In a significant development, Australian scientist Vincent Lyne has put forward a bold new theory about the location of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
Disappeared in 2014 with 239 passengers and crew on board, the plane’s fate remains one of aviation’s greatest mysteries.
Lyne, a researcher at the University of Tasmania, now suggests that the aircraft may have found its “perfect hiding place” in the depths of Broken Ridge, a treacherous trench in the southern Indian Ocean.
MH370 deliberately flies into Broken Ridge
Lyne’s theory contrasts sharply with previous explanations, which assumed that the plane ran out of fuel and crashed.
Instead, he proposes that flight MH370 was deliberately flown into the Broken Ridge ditch, 20,000 feet deep.
According to Lyne, this was not the result of a high-speed crash, but rather a calculated maneuver by the pilot to make the plane disappear.
The scientist bases his claim on an analysis of the damage to the plane’s wings and flaps, suggesting that flight MH370 was involved in a controlled landing similar to the landing on the Hudson River in 2009 by Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger.
He argues that this was the work of a “genius” pilot, with the aim of ensuring that the aircraft remained hidden from any search efforts.
Broken Ridge: A perfect hiding place?
The Broken Ridge trench, known for its extreme depth and harsh conditions, is located in the southern Indian Ocean.
Lyne believes this area to be the final resting place of flight MH370, as its fine sediments and unpredictable weather could easily hide the wreckage.
This theory is further supported by the alignment of the site with the longitude of Penang airport, a detail linked to the pilot’s home simulator runway – a lead previously ruled out by the FBI.
Lyne’s hypothesis challenges the effectiveness of previous search efforts, which focused mainly on areas where the plane was believed to have run out of fuel.
He postulates that, during the forced landing, the plane’s right wing probably hit a wave, preventing it from disappearing completely, but keeping it hidden inside the sediment-filled ditch.
Long-awaited closure?
If Lyne’s theory is correct, it could drastically alter the narrative surrounding flight MH370 and bring long-awaited closure to the victims’ families.
However, the extreme depth and adverse conditions of Broken Ridge pose significant challenges for any future search missions.
Despite these obstacles, Lyne remains confident that his analysis points to the exact location of the missing plane.
The possibility that MH370 was “perfectly hidden” in this ocean trench raises critical questions about the effectiveness of current search technologies and methods.
It also highlights the immense difficulties faced in locating lost aircraft in remote, deep-water environments.
As the world marks almost a decade since the disappearance of flight MH370, Lyne’s allegations offer a new direction in the search for the missing aircraft.
It remains to be seen whether this information will lead to a new search effort, but the discovery of the wreckage at Broken Ridge may finally solve one of the most baffling mysteries in aviation history.
For now, the extreme conditions of the proposed site may continue to keep the final resting place of flight MH370 hidden, even as science moves ever closer to uncovering the truth.
Paper by the scientist who calculated the possible location of the flight:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/383219355_Mystery_of_MH370_Solved_by_Science