article_snippet: An astonishing five hours and 13 minutes passed between the last communication from the flight crew and Kuala Lumpur's first distress signal concerning the missing plane.
article_snippet: And it was another five hours before the first search flights to take off took off to try to find it.
article_snippet: Within five minutes you should be (sic) called me.
article_snippet: The watch supervisor then waited another two hours to activate the rescue coordination center.
article_snippet: Still another hour went by before before Kuala Lumpur issued the distress signal.
article_snippet: Despite this information, search and rescue teams did not begin expanding the search area for a full day.
highlights_snippet: Took 10 hours for the first search flights to take off, according to report .