Australian scientist Vincent Lyne claimed that he has discovered the “perfect hiding place” for the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, which disappeared over a decade ago.
The Malaysia Airlines flight disappeared from radar on March 8, 2014, while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, carrying 239 passengers and crew. Satellite data had indicated the plane veered off course and eventually crashed into the Southern Indian Ocean.
In a LinkedIn post, shared on August 19, Vincent Lyne, a researcher at the University of Tasmania’s Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, shared details from his research paper titled, “Final Two Communications from MH370 Suggest Controlled Eastward Descent.” The paper has been accepted by the Journal of Navigation.
Lyne said that the plane’s disappearance was not due to a ‘fuel-starvation’ crash but was a deliberate act by the pilot to execute a “perfect-disappearance” in the Southern Indian Ocean.
“This work changes the narrative of MH370’s disappearance from one of no-blame, fuel-starvation at the 7th arc, high-speed dive, to a mastermind pilot almost executing an incredible perfect-disappearance in the Southern Indian,” Lyne wrote in his post.
Lyne noted that the plane almost succeeded in vanishing without a trace, except for an incident where MH370’s right wing struck a wave. “In fact, it would have worked were it not for MH370 ploughing its right wing through a wave, and the discovery of the regular interrogation satellite communications by Inmarsat—a brilliant discovery also announced in the Journal of Navigation,” he added.
According to Lyne, the damage to the plane’s wings and flaps was similar to the controlled ditching maneuver performed by US Airways Flight 1549 in 2009. He supported the view that MH370 had fuel and functioning engines during its final moments, aligning with the analysis of decorated ex-Chief Canadian Air-crash Investigator Larry Vance.
“This justifies beyond doubt the original claim, based on brilliant, skilled, and very careful debris-damage analyses, by decorated ex-Chief Canadian Air-crash Investigator Larry Vance, that MH370 had fuel and running engines when it underwent a masterful “controlled ditching” and not a high-speed fuel-starved crash,” he stated.
The Australian research scientist suggested that MH370 may be located where the longitude of Penang Airport intersects with a pilot’s home simulator track, which was previously dismissed by officials.
“That pre-meditated iconic location harbors a very deep 6000 m hole at the eastern end of the Broken Ridge within a very rugged and dangerous ocean environment renowned for its wild fisheries and new deep-water species. With narrow steep sides, surrounded by massive ridges and other deep holes, it is filled with fine sediments—a perfect “hiding” place,” he said.
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