- Debris possibly from MH370 is found but only raises more questions. Another theory involving suspicious cargo is raised.
- July 29th 2015, A Flaperon from a Boeing 777 was found on La Reunion Island, and later several pieces were found by adventurer Blaine Gibson. The La Reunion Island is close to Africa and far away from the search area in the Southern Indian Ocean. Ocean current simulations confirmed that the debris from Southern Indian Ocean would indeed float towards La Reunion Island.
The discovery of the debris caught the attention of Florence De Changy. The Malaysian government soon confirmed that the part of the wing that was found, in fact, belonged to MH370. The debris confirmed that the Inmarsat data was correct and that MH370 had headed to the southern Indian Ocean and crashed. Gibson followed the instructions of the oceanographers he contacted and headed to Mozambique in the hopes of finding more debris. Within twenty minutes of searching the sandbank, Gibson found debris. The Malaysian government admitted that the debris found by Gibson was, in all likelihood, part of MH370. While it was thrilling for Gibson, many doubted his story. Almost all the debris of MH370 was found by Gibson, and this was very unlikely. Jeff Wise tried to connect Gibson with his Russian theory due to his past Russian connection (Gibson could speak Russian, had a company in Russia), while Ghyslain found it quite unbelievable that he alone was able to retrieve so many pieces of the missing aircraft within two hours of heading to the beach and found it even more surprising that there were English media outlets to cover his news.
Florence pointed out that the Australian report on the debris found by Gibson stated that it was "highly likely" to be from MH370. Indicating that it was a possibility, but there was no confirmation. It was only the Flaperon that was confirmed to be part of MH370. She started studying the Flaperon, and from an inside source, she found out that it was missing its ID plate. The ID plate is a metallic part that is attached to the parts of the aircraft, and it is expected to sustain all kinds of damage. The ID plate could only be missing if it was deliberately removed while dismantling a plane. Several serial numbers found on the Flaperon were sent to match the records. Out of the twelve serial numbers sent for investigation, only one matched with MH370. She further added that there was no other proof, apart from the Inmarsat data, that the plane flew to the southern Indian Ocean.
December 02nd, 2016. The search effort has still not found any part of the plane in the actual site where the plane was supposed to have gone down. It had been over 2 years now. Now a report is released that says that Zaharie had flown the exact same route on his flight simulator at home, before he followed that route on MH370. This means Zaharie could not be innocent. FBI had this data, but only released it 2 years after the event. To Ghyslain this was proof that the Americans were deeply involved with MH370. Americans leading the investigation, British finding the plane with Inmarsat and Australians leading the search. Everybody else is locked out.
Florence found it strange that none of the countries over which MH370 flew could produce any radar image of the plane. What further added to the strangeness of it all was the fact that the plane had flown over the Australian air base at Butterworth (which was on the Malaysian Peninsula). She is perplexed as to how a commercial Boeing 777 flew over an air base with no interceptions or alerts. She points out that during the time when MH370 disappeared, there had been two major military exercises in the South China Sea involving the US. Therefore, even with a heavy military presence, she found it impossible to believe that a Boeing 777 was lost unless it was purposefully done.
Florence goes on to further state in the documentary series that she studied the Inmarsat website and learned about their allegiance with the United States Government. She was confident that the data provided by Inmarsat was to cover up something related to the United States. She believed that MH370 never took a U-turn and that the real story unfolded somewhere in the South China Sea. She then collaborated with Cyndi of the Tomnod group, who had stated at the very beginning of the case that she had noticed debris in the South China Sea via the satellite images that were uploaded on the platform. Not only that, but there was also the testimony of an oil rig worker who stated that he had seen a fire in the sky that night, along with the Cathay pilots who saw a large debris field.
When Florence tried to understand the purpose of the cover-up, she studied the cargo list and found that 2.5 tons of electronics, including lithium batteries, Walkie-talkies, and such, were being carried in the plane. What caught her attention was that this cargo was brought in under escort and was loaded onto the flight without being scanned. She assumed that maybe the cargo was carrying highly sensitive US technology in the field of surveillance that China wanted to acquire.
She assumed that when the US found out about the cargo MH370 was carrying, two of the US ASWACS planes tried to interrupt the flight. The ASWACS planes were known for their jamming technology, and they used it to remove MH370 from the radar. She imagined that the US military had requested that Zaharie land the plane so that they could inspect the cargo, but he had refused. They had no other choice but to blow up the plane over the South China Sea, either with a missile strike or by midair collision. While Florence is confident about her theory, many dismiss it due to a lack of facts and data. Gibson states that if Florence's theory were true, there would have been debris all across the South China Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, but nothing was found there. He added that Florence's theory was essentially dismissing the little data and evidence that was collected in the case.
January 17th, 2017. After two years and ten months, the government of Malaysia stops all its efforts to find MH370. The search had drained an extreme number of resources, and they decided to only continue if they found any further evidence. July 2018. After four years and four months, the Malaysian investigative team released an official report of the investigation, which clearly states that the pilot was found to be not involved in the incident and that, ultimately, the investigation remains inconclusive. While the Malaysian investigation is over, Ghyslian continues to build the case by gathering evidence in France. There continues to be enough reason to believe that there was some external interest that led to the disappearance of MH370, but it remains an unsolved case. It is important to find MH370 for the families of the passengers since, even after nine years, they never got closure. They could not bury their loved ones, and they did not get the opportunity to understand what happened to their families in the last few minutes of their lives.
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