Experts are calling for a new search after new clues about missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
Aerospace expert Jean-Luc Marchand and pilot Patrick Breley called for a new search based on revelations about the flight’s fate.
They claimed that the mystery of the missing flight could be solved within “a few days” if a new search was carried out.
Speaking at the Royal Aeronautical Society in London, the pair said a new search area could be searched within 10 days, with a public appeal for help.
“It may be too early. No one will know until the remains of MH370 are found. [what happened]. But this is a plausible trajectory,” Marchand said, according to Australian news site news.com.au.
In the same report on the news website, the pair called on the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, the Malaysian government and exploration company Ocean Infinity to launch a new search.
Marchand said the “quick” search could be a good testing ground for the company’s new unmanned undersea search technology.
The search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has continued for years. Photo: EPA-EFE
He described it as a “terrible one-way trip” and believed it was likely carried out by an experienced airplane pilot.
“We believe, and the research we have done so far shows, that the hijacking was probably carried out by an experienced pilot,” Marchand said.
“The cabin had been depressurized and soft-control trenches had been dug to minimize the generation of debris. This was done to avoid becoming trapped or detected.
“Indeed, the aircraft was invisible to anyone but the military. The man knew it would be on the flight path if search and rescue was activated.”
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They argued that the plane’s transponder was turned off and that the “U-turn,” which took it off the flight path, could not have been on autopilot.
On the night of March 8, 2014, a Malaysia Airlines plane carrying 239 people departed Kuala Lumpur International Airport for Beijing, but disappeared from radar screens about two hours after departure.
A large-scale search operation involving several countries was subsequently carried out in the southern Indian Ocean, but neither the aircraft nor its wreckage was found.
This article was first published by The Star.
