Mystery of MH370 solved by Google Maps after expert 'finds aircraft' in Cambodian jungle

The mystery of what happened to a missing Malaysia Airlines plane has been' solved' by Google Maps after an expert 'finds aircraft' in Cambodian jungle.

Technology expert Ian Wilson said he believes MH370, which disappeared when carrying 239 passengers travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, is scattered in the deepest darkest part of the Cambodian jungle.

Ian, who works in the UK, said: "Measuring the Google sighting, you're looking at around 69 metres, but there looks to be a gap between the tail and the back of the plane. It's just slightly bigger, but there's a gap that would probably account for that."

When the plane vanished on March,8 2014, it sparked the largest-ever search operation, and remains one of the greatest aviation mysteries of our time. But the search could be restarted after new investigations in the US, reports the Mirror.

The aircraft was carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew. But it disappeared during a handover between Malaysian and Vietnamese air traffic controllers.

Mr Wilson said: "I was on there [Google Earth], a few hours here, a few hours there. If you added it up I spent hours searching for places a plane could have gone down. And in the end, as you can see the place where the plane is. It is literally the greenest, darkest part you can see."

Despite releasing a 1,500-page report, they still don't know what happened. But the Bureau of Aircraft Investigations Archives is not ruling out the 2018 Google Maps sighting on Google Earth being the doomed MH370.

Florida academics say temperature data held by barnacles found on parts of the plane's debris may provide the answer. These, they believe, could help track the movements of the sea creatures all the way back to when they first became attached to the aircraft.

Gregory Herbert, an associate professor of evolutionary biology at the University of South Florida in the city of Tampa, said, "As soon as I saw that, I immediately began sending emails to the search investigators because I knew the geochemistry of their shells could provide clues to the crash location," reported MailOnline. Because barnacles grow their shells daily it means that the chemistry of each layer can be determined by the temperature of the water at the time.

Earlier this month Malaysia's, prime minister Anwar Ibrahim pledged to reopen the investigation if there is enough evidence. Anwar then told a press conference in Melbourne: "We have taken the position that if there is a compelling case, evidence that it needs to be re-opened, we’re certainly happy to reopen. Whatever needs to be done must be done.”

Transport Minister Anthony Loke said Texas-based firm Ocean Infinity had said they could scour an area of the Indian Ocean on a no-find, no-fee basis. Mr Loke did not say if a fee was payable if the plane wreckage was found.

At a remembrance event for those on board the plane, he said: "The government is steadfast in our resolve to locate MH370. We are waiting for Ocean Infinity to provide suitable dates, and I will meet them anytime that they are ready to come to Malaysia.”

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