On the night of March 8, 2014, the aircraft took off from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. There were 239 people on board, bound for Beijing, China. Less than an hour after takeoff, the plane disappeared from radar, and has been missing ever since.
However, military radar saw how the plane changed course, heading south and down towards the southern Indian Ocean. Satellite data has shown that the plane continued to fly for hours before it crashed – somewhere in the middle of the ocean.
I think the pilot made a controlled landing
Now researcher Vincent Lyne, who works at the Tasmanian Institute for Marine Studies, believes he has figured out where the plane is, reports among other things news.au.
– This changes the disappearance of MH370 from an innocent story of fuel starvation or that it crashed, to a brilliant pilot who performed an almost perfect disappearance in the southern Indian Ocean, says Lyne.
The researcher’s theory is that for some reason the pilot made a controlled landing in the sea, which allows the fuselage to be intact. He believes that one of the aircraft’s wings, which washed up next to land, has damage and signs that indicate it.
The theory: That’s where the plane is
Using the theory of a controlled landing along with the data from military radar and satellite systems, allows the researcher to pinpoint a specific location on the ocean floor as the right place to look. A deep hole at the Broken Ridge sea plateau, west of Australia.
– That site has a very deep hole of 6,000 meters, at the eastern end of Broken Ridge in a very rugged and dangerous marine environment known for its wild fishing and new deep-sea species. With narrow steep sides, surrounded by massive ridges and other deep holes, it is filled with fine sediment – a perfect hiding place, says Vincent Lyne, saying the area should be verified as a “high priority” in any new search.