YOU ASK DANICA WHAT SHE TELLS 4 YEAR OLD LINCOLN ABOUT HIS MISSING DAD.
DANICA: When I look at them is when I am the most emotional because I know what they are missing out on and that Paul should be here…
UPSOT DAYCARE
DANICA: The kids…you know...talk to Lincoln about dad and say your dad’s not here. I mean I haven’t told Lincoln really anything about what happened because I’m unaware myself.
I just have to keep telling him that Dad is in his heart and hope that brings some comfort to him.
I don't know if you heard Jack last night but now he cries Daddy. Because Lincoln has done it so often and Jack just copies everything Lincoln does. And it's heartbreaking. Because you know there is a good possibility that they will never…well he will never get to know him. And Paul him.
UPSOT HOME VIDEO
DANICA: He was an incredible. He was an incredilbe father. He was always playing with the boys. He was my best friend too
UPSOT HOME VIDEO
UPSOT PLAYING WITH KIDS IN BACK YARD
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DANICA IS NOW LIVING OFF THE COUPLE’S SAVINGS. SHE WAS OFFERED SOME COMPENSATION MONEY…BUT TURNED IT DOWN…
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DANICA WEEKS
paul’s wife
DANICA: I refused the $50,000. Well people might say ‘Why didn’t you take the $50,000 they offered?’ The Malaysians offered that with strings attached. It was that I had to fill out a detailed questionnaire which included sending my children's birth certificates and copies of. And it felt like it was an information gathering process. And so I consulted a lawyer obviously and they said the same. It's just to pass on to the insurance companies so they know basically what they are up for.
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THE MALAYSIAN MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT HAS GIVEN THE FAMILIES ONLY ONE REPORT. IT WAS JUST 5 PAGES LONG.
IT CONFIRMED IT HAD TAKEN AN UNUSUALLY LONG TIME FOR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS TO CHECK ON MH370 ONCE IT HAD LEFT KUALA LUMPUR’S AIRSPACE…
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DES ROSS
fmr head aviation safety office
DES ROSS: Now that's the first thing that seems to be terribly amiss. The Ho Chi Minh controller took 17 minutes to even chase the missing aircraft.
That in itself is a huge problem. Because the international protocols are that two minutes is the maximum period you allow for such a transfer call.
UPSOT TRAFFIC CONTROLLER
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THE REPORT ALSO REVEALED THAT ONCE THE PLANE HAD SIGNED OFF WITH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, IT TOOK OVER FOUR HOURS TO LAUNCH A SEARCH OPERATION
THESE ARE LAST WORDS HEARD FROM MH370.
UPSOT …”GOOD NIGHT…MALAYSIAN 370”
SUPER 00:16:05
PETER FOLEY
search coordinator
DES ROSS: So there's a lot of things that could have happened within those first three or four hours that would have solved the entire problem. It all could have been resolved that first night. Why wasn't it? That's my question. It is a very frustrating and immensely strange situation to me.
ALEX: Do you think you’re any closer to understanding that surreal situation?
DANICA: Not at all! And I have knocked on doors, I have begged for meetings. I’ve met with Malaysian goverment representatives. The head of the next-of-kin committee. I am no further ahead! To me, it feels like the biggest aviation coverup of all time!
PETER FOLEY: We have been in full possession of all the information the that Malaysians have held from very early on to advise the work of the work strategy working group so, while there’s been lots of speculation that lots has been withheld at different times, it’s not accurate in my experience.
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BY CHRISTMAS, 20% OF THE PRIORITY SEARCH ZONE HAD BEEN COVERED.
DANICA MADE PAUL A VIDEO OF CHRISTMAS DAY
FADE UP FROM BLACK
UPSOT XMAS HOME VIDEO
Is that for Jack?
That’s for you and Jack.
What is it do you know?
No.
It’s a secret?
Yes.
What’s Santa bought you?
Look what he brought me! A new car!
UPSOT DANICA VO: IT’S CHRISTMAS 2014 NOW…I HOPE TO SEE YOU VERY SOON. MERRY CHRISTMAS….
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IN JANUARY THE MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALLY DECLARED THE LOSS OF MH370 TO BE AN ACCIDENT….
IT STATED THAT ALL THOSE ON BOARD WERE NOW PRESUMED DEAD.
DES ROSS: Malaysia Airlines is a business. It needs to move on. It needs to rebuild its reputation
DANICA: This is what I feel…that they are wanting to put this aside. They are wanting in their own words to move beyond MH 370.
