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Australian scientist Vincent Lyne has reignited interest in the decade-old mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, claiming to have identified its final resting place in the southern Indian Ocean.
Lyne, an adjunct researcher at the University of Tasmania's Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, announced his findings in a LinkedIn post titled "Mystery of MH370 Solved by Science," where he outlines what he believes is the conclusive location of the missing aircraft.
The scientist's theory centers on a 20,000-foot-deep "hole" in the Broken Ridge, an oceanic plateau in the south-eastern Indian Ocean. He argues that the aircraft, which disappeared on March 8, 2014, was deliberately flown into this remote and rugged underwater terrain by its pilot, Zaharie Ahmad Shah. According to Lyne, this site's challenging underwater landscape, characterized by steep ridges and deep ravines, provided the "perfect 'hiding' place" for the aircraft.
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"This work changes the narrative of MH370's disappearance," Lyne stated, asserting that the plane's final moments were not the result of a fuel-starved crash, but rather a calculated, controlled ditching. He further claimed that the aircraft's location is pinpointed by the intersection of the longitude of Penang Airport with a flight path from the pilot's home simulator—a route previously dismissed by the FBI and other investigators as "irrelevant," Lyne said.
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"That location needs to be verified as a high priority," Lyne wrote. "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," Lyne declared. He emphasized that previous search efforts failed to consider this specific area, and that "science unmistakably points to where MH370 lies."
The potential significance of this location was highlighted by the comparison Lyne made with U.S. Airways Flight 1549, famously ditched in the Hudson River by Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger in 2009. Lyne suggested that the MH370 wreckage would show similar signs of a controlled ditching, bolstering his theory that the plane was deliberately flown into its final resting place.
Newsweek contacted Lyne for more details about his research into the flight disappearance.
Lyne's assertions come ten years after MH370 vanished with 239 passengers and crew on board while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Despite exhaustive search efforts covering a vast 120,000-square-kilometer area of the Indian Ocean, no definitive wreckage was found, leading to the suspension of the official search in 2017. The mystery of the plane's disappearance has since been the subject of numerous theories, but none have provided conclusive evidence.
While the veracity of Lyne's claims remains to be tested, his theory has drawn considerable attention and may prompt further exploration in the Southern Indian Ocean. As the search for answers continues, the mystery of MH370 remains one of the most enduring enigmas in modern aviation history.
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