New MH370 Evidence Triggers Calls To Restart Search

Today marks seven years since the Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 disappeared and now there are calls to restart the investigation as new evidence has emerged.

Aviation experts have spoken to Sky News about what should happen now regarding the aircraft's possible location.

Richard Godfrey used satellite and ocean data to determine the most likely area that the flight came down - which is 2,000 kilometres from the coast of west Australia.

Speaking to Sky, Geoffrey Thomas - an aviation editor - said: "There's a very high level of confidence in the industry that we are on the spot."

The area that has been pinpointed has already been looked at when the initial investigations were taking place but new technology is believed to be the answer because it could find what previous searches couldn't.

Mr Thomas went on to add: "It's a quantum leap forward, it's like going from 3G on your mobile phone to 5G - it's that sort of leap in technology."

During a press conference held yesterday (7 March 2021), organised by the MH370 Next-Of-Kin, the findings from a debris item was presented after it was found in Jeffrey's Bay, South Africa.

According to a press release, the debris item is 'definitely' a part of an inboard spoiler from a Boeing 777 and is 'almost certainly' from MH370 as the only aircraft of this type to have crashed in the Indian Ocean.

The Boeing 777 disappeared without a trace in March 2014 when it was en route to Beijing, with 238 passengers on board.

A team of Malaysian investigators said that there was no reason to suspect a mechanical problem, and that there was nothing that had suggested any malicious intent, concluding: "The team is unable to determine the real cause for the disappearance of MH370."

Despite extensive search efforts over the years, wreckage of the plane has never been found - but that hasn't stopped countless people coming forward with new theories.

One comes from Philip Baum, editor of Aviation Security International and visiting professor of aviation security at Coventry University, who reckons that there could have been a stowaway on board.
"I think a stowaway is a strong possibility, especially as no officials seem to want to even contemplate the possibility," he told The Independent.Featured Image Credit: PA

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