Mystery Of Missing MH370 Plane May Be Solved As Expert Shares The 'Perfect Hiding Place'

A man believes he might have cracked the decade-long mystery of the missing MH370 plane, though he acknowledges that "the proof awaits."

The Malaysia Airlines flight disappeared on March 8, 2014, with 239 passengers and crew on board, all of whom are presumed dead. 

The search for the plane, which has become the most expensive in aviation history, has involved numerous efforts to pinpoint where the aircraft went down.

Although some debris from the plane has been recovered, the main wreckage remains elusive, leading to widespread speculation and countless theories.

The MH370 plane has been missing for over a decade. Supian Ahmad/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Now, a scientist named Vincent Lyne from the University of Tasmania claims to have "solved" the mystery of MH370.

According to a study done by Lyne, the plane's final moments involved a "controlled ditching" rather than an uncontrolled dive. 

The study says, the damage found on the plane's wings resembles the type of damage that occurred when Captain Chesley Sullenberger successfully landed a plane in the Hudson River in 2009.

Some theories propose that the plane entered an uncontrolled descent after running out of fuel. 

However, Lyne suggests that the pilots might have executed a controlled descent, deploying the gear to soften the landing in the water.

In a LinkedIn post accompanying his study, Lyne wrote: 

"This work changes the narrative of MH370’s disappearance from one of no-blame, fuel-starvation at the 7th arc, high-speed dive, to a mastermind pilot almost executing an incredible perfect-disappearance in the Southern Indian Ocean."

A new study argues that damage to MH370's wings, flap and flaperon point towards a 'controlled ditching'. (Mohd Samsul Mohd Said/Getty Images)

He further elaborated that "it would have worked were it not for MH370 ploughing its right wing through a wave, and the discovery of the regular interrogation satellite communications by Inmarsat."

Lyne is not the first person to claim that they have solved the mystery of MH370.

Theories about what happened to the plane are numerous, with many search efforts focusing on the sea and the debris that has washed ashore in an attempt to trace the plane's final location.

Some experts have suggested that the plane may have crashed in the Cambodian jungle, while other theories propose that MH370 was hijacked or even shot down.

There’s even a theory that the plane might have been flown into a radar blind spot, often referred to as a "black hole," as part of a "carefully planned" effort to remove it from the grid.

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With so many theories and clues to consider—ranging from debris to flight logs—the mystery of MH370 continues to baffle experts.

Until the main wreckage is found, it will be difficult to prove any one theory definitively.