[ WP ] Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 arrives at Beijing Capital International Airport exactly a year after it was due to arrive , and the passengers have no indication that anything has gone awry .

It started as any other day at Beijing. Planes were landing and departing off the 18s. Traffic was light. A Delta 747 on 18R, ready for departure. A British Airways on short final with the left, already cleared to land. 
 
 MH370: Malaysian 3-7-0, 15mile on 1-8-Left final. Low fuel. Declaring emergency 
 
 I do n't believe the call sign, but I have to acknowledge the declaration of an emergency. 
 
 ZBAA TWR: Station calling, copy declaring emerg. Squawk 7700 if able, and your callsign again please? 
 MH370: This is MH370. 10mi final now. 
 ZBAA TWR: MH370, roger. Continue straight in. We are rolling the emergency equipment 
 
 I turn around to the tower supervisor. “ Hey bossman, did you just hear who called me on 18 point 1? ” I ask of him. 
 
 The supervisor looks pulls the binoculars off his face. “ I did. I'm looking for them. See them on radar inside the outer marker. Talk to them like any other plane. ” He orders. 
 
 ZBAA TWR: Speedbird 4-3, clear the active to the left as soon as possible, emergency inbound behind you. 
 Contact ground on 121.70 to taxi 
 BAW43: Exit left as soon as can, ground 21.7. Thanks and good luck 
 
 In the last year, there had been a few hooligans that got possession of airband transmitters. They would pop up and identify themselves as that ill-fated flight. They would be hunted down, and arrested. Until we could track them, we would just treat them as another flight. That is what I'm doing now. 
 
 ZBAA TWR: DAL1203, hold position. Emergency inbound on the parallel 
 DAL1203: DAL1203, roger 
 
 The tower supervisor starts calling and pointing “ I see him! I see him! ” The massive Boeing 777-200ER, coming into view, the livery of Malasian Airlines from a year ago. 
 
 ZBAA TWR: MH370, cleared to land, winds calm. Good luck 
 
 The pilot just replies with his call sign to acknowledge. He seems to hold that glide slope perfectly. The landing is textbook perfect. Everything seems completely normal except that older paint scheme, and the lack of sound from his engines. Seemingly he ran out of fuel. Emergency shoots deploy, and passengers start sliding down. Everyone seems quiet normal. I wonder how this is going to play out.
