New Theory Suggests Malaysian Airlines Flight Deliberately Crashed in Indian Ocean
A decade after the mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, a scientist claims to have uncovered the “perfect hiding place” for the aircraft. Vincent Lyne, an adjunct researcher at the University of Tasmania, suggests that the missing plane, which vanished in 2014 with 239 people on board, was deliberately crashed into a 6,000-meter-deep hole in the Indian Ocean’s Broken Ridge.
The hidden depths of broken ridge
Lyne, who worked at the university’s Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, described Broken Ridge as a “very rugged and dangerous ocean environment… with narrow steep sides, surrounded by massive ridges and other deep holes.” He believes the fine sediments in the area could easily conceal the wreckage, calling it a “perfect hiding place.”
Lyne argues that the evidence points to a deliberate act by the pilot, Zaharie Ahmad Shah.
Taking to Linkedin, Lyne said, “This work changes the narrative of MH-370’s disappearance from one of no-blame fuel starvation at the 7th arc, high-speed dive, to a mastermind pilot executing an incredible perfect-disappearance in the Southern Indian Ocean.”
“In fact, it would have worked were it not for MH-370 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.
A “controlled ditching” theory
Further supporting his theory, Lyne cited damage to the plane’s wings, flaps, and flaperon as indications of a “controlled ditching” rather than an uncontrolled crash.
“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 said.
He claimed that MH370 is “where the longitude of Penang airport (the runway no less) intersects the Pilot-in-Command home simulator track discovered and discarded by the FBI and officials as ‘irrelevant.’”
“That pre-meditated iconic location harbours a very deep 6000m [3¾-mile] 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,” Lyne said and added that the area should be verified as a “high priority.”
“Whether it will be searched or not is up to officials and search companies, but as far as science is concerned, we know why the previous searches failed and likewise science unmistakably points to where MH370 lies. In short, the MH370 mystery has been comprehensively solved in science!” he said.
Whether authorities will act on Lyne’s findings remains to be seen. The claims, if verified, could finally bring closure to one of aviation’s greatest mysteries and provide answers to the families of those on board.
