A fisherman from Indonesia is claiming he witnessed the horrific fate of the MH370 plane crashed somewhere in the Sumatra sea in 2014.
Rusli Khusmin says he knows the exact spot where the plane transporting 239 people met its doom and has recorded the coordinates of the site on a GPS device.
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The 42-year-old fisherman spoke about the tragedy, discussing how he saw the damaged plane surrounded by black smoke in the sky, during a news conference in Subang Jaya, near Kuala Lumpur.
"I saw the plane moving from left to right like a broken kite. There was no noise, just black smoke as a result of fires before it crashed into the water," he explained.
He went on to say there was a pungent smell of 'acidic fumes' in the air right before the aircraft crashed into the water.
Khusmin was flown to the Lake View Club in Subang Jaya before which he swore an oath of truth on the Quran.
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Khusmin has now given the data from the GPS and any other evidence to the Consumers' Association of Subang and Shah Alam, Selangor (CASSA), which is a Malaysian non-government organisation, in order to move on the investigation surrounding the fate of MH370.
The president of CASSA, Dr Jacob George, said he would officially send this evidence over to the Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
MH370 was a scheduled international passenger flight operated by Malaysia Airlines that set off on 8 March 2014 from Kuala Lumpur with the intention of heading to Beijing, China.
However, somewhere over the ocean the plane, piloted by Zaharie Ahmad Shah, disappeared.
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Many attempts have been made over the years to find the crash site, however, the Malaysian government were eventually forced to pause investigations after admitting they don't know what happened to the craft.
In August 2018 aviation experts said they thought the plane may have been brought down by a stowaway.
Philip Baum, editor of Aviation Security International and visiting professor of aviation security at Coventry University, reckons that there could have been a stowaway on board.
He told the Independent: "I think a stowaway is a strong possibility, especially as no officials seem to want to even contemplate the possibility."
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However, there is no concrete evidence to back up his theories.
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Topics: World News, Malaysia