DES ROSS: There is an unfortunate conflict between commercial realities and human realities in a case like this
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DATELINE REQUESTED AN INTERVIEW WITH MALAYSIA AIRLINES BUT THEY DECLINED AND SENT AN EMAIL SAYING THE FOLLOWING.
“MALAYSIA AIRLINES IS NOT IN A POSITION TO DISCUSS OR PROVIDE THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE REQUESTED AT THIS JUNCTURE”
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IT’S BEEN A YEAR OF FIRSTS WITHOUT PAUL FOR DANIKA, LINCOLN AND JACK. FIRST CHRISTMAS. FIRST BIRTHDAYS. FIRST TIME AT THEIR FAVOURITE BEACH.
DANICA: It’s so unfair. It’s so unfair on them. And me and Paul and everyone who’s on that plane. It’s so unfair and they just won’t tell us. And we’re stuck here, and we’re still fighting for them to talk to us. I just keep going. Till I have him home. That’s all I want. It’s just so simple and feels so far away. And I don’t know if we’re ever going to get it. I can only hope we get something. Anything. Just anything.
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THE SEARCHERS HAVE NOW COVERED OVER 40% OF THE PRIORITY ZONE IN THE SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN
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STEVE DUFFIELD
fugro managing director
ALEX: You will find it?
PAUL KENNEDY: Absolutely. No doubt in my mind. We will find it and this will be resolved.No doubt at all.
STEVE DUFFIELD: If it’s where they tell us to search we’ll find it!
ALEX: Absolutely sure…?
STEVE DUFFIELD: Absolutely.
ALEX: Not a trace of doubt?
STEVE: None.
PETER FOLEY: We’re confident. Mmm. We’re confident.
PAUL KENNEDY: I fully expect one day there’ll be a phone call early in the morning saying ‘We’ve found it’
ALEX: And how would you feel then?
PAUL: Relieved
DANICA:I know new people on the search and I'm glad for their optimism and they're going out therein this searching and doing it. I appreciate all of that absolutely. But I can't tie myself in emotionally.
NATSOT SUNRISE
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DANICA HASN’T HAD THE HEART OR STRENGTH TO GET ON A PLANE, SINCE PAUL VANISHED.
BUT SHE RECENTLY DECIDED SHE’D FACE HER FEAR AND TRAVEL TO NEW ZEALAND WITH HER BOYS TO SEE FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
ALEX: Getting close to flight time
DANICA: Yes. Not looking forward to it. That is the sure. Been very stressed all day.
UPSOT GETTING BOYS IN CAR..
DANICA: I want to stay here until they have finished searching because I feel if they find something. This is another reason of why I'm petrified of going to New Zealand. I'm scared they going to find something while I'm away.
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SPENDING A COUPLE OF DAYS WITH DANICA GIVES YOU A SMALL INSIGHT INTO THE IMMENSE PAIN HER AND THE BOYS ARE GOING THROUGH…..
IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE THIS SAME GRIEF IS BEING CARRIED BY SO MANY OTHER FAMILIES .
DANIKA TRIES HER BEST TO HOLD IT TOGETHER. AND LINCOLN’S INNOCENCE IS BITTER-SWEET.
UPSOT FAMILY IN CAR…
DANICA’S MOTHER: I can see a plane soon. Do you think we’ll see a plane?
LINCOLN: And we might see one have a crash…falling down!
DANICA: Oh God…..
DANICA: I’m petrified. Absolutely petrified. I'm going to sit on that plane and I'm going to run through every scenario of what could have gone wrong. It’s going to feel like I’m retracing the steps of what Paul went through. I'm terrified.
UPSOT CHECKING IN….
PETER FOLEY: To find some debris washed up on a beach somewhere would be an important event. But it’s much more important that we actually locate the debris field. These guys don’t know what’s happened to their loved ones until we find the aircraft.
DES ROSS: I think somebody will come across something some time somewhere. It might be next year. It might be in 10 years. It might be 40 years. But I think the mystery will eventually be resolved.
DANICA: I’m Shaking like a leaf!
So….Sorry. So we leave you here then…
ALEX: Good luck
DANICA: Thank you.
ALEX: Do you think Paul’s alive?
DANICA: I don’t know. I don’t know. I wish someone would tell me. I wish someone would just tell me either way. Now I've done hopefully everything in my power to find him and I will keep doing it until I do. And I just hope the boys can look back and see that. And back that up with, you know “And Mum just wanted to find him and bring him home to them.
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