On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing disappeared, carrying all 227 passengers and 12 crew members.
The search for MH370, considered the largest in aviation history, has failed to find the plane and sparked many convincing theories about the missing plane.
Malaysia is stepping up a new search for MH370, bringing hope to the families of those on the plane.
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of MH370's disappearance, Metro.co.uk reviewed the statement of amateur detectives about finding MH370 using Google Maps.
March 2014
Just days after MH370 went missing, amateur detectives searched for the missing plane using Google Maps.
Google has urged people not to use its software to try searching for the missing plane after many users contacted The Malaysia Star to report that they had "found" the plane.
Google Malaysia's spokesperson has reminded everyone that images on Google Maps are not real-time satellite images and can be taken weekly, even monthly before appearing online.
In 2016
Amateur investigator Ian Wilson claimed to have discovered MH370 debris in 2016 and the image was still displayed on Google Earth three years later.
He confirmed that the plane debris was located deep in the Cambodian rainforest, 100 km northwest of the capital Phnom Penh.
March 2016
Scott C Waring - a self-proclaimed UFO hunter - said he may have accidentally found MH370 debris while hunting for UFO around Mui Hao Vong, South Africa.
Scott said the photo on Google Earth was taken in July 2015, while MH370 disappeared in March 2014. Therefore, he believes that, due to strong currents, there is a possibility that MH370 debris floated in that direction.
March 2018
Peter McMahon - an Australian mechanical engineer, who has worked in the accident investigation for more than 25 years - believes that the wreckage of MH370 has been discovered in the Indian Ocean.
Using both Google Maps and NASA images, he said the plane crashed 16 km south of Round Island, near Mauritius. This is an area not included in the search area of experts in previous searches for MH370.
August 2018
An unnamed plot theorist claimed to have discovered MH370 off the coast of Indonesia.
The man searched Google Earth for the waters off the Padang, about an hour away from where MH370 took off from Kuala Lumpur.
However, he later admitted that it could be just the image of a plane flying on the water.
October 2018
Geologist John Guo believes he has found MH370 debris after identifying a 600m long fallen tree, which has traced a plane to appear on Google Map's satellite view. According to John Guo, the MH370 area was about 45m wide.
This hypothesis seems to support Lan Wilson's hypothesis that MH370 crashed in Cambodian forests that was born in 2016.
Where are the real MH370 debris found?
Some debris has drifted ashore around the Indian Ocean, with Syriac numbers and other identification features confirming they belong to MH370, Metro noted.
The first fracture was confirmed at the beach on Reunion in July 2015. The fracture was identified as a flaperon piece of MH370.
A few months later, in December 2015, a meter-long piece of metal was found in Xai Xai, Mozambique.
In February 2016, a piece of debris was also found drifting in Vilankulo, Mozambique.
A month later, a Rolls-Royce engine shell was found in the Mossel Bay, South Africa, and a piece of the interior of the main cabin was found on Rodrigues Island in Mauritius.
In June 2016, a large piece of wing was found on Pemba Island in Zanzibar. Meanwhile, in September 2016, debris drifting on Sainte-Luce, Philippines was found but it was not confirmed to be from MH370.
