MH370 cockpit and tail found in Cambodian jungle?
An amateur MH370 hunter claims to have discovered the cockpit and tail of the missing plane, bearing the Malaysian Airlines logo, in the Cambodian jungle.
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, a Boeing 777-200 carrying 239 passengers and crew, mysteriously disappeared on March 8, 2014, while en route from Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) to Beijing (China). The plane is believed to have changed course towards the Indian Ocean before disappearing.
According to the newspaperThe SunAn online hunt for the ill-fated plane is underway after British technology expert Ian Wilson claimed to have found the location of MH370's wreckage in the Cambodian jungle using the online mapping application Google Maps.
Another amateur MH370 hunter, Daniel Boyer, later announced that satellite images revealed the plane's "crash location" to be nearly 10 miles from where Wilson had identified it. Boyer now claims he can clearly see the cockpit and tail section of the plane in the blurry satellite images.
PageDaily StarThe photos provided by Mr. Boyer show several white objects lying on the forest floor northwest of the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh. According to Mr. Boyer, one object is about 5.42 meters in size, almost equivalent to the standard size of a Boeing 777 cockpit of 5.88 meters, making him confident that it is the front part of MH370.
Mr. Boyer also asserted that he could see the red lines of the Malaysia Airlines logo on another object. He said this was the tail of the missing plane, measuring about 9.66 meters. Meanwhile, the length of a tail piece of a Boeing 777 is usually more than 9 meters.
His "discovery" now needs to be validated, Mr. Boyer said.
Meanwhile, technology expert Wilson revealed that he and his brother planned to go to the Cambodian jungle to find the wreckage of MH370 to win a cash reward worth up to 69.7 million USD. After discussions, the Wilson brothers are preparing to complete the final vaccination procedures and hire a tour guide.