MH370 could be found “within weeks”

The missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 would be found in the next two months, a former pilot has claimed.

Captain Simon Hardy has been working with Australian authorities conducting the search, who have now deployed two search vessels to an area of the Indian Ocean identified by Hardy.

And speaking to News Corp, Hardy said his is “fairly confident that wreckage will be found within the next four to eight weeks”.

A former Boeing 777 pilot, Captain Hardy has based his assumptions on the theory that the pilot of MH370 made a controlled crash landing into the ocean, having made a series of turns around Penang. The captain of flight MH370 was originally from Penang, and is believed that a series of deliberate turns made around the Malaysian island could have been an effort by the pilot to get one last glimpse of his homeland.

This, combined with the fact the aircraft crossed between Malaysian and Thai airspace eight times, supports the theory that the pilot deliberately crashed the aircraft.

“It is a good way to cause confusion between the controllers,” Captain Hardy was quoted saying, referring to the unusual flight path. He added that three turns made around Penang reminded him of a sightseeing flight, intended to enable the pilot to get a better view of the island.

“Somebody was taking a last emotional look at Penang,” he stated.

Australian authorities confirmed that two search vessels arrived in the area of Hardy’s proposed location last week, and will continue to search the area in November and December.

Flight MH370 disappeared from radar screens in March 2014 while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, with 239 passengers and crew onboard. Earlier this year a piece of the aircraft’s wing washed up on the island of Reunion, but no other trace of the aircraft or its passengers has been discovered.