Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which disappeared in March, has turned into one of the greatest aviation mysteries of all time, but a recent report indicates that 58 “hard objects” were found in the Indian Ocean.
The objects are inconsistent with the seabed of the Indian Ocean, according to the Financial Express.
Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said that an agency leading the search for the missing plane is in the process of pulling up the objects.
“We have only discovered 58 solid objects, but yet to learn if they are from (Malaysia Airlines) flight MH370. We have to verify whether the objects are the plane’s wreckage or hard rocks before coming to a conclusion,” he said. Malaysia Petronas is also deploying its “Go Phoenix” vessel to find the objects.
The report comes as a prominent pilot and aviation expert said the plane was deliberately crashed by its captain.
Ewan Wilson, who is the head of Kiwi Airlines, said that pilot Zaharie Ahmad Shah depressurized the plane, which killed the passengers due to a lack of oxygen. After that, he crashed the flight after locking himself inside the cockpit, reported The Mirror.
There’s been similar theories floating around that the passengers died of due to a lack of oxygen before Shah crashed the jetliner. Other theories include mechanical sabotage or terrorism.
The plane had 239 people on board--mostly Chinese nationals--when it disappeared March 8, heading from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
Wilson believes that Shah, 53, had mental health issues when he allegedly crashed the plane. He also called on the aviation industry to better check pilots and crew members.
“Pilots are human and susceptible to the same problems as anyone else,” he said, according to the newspaper. “They perform a stressful job and are under significant pressure to maintain their expertise and professional standing.”
