The missing Malaysian plane was found “within days”

On 8 March 2014, Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 took off from Kuala Lumpur Airport. There were 239 people on board.

The plane was on its way to Beijing, but suddenly disappeared from radar screens shortly after take-off.

The search for MH370 in the Indian Ocean, west of Australia, was futile and ended five years ago.

But aviation expert Jean-Luc Marchand and pilot Patrick Blilly said during a recent lecture in London that the mystery of the missing plane could be solved “within days” through new research. This will be carried out based on new evidence about how the track appeared when the plane deviated from its planned flight path.

– It will be done quickly. Until the wreckage of MH370 is found, no one will know what really happened. But that's a reasonable path for the plane, Marchand says.

“Horrible one-way trip”

The search effort will take just ten days to complete according to Marchand and Bliley, who described the MH370 tragedy as “a horrific one-way trip.”

– We believe, and our study has shown us, that it was likely a hijacking carried out by an experienced pilot. The cabin was depressurized and the controls were manipulated in a way that resulted in minimal debris. This was done with the aim of not being found, says Marchand.

Bliley and Marchand argue that MH370's U-turn that deviated from its planned flight path could not have been caused by the autopilot.

– He knew that if a search was carried out, it would be along the flight path, Marchand says.