MH370 DID plunge into the ocean, new debris 'proves' amid claims pilot was on death drive
MH370 debris has increased speculation the pilot did crash the plane into the Indian Ocean on purpose in a ‘death drive’.
The plane's wings were not deployed at the time of the crash
The plane’s wing shows that the aircraft’s wing flap was not deployed at the time of impact ruling out a controlled crash, which would have required the flaps to be deployed.
The aircraft vanished in March 2014 as it was flying from Kuala Lumper to Beijing and investigators are still trying to understand what exactly happened.
Experts said the new debris shows flaps, which are a type of high-lift device used to increase the lift of an aircraft wing, were not deployed and so there was not a controlled landing.
The plane's flap is being tested by The Australian Transport Safety Bureau
There have been claims that the pilot of the doomed jet, Captain Zaharie Ahmed Shah, was “heartbroken” following a breakdown in a relationship.
The aircraft’s flap is still being tested by The Australian Transport Safety Bureau.
Head of the organisation’s search, Peter Foley, said: “The rate of descent combined with the position of the flap, if it is found that it is not deployed, will almost certainly rule out either a controlled ditch or glide.”
Debris has recently been found off Mozambique
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The new revelations support the 'death drive' theory
Thousands of other pieces of debris have been found in recent months off the coast of Mozambique and Madagascar.
Australia has been leading the search for the missing aircraft and its 239 passengers, using underwater drones and sonar equipment deployed from specialist ships.
Countries have agreed that in the absence of “credible new information” the search for the missing aeroplane could end later this year.
Fragments of what appears to be burnt debris found on a beach in Madagascar could suggest missing MH370 plane suffered a fire.