Australian expert claims missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 ‘found’ with ‘bullet holes’

It has been over four years since the Flight MH370, carrying 239 people onboard, went missing. Now, an expert has come forward with a claim that the aircraft has been found and is covered in bullet holes.

The aircraft disappeared on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 08, 2014.

An Australian mechanical engineer, Peter McMahon claims that he has found the plane. The Australian claims to have worked in crash investigations for over 25 years and believes that the aircraft is 10 miles south of small islet Round Island, north of Mauritius. It is to be noted that the area he mentions was not included in the search operation by experts.

Since MH370 went missing, McMahon is said to have been thoroughly scanning NASA and Google Maps images. However, these claims have been rejected by the MH370 investigators who stated that the pictures involved were taken years before the flight disappeared.

According to Daily Star Online, McMahon claimed that the Australian Transport and Safety Bureau read his findings and confirmed it could be the missing craft. He further alleged that the US officials had asked the Australian officials to keep their focus on the assigned area of the Indian Ocean.

Last year, Australia, China and Malaysia ended the search worth USD 159.38 million across a 120,000 square-kilometre area in the Indian Ocean. In January this year, Malaysia agreed to pay US firm Ocean Infinity up to USD 70 million if the plan was found during the offshore search effort which is underway and expected to end in June.

Due to the new search, the release of a full report into MH370’s disappearance has been suspended since the Malaysian investigators stated that any new evidence uncovered is likely to significantly affect the investigation.