A scientist claims to have made an MH370 breakthrough. (Image: GETTY)
A scientist believes he has found the wreckage of , the Malaysian Airlines plane that went missing 11 years ago. The Boeing 777 vanished while flying from Kuala Lumpur International Airport, in Malaysia, to Beijing Capital International Airport, in China, in 2014, and has not been found since. However, tetired research scientist Vincent Lyne believes a single yellow pixel – which he calls an “anomaly” in GEBCO bathymetric data – . GEBCO bathymetric data maps the depths and shapes of the ocean floor.
The anomaly is at Latitude: 33.02°S, Longitude: 100.27°E, aligning with the longitude of the southwestern end of Penang Airport. This aligns with what Dr Lyne has called , a 19,685ft deep hole at the eastern end of Broken Ridge, a rugged and dangerous area in the Indian Ocean.
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The plane went missing while flying to China in 2014. (Image: Getty)
Mr Lyne said: “Hidden deep in the vast ocean where Broken Ridge meets the Diamantina Fracture Zone, a single bright pixel has emerged – pinpointing the wreckage with unprecedented accuracy.
“At 5,750 meters deep, it stood out as an extreme anomaly pointing to the potential MH370 crash site. Yet, inconsistencies in blended sonar and satellite altimeter data introduced some location uncertainty, despite the unmistakable extreme anomaly.”
The former University of Tasmania researcher previously said “inconsistent with natural seafloor features”.
He believes this supports his theory that the plane’s disappearance was “meticulously planned” by someone who wanted to crash it into the hole.
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However, he argued, they appeared to have made a misjudgement, instead “hitting the side of the steep slope and sliding down”, resulting in the deaths of the presumed 239 onboard.
Since its disappearance over a decade ago, over 30 pieces along the coast of Africa and on islands in the Indian Ocean.
The official report from the investigation into the flight was released by the Malaysian government in 2018 and revealed that the plane’s controls were likely deliberately manipulated to take it off course, but could not identify the person responsible.