People tracking the ongoing search for flight MH370 believe they've spotted 'unusual behaviour' coming from a recovery vessel.
It's nearly 12 years since Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 vanished during a flight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Beijing, China – creating one of modern aviation's biggest mysteries.
A total of 239 people - 227 passengers and 12 crew members - were onboard the flight, all of whom have since been presumed to be dead.
Countless searches have taken place over the years, with investigators only able to determine a general area they believe the aircraft crashed, Southern Indian Ocean, and recover small amounts of debris.
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The most recent search to locate the missing plane commenced on 30 December, with marine robotics company Ocean Infinity and the Malaysian government.
The search is expected to last around 55 days.
What has the latest search for MH370 revealed?
Vessels involved in the latest search are expected to comb over 5,800 square miles of the Indian Ocean off the coast of Australia using a range of specialised equipment, including underwater drones and underwater vehicles.
Neither Ocean Infinity or the Malaysian government have yet released an official update about the search, however, amateur sleuths believe they've already spotted something unusual about the search.
Shared on YouTube by French-speaking account gilchecksix, the video has revealed they'd spotted unusual search patterns being reported from vessels.
The speaker explained that in the past 24 hours - the video was posted on 5 January - he'd noticed the vessel was inspecting a very specific area within the wider search radius, behaviour which he notes is 'quite unusual' for most search and rescue vessels.
He speculated whether this meant search teams had found an area they wanted to investigate further and had returned with a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) to re-examine the area.
According to Air Live, ROV vehicles are used when investigators want to obtain high-resolution photos of areas of interest found by Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs).
He also notes a four day gap between the initial AUV search and ROV examination, which suggests the vessel had spotted something they wanted to explore further after analysing the data.
The speaker added the location is also the area which investigator Jean-Luc Marchand suggested the aircraft could've crashed into the sea.
However, he clarifies that his comments are speculation only and have not been confirmed by Ocean Infinity or the Malaysian government.
The observation comes as Ismail Hamad, chief engineer at Egypt Air, spoke out about the investigation, saying he believed the aircraft was in a 'corridor just offshore and near the western Australian coast'.
"This is not guesswork, but it is an engineering inevitability if we follow the aviation fundamentals," he told The Express.
He added that the aircraft could be found if investigators followed 'the deviation between the magnetic north of the aircraft compass and the true north of the earth'.
LADbible has reached out to Ocean Infinity for comment.
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Brenna Cooper