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More light shed on missing MH370 with new 'final destination' revealed by experts

Mapping experts have announced that rescue teams might be looking in the wrong place during the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 more than a decade after the aircraft went down

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Aviation experts add new thoughts into the missing MH370 flight (Image: AFP/Getty Images)

Experts have revealed new information on the missing MH370 flight with thoughts rescue teams were looking in the wrong place.

More than 10 years on from the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 disappearing from radar screens and seemingly off the face of the Earth on March 8, 2014, new information is still coming to light. Currently, the fate of the Boeing 777-200ER carrying 239 passengers and crew from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, remains a perplexing mystery. Having sent no emergency distress calls, the aircraft was never heard from again. However, at the end of 2024, authorities announced they'd be resuming the search yet again.

Shocking evidence found the aircraft had turned off its scheduled flight path and continued flying on for a further seven hours. However, new evaluations suggest authorities have not looked in the right location and the plane is still out there.

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New maps reveal the flight may have washed up in a different location than originally thought (Image: Google Maps )

Sopian Shaffi and his partner Mr. Bahari Othman claim experts need to take another look at the evidence. Working for Gunung Mengalir Resources, the mapping experts say the final destination of the plane would be near the Equator.

Originally, the surface search in Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean lasted 52 days, during 41 of which Australia coordinated the search. They looked in the ocean for three years and concluded in 2017.

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Some debris was found in Africa

However, Shaffi and Othman think the search could have been misguided. They said: "It starts with MH370 send a signal to Ground Earth Station (GES) at Perth Australia via satellite Inmarsat 3F1 and GES return the signal to MH370 via satellite Inmarsat 3F1."

The last confirmed location of MH370 was sighted by Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) radar when it flew north of Sumatra, Indonesia, at 18.22pm. Three minutes later, at 18.25pm, MH370 in unusual position and send Log-on Request to GES, and GES answered acknowledge.

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Pilot Zaharie Shah did not send out a warning signal when flying(Image: YOUTUBE )

"At this moment, MH370 only see last set point coordinate which is Beijing Airport. Of course, MH370 would follow the Beijing Airport coordinate but without realising it was actually heading to Beijing via Perth. Coincidentally, the coordinates of Beijing Airport are parallel to Perth Airport."

According to the experts, the flight took a turn at Indonesia, and "ended up in Andaman Sea as its final resting place because of fuel exhaustion". They added: "Andaman Sea location meet criteria fuel calculation and reachable maximum distance.

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Around 200 passengers on the plane went missing along with the aircraft(Image: AP)

"In addition, during a certain period of time, MH370 flying overspeed that cause flaperon detached during mid-flight near southern Sumatra, Indonesia due to high vibration fatigue failure experienced by its holding nuts rather than coming from the crashed site as it is officially thought."

Debris was discovered on Reunion Island, Madagascar and the surrounding area. This was thought to have been carried by a west ocean current near the equator in the Indian Ocean.

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Satellite maps suggest the flight took at turn at Indonesia (Image: Google Maps )

The company believe search efforts should instead turn to that region, rather than Asia, where it was focussed before.

There have been a number of missions to try and find the plane wreck, with experts suggesting efforts should be focussed on Reunion Island, where the fate of the 200 missing passengers could be confirmed.

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