Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur, heading to Beijing, mysteriously disappeared on March 8, 2014. Dr. Vincent Lyne, a retired researcher at Tasmania University, Australia, believes he has found the most obvious solution to solve the mystery of MH370.
Using GEBCO depth measurement data, which was used to map the ocean floor, Dr. Lyne discovered a bright yellow spot unique in the Indian Ocean: 33.02 degrees South latitude, 100.27 degrees East longitude, about 1,500km west of Perth.
This photo spot is likened to a "black hole" inside a 6,000m deep hole at the eastern end of Broken Ridge, an underwater mountain range with steep slopes and deep holes filled with sediment. He called it the Penang Sphinx Deep and believed it could be where MH370 could be found.
"This point stands out as an extreme abnormality, suggesting it could be the crash site of MH370. However, the inconsistencies between the mixed sonar data and the satellite elevation data make the location somewhat uncertain, although the abnormality is undeniable, said Vincent Lyne.
Dr. Lyne believes that the disappearance of MH370 was not an accident but a planned plot, allowing MH370 to crash exactly at the location of the Penang Economy Deep Hole to hide the plane wreckage. He called this the perfect hiding place because the hole was Haunted, little research has been done and it was ideal for a traceless disappearance.
Dr Lyne is not the only person suspecting a plot to make MH370 disappear. In the BBC's 2024 documentary "Why the plane disappears: The hunt for MH370," former air traffic control director Jean- Luc Marchand and retired pilot Patrick Blelly use a Boeing 777 simulation device to recreate the final flight path of MH370. The group concluded that MH370's disappearance was not due to a system failure.
Experts say the location of the South China Sea around is "very smart" because it is actually another "black hole" that makes MH370 invisible and un locally available.
The two experts pointed out that MH370 had a sudden reversal after passing through IGARI air traffic control points in the East Sea, flying back to the Malay Peninsula and heading towards the Strait of Malacca, following the boundaries of many different air traffic control zones to avoid detection.
"This requires attention and skills. That is why we believe that the incident was not an accident. Only experienced pilots can do that," said Mr. Blelly.
MH370 captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah has long been the focus of speculation. Some people believe that the disappearance of MH370 was a suicide murder. Others believe that the director is innocent. Malaysia's official report on the MH370 investigation released in 2018 concluded that the plane was manned to change flight direction but did not name the culprit.
More than 30 pieces of debris confirmed or suspected to be from MH370 have washed ashore in places such as Mozambique, Madagascar and Reunion Island. But none of those debris told the public why the plane disappeared or where the MH370 body was.
