'A Perfect Hiding Place': End of Mystery Surrounding MH370 ? Scientist Claims to Have Found Plane Wreckage

10 years ago, Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 and its 239 people on board disappeared radars. While this disappearance has become one of the greatest mysteries in aviation, it may well be that a scientist has located the plane.

On March 8, 2014, Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 mysteriously disappeared over the South China Sea with 239 passengers on board. Ten years later, the mystery may be solved by an Australian scientist from the University of Tasmania, reports Blick.

6,000 meters deep

Researcher Vincent Lyne published a study on LinkedIn in August 2024 claiming to have located the aircraft, which had been missing for a decade, in a hole nearly 6,000 meters deep in the bowels of the Indian Ocean.

The study, which dates from 2021 and has just been accepted by theJournal of Navigation, indicates that the aircraft is located at the end of Broken Ridge, “in a very rugged and dangerous ocean environment, known for its wild fisheries and its new deep-sea species”, it is noted.

According to scientist Vincent Lyne, it would be a “perfect hiding place”. If he wants “this place to be checked as a priority, it is up to the authorities and the search companies to decide whether it will be searched or not, but in this As far as science is concerned, we know why previous searches failed and, similarly, science unequivocally points to the location of flight MH370”, he said. he detailed.

The researcher also puts forward a theory. Flight MH370 did not run out of fuel, as many scientists have claimed, but rather that the plane was the victim of an intentional landing maneuver by the captain, due to the debris found.

A Signal Captured

British researchers have also made a discovery that could help locate the plane, reports The Telegraph. They are said to have picked up a signal using underwater microphones, also known as hydrophones, at the time of the flight's alleged crash ten years ago. This signal, which is said to have lasted less than ten seconds, is proving crucial because it has revived hopes of finally being able to understand what happened.

Resumption of the search

Ten years later, neither the families of the 239 passengers on board, nor investigators, nor international officials have managed to crack the mystery. Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on March 4 that he would be "happy to restart" the search for flight MH 370 if there was "convincing" evidence, quoting in particular Le Parisien.

The search conducted for three years after the disappearance over a vast area of ​​120,000 km², had not made it possible to locate the remains of the plane and any possible remains and were suspended in 2017.