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WILL FOREVER BE TIED TO THE
DISAPPEARANCE OF FLIGHT 370.
>> Reporter: THERE ARE FAMOUS
GOOD-BYES.
>> GOD SPEED, JOHN GLENN.
>> AND FAMOUS SIGN-OFFS.
>> GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK.
>> Reporter: BUT WHEN LUCK
TURNED BAD ON MALAYSIA FLIGHT
370, YOU GOT --
>> THOSE FOUR WORDS, ALL RIGHT,
GOOD NIGHT.
>> Reporter: A PHRASE THAT'S
BEEN ECHOING AROUND THE GLOBE.
>> ALL RIGHT, GOOD NIGHT.
>> ALL RIGHT, GOOD NIGHT.
>> THERE WOULD BE AN ALL RIGHT,
GOOD NIGHT.
>> ALL RIGHT, GOOD NIGHT IS A
GAME CHANGER.
>> Reporter: WILL "ALL RIGHT,
GOOD NIGHT" END UP IN A
RECREATION AS AMELIA EARHART'S
LAST RADIO MESSAGE DID, HER FUEL
ALMOST GONE.
SHE WAS TRYING TO TELL RESCUERS
EXACTLY WHERE SHE WAS IN HER
LAST TRANSMISSION.
>> WE ARE ON THE 157.
>> Reporter: THE MALAYSIAN
FLIGHT SEEMED TO BE HIDING.
EARHART'S PLANE STILL HASN'T
BEEN RECOVERED.
BACK IN THE TITANIC SANK THE
FINAL MESSAGES WERE SENT BY
MORSE CODE.
THE OPERATOR REFUSED TO LEAVE
HIS POST, LEFT OUT OF THE MOVIE
"TITANIC."
>> COME ON, LET'S CLEAR OUT.
WE'VE DONE OUR DUTY.
>> I'M NOT GOING.
>> Reporter: HE WENT DOWN WITH
THE SHIP AFTER SENDING OUT A
DISTRESS MESSAGE, COME QUICK.
ENGINE ROOM NEARLY FULL.
THE MOST FAMOUS LAST
TRANSMISSIONS CAME WHEN CAMERAS
TRAINED ON RE-ENTRY AND
LIFT-OFF.
>> CHALLENGER GO WITH THROTTLE
UP.
>> Reporter: NASA'S TRANSCRIPT
ATTRIBUTED AN UH-OH TO THE
CHALLENGER'S PILOT THAT WE
WEREN'T ABLE TO HEAR.
AND THEN THERE WAS THE COLUMBIA
SPACE SHUTTLE BURNING UP DURING
RE-ENTRY.
>> IT'S A BRIGHT ORANGE YELLOW.
>> Reporter: THIS INTERCHANGE
WITH MISSION CONTROL WAS THEIR
LAST.
>> AND COLUMBIA, HOUSTON, WE SEE
YOUR TIRE PRESSURE MESSAGES AND
WE DID NOT COPY YOUR LAST.
>> ROGER THAT.
>> Reporter: THEN STATIC.
SOMETIMES IT'S NOT THE LAST
WORDS THAT ARE SO EERIE, IT'S
THE SILENCE AFTER THEM.
>> COLUMBIA HOUSTON, UHF COM
CHECK.
COLUMBIA HOUSTON, UHF COM CHECK.
>> Reporter: AND NOW SILENCE
FROM MALAYSIAN FLIGHT 370 HAS
LEFT US IN LIMBO, AFTER --
>> AN INFORMAL "ALL RIGHT GOOD
NIGHT."
>> ALL RIGHT, GOOD NIGHT.
>> ALL RIGHT, GOOD NIGHT.
>> Reporter: SOMETIME DURING