Ian Wilson said he has spotted the doomed plane deep in the Cambodian jungle thanks to the popular mapping service from the internet search engine giant. The plane vanished in 2014 with 239 people on board but its whereabouts has been shrouded in mystery amid several conspiracy theories that have been put forward. Pixelated images from Google Maps appear to show the outline of a large aircraft, but this could simply be one that had been flying below the satellite that pictured it. Mr Wilson told the Daily Star Online that the measurements are close to that of a Boeing 777-200, although there appears to be a mysterious gap between the tail and the main body.
But this could be where the two parts of the plane broke upon landing in the intense jungle terrain. He said: ”The Boeing 777-200 is 63.7m in length. "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." He said he had been watching a documentary on the MH370 mystery that he had been sceptical of and felt the need to search the area online.
MH370 news: A British film producer claims to have spotted the plane on Google Maps
Mr Wilson added: "I just thought I'd have a wander through. I work in digital video so I'm on Google Earth all the time. "So I was on there, 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." Mr Wilson’s discovery could prove to be a huge breakthrough in the mystery that has dominated the global aviation industry for the past four years. In another dramatic twist, the Aviation Safety Network also told the Daily Star Online that this latest sighting does not fit the profile of any crashes in the area.
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The missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 took off from Kuala Lumpar headed to Beijing on March 8, 2014, carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew. The last words from the cockpit to Malaysian air traffic controllers, “Good Night Malaysia Three Seven Zero",were heard at 1.19am by either Captain Zahaire Ahmed Shah or his co-pilot. But the plane then suddenly disappeared from radar during a handover between air traffic controllers in Malaysia and Vietnam. According to the MH370 Safety Investigation Report, radar and satellite analysis showed it flew back across the Malaysian peninsula and then onto the Indian Ocean. It concluded that MH370 eventually ran out of fuel and crashed into sea west of Australia but despite the extensive investigation, officials still don’t know what happened to the plane.
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Google Maps could have been used to locate the crash site of the MH370 plane which vanished in 2014 while carrying 239 people en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, according to one man who claims to have spotted it. Video producer Ian Wilson claims he has spotted the remains of the missing Malaysia Airlines plane deep in the Cambodian jungle thanks to the mapping service. Images from Google Maps show a mysterious dark object lying among a huge swathe of green that is the jungle. Wilson told the Daily Star: "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.
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 Video producer Ian Wilson
"It's just slightly bigger, but there's a gap that would probably account for that." The gap Wilson has spotted could be where the tail and body fractured upon landing, he claims. He has said the plane is at ground level due to the fact that Google Earth provides the option to “escape ground view” when near the plane. Now the Aviation Safety Network told the Daily Star that Ian's sighting does not fit the profile of any crashes in the area. Air traffic controllers had previously enquired about an area near to this alleged crash site after the plane disappeared. Wilson, a UK-based video producer, became intrigued about the crash site after watching a documentary on the missing plane.
Google Maps: Has the remains of flight MH370 been found in Cambodia on Google Earth?
“I spent hours searching for places a plane could have gone down,” he told the Daily Star. “And in the end, as you can see the place where the plane is. It is literally the greenest, darkest part you can see." However, Ian's claims are currently just a theory, and there has been no official statement on his findings of any kind from investigators or the airline. Flight MH370 went missing as it flew from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March 2014 with 239 people on board but a definitive explanation of the Boeing 777’s fate has never been delivered. It became the world’s greatest aviation mystery and despite several searches in the Malacca Strait and surrounding waters, the aircraft was never found and as result, an array of conspiracy theories trickled in. One was that the aircraft was flying too high and consequently Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah lost consciousness and the plane went down never to be found.
Google Maps: Images from Google Maps show a mysterious dark object lying among a swathe of green
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A man has sensationally claimed to have found the wreckage of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 on Google Maps.
Ian Wilson believes a blurry outline of an aircraft spotted in the Cambodian jungle is in fact the same plane that went missing four and a half years ago.
The missing MH370 is one of the biggest aviation mysteries and has dumbfounded investigators ever since it vanished.
Ian Wilson spotted this blurry outline of a plane on Google Maps (Picture: Google)
But Mr Wilson reckons his image could be a significant step in finding the plane and the 239 people on board.
He told the Daily Star: ‘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.’
The video producer is now determined to travel to the high-altitude location, deep within a jungle in Southeast Asia, after spending ‘hours’ trawling through Google.
A Boeing 777 flaperon cut down to match the one from flight MH370 found on Reunion island off the coast of Africa in 2015 (Picture: Reuters)
French gendarmes and police inspect a large piece of plane debris which was found on the beach in Saint-Andre, on the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion (Picture: Reuters)
He said: ‘I was on there (Google), 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.
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‘And in the end, as you can see the place where the plane is. It is literally the greenest, darkest part you can see.’
The Boeing 777 vanished on March 8, 2014, while flying from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing.
The Malaysian government called of the search for the flight earlier this year and admitted they had no idea what happened to all those people on board.
