Nearly a decade ago, the world was left aghast when Flight MH370 mysteriously disappeared in 2014. Hailed as aviation’s largest enigma, the fate of the 239 passengers remains unknown. But now, a British expert and a Boeing 777 pilot have come forward with claims that flight documents provide evidence of the pilot's intention for mass murder-suicide.
According to a report by The Independent UK, expert Simon Hardy suggests that changes in the flight plan and technical log, including last-minute additions of 3,000 kilograms of fuel and extra oxygen to the cargo, were indicative of Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah's decision to vanish the plane.
While investigating in 2015, Hardy worked with the Australian Transport Safety Bureau and shared with The Sun, 'It's an incredible coincidence that the last engineering task on the plane, enhancing crew oxygen, was solely for the cockpit but not for the cabin crew, occurred right before it went missing.'
Hardy also raised questions about the engineering modifications done last-minute, deeming them unnecessary and not meeting official requirements. He noted that the flaperon found on Reunion Island suggests the pilot was active until the very end. 'If the flaps were down, there'd be liquid fuel, there was a lever at work; someone knew what they were doing, all pointing towards a single scenario.'
Hardy further posited that the pilot meticulously planned to avoid leaving traces of fuel on the ocean's surface, a clue to the plane's final direction. Like other theorists, he implied the pilot might have depressurized the cabin to incapacitate the passengers, then executed a U-turn to crash the plane into the sea.
After examining satellite evidence and additional information, Hardy believes he has pinpointed the missing plane's location in the Geelvinck Fracture Zone of the southern Indian Ocean, suggesting that's where the aircraft could be buried.
The Malaysian government announced on March 3 that the search for the vanished plane, in collaboration with Ocean Infinity on a 'no find, no fee' basis, could resume for the aircraft lost on March 8, 2014.
