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An Australian scientist, Vincent Lyne, has reignited the mystery of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 by claiming he has pinpointed the plane’s final resting place. The flight, which vanished on March 8, 2014, while en route from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing, China, carried 239 passengers and crew. Its disappearance led to the largest and most exhaustive search in aviation history, yet the aircraft’s whereabouts have remained unknown for nearly a decade.
Lyne, a researcher at the University of Tasmania’s Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, shared his findings on LinkedIn, suggesting that MH370 lies in a deep underwater trench known as the Broken Ridge, located in the Indian Ocean. According to Lyne, the plane was intentionally flown into this 20,000-foot-deep hole, making it the “perfect hiding place” for the aircraft.
“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 Ocean,” Lyne wrote.
He further explained that the plane’s right wing might have struck a wave during its descent, preventing it from vanishing without a trace. Lyne also highlighted the role of Inmarsat satellite communications in tracking the aircraft, a discovery he praised as “brilliant.”
Lyne’s theory aligns with earlier claims by Larry Vance, a former Chief Air-crash Investigator from Canada, who suggested that MH370 was involved in a “controlled ditching” rather than a high-speed crash due to fuel exhaustion. Lyne pointed to damage on the plane’s wings, flaps, and flaperon as evidence supporting this controlled landing scenario.
The researcher also linked the plane’s final location to a path found on the Pilot-in-Command’s home simulator, which was dismissed by the FBI as irrelevant during the initial investigation. According to Lyne, the intersection of this simulator track with the longitude of Penang airport coincides with the location of the Broken Ridge.
Lyne emphasized the need for this area to be re-examined as a “high priority” search site, noting its rugged terrain and deep ocean environment as ideal for concealing the aircraft. He concluded that “science unmistakably points to where MH370 lies” and declared the mystery “comprehensively solved in science.”
The MH370 tragedy, which claimed the lives of 227 passengers and 12 crew members, led to a nearly three-year search covering 120,000 square kilometers of the Indian Ocean. Despite these efforts, only scattered pieces of debris were ever found, and the search was officially suspended in January 2017.
Whether Lyne’s findings will prompt renewed search efforts remains to be seen, but his claims have certainly rekindled interest in one of the most baffling aviation mysteries of all time.
Sources By Agencies