The Boeing 777 vanished on March 8, 2014, while flying from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing. (Picture: Reuters)
US-based Ocean Infinity had been using a deep-sea vessel to survey a vast area of the southern Indian Ocean.
But after the search found nothing, Malaysia said it had no plans to begin any new searches.
The original search focused on the South China Sea before analysis revealed the plane had made an unexpected turn west and then south.
Australia coordinated an official search on Malaysia’s behalf which scoured 46,000 square miles and cost 200 million Australian dollars (£113m) before it ended in 2017.
The missing aircraft takes off at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport in France on December 26, 2011
(Picture: Laurent Errera/Wikimedia)
In May, Australia said it remains hopeful MH370 will one day be found despite the last privately funded seabed search coming to an end.
Malaysia signed a ‘no cure, no fee’ deal with Texas-based Ocean Infinity in January to resume the hunt for the plane, a year after the official search in the southern Indian Ocean by Australia, Malaysia and China was called off.
No other search is scheduled.
Australia, Malaysia and China agreed in 2016 that an official search would only resume if the three countries had credible evidence for a specific wreckage location.
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A BRITISH tech sleuth believes he has found the wreckage of the missing MH370 plane on Google Maps.
Ian Wilson claims he has spotted the doomed jet, which vanished in 2014 with 239 people on board, lying in a high altitude area of the Cambodian jungle.
Google 6 The Google Maps image appears to show a large plane in the Cambodian jungle
Images from Google Maps show the outline of a large plane – which could simply be an aircraft flying directly below the satellite which photographed it.
But video producer Ian is convinced of his findings and says he intends to visit the sight to solve one of the greatest mysteries in aviation history.
He told the Daily Star: "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."
Google 6 Ian Wilson found the image after scouring Google Maps for 'hours'
Alamy 6 The final report shows that the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was deliberately turned off course
MH370 went missing people en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014.
In July this year, the Malaysian government released the findings of their investigation admitting they still do not know what happened to the passenger jet.
Despite millions of pounds being spent to find the plane, Ian believes he has uncovered the wreckage by spending “hours” searching online.
He 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."
The Bureau of Aircraft Investigations Archives told the Daily Star they could not rule out Ian’s sighting – which is dated 2018 on Google Earth.
EPA 6 Relatives of the passengers of the doomed MH370 flight weep as they read the report into the disaster
Reuters 6 The report shows that the flight was 'manually' turned off course before it crashed
Investigators for the missing Malaysian flight MH370 say they cannot exclude possibility of 'unlawful interference by a third party' after releasing the final report
Malaysia's final report into the vanished flight revealed that the doomed jet was deliberately turned off course and did not rule out that it may have been hijacked by a "third party".
A 495-page report shows the aircraft was under manual control when it deviated before plunging into the Indian Ocean, killing 239 people.
One of the theories is that Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah deliberately downed the plane in an act of murder-suicide.
Enterprise News and Pictures 6 Captain Zaharie Amhad Shah may have intentionally downed the plane although investigators cannot rule out the theory that the jet was hijacked
WHICH ARE THE MAIN THEORIES OF MH370 DISSAPEARANCE? Pilot or co-pilot suicide: Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah may have intentionally downed the plan in an act of murder-suicide. The report shows the aircraft was deliberately turned off course but investigators say they found nothing irregular with Shah’s background, training and mental health. MH370 may have also been downed by the co-pilot. Fariq Abdul Hamid was on his first flight on a 777 as a fully approved first officer. Hijacking: Chief investigator says they cannot rule out a ‘third party’ hijacking the plane it. However, no terror group has claimed responsibility for the crash and there is no evidence that the aircraft was being controlled ‘remotely’. Also the report shows that none of the passengers had experience of flying a plane Fire or fumes: One theory is that transporting lithium-ion batteries could have caused the fire. These batteries, which are used in cell phones and laptops may have exploded or have been set alight. A haul of tropical fruit which was off-season could have reacted with the batteries – causing them to ignite or create hazardous fumes Hypoxia: Passengers and crew would have been incapacitated by an unknown hypoxia event – which is a deficiency of oxygen in the cabin. This theory claims that captain Zaharie would have been unconscious for hours.
However the report by the official safety investigation team has not assigned blame to any individuals and has not been able to determine why the plane changed course and eventually crashed - leaving the mystery unsolved.
The Malaysian government will only re-open their investigation if new evidence emerges.
Chief investigator Dr Kok Soo Chon told reporters that his team believe the Malaysian Airlines plane was under manual control and was intentionally downed.
He said: "We cannot establish if the aircraft was flown by anyone other than the pilot."
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“We can also not exclude the possibility that there’s unlawful interference by a third party", reports News.com.au.
Speaking about why the aircraft deviated thousands of miles from its course, he said: “The autopilot has to be disengaged,” reports Adelaide Now.
He continued: “It has to be on manual. We have carried out seven simulator tests, flight simulators, three at high and four at low speed and we found the turn was made indeed under a manual, not autopilot.”
Aviation experts believe missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 remains largely intact because of the lack of debris found
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