MH370 Search Update: Australian Scientist Has Reportedly Found A Solution To The Mystery Of Missing Malaysia Airlines Jet
Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has become the greatest mystery of aviation history. Traces of the Boeing 777 that went missing seven months ago have not yet been found. According to the latest update, an Australian scientist is claiming that it is possible to find the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 with the help of cloud microphysics algorithms.
According to News.com.au, scientist Aron Gingis claims that MH370 can be located "by identifying cloud changes for evidence of vapour trails caused by burning fuel emissions from the aircraft." Gingis is a hydrometerologist and head of environmental consultancy firm in Australia. He has specialised in cloud microphysics and claimed to have located a ship wreck using the said technology. For that he has used "ship trails" and archival data available through satellites to determine the changes in the clouds that occurred due to emissions of the "floating vessels."
MH370 disappeared on March 8, 2014, while travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. A few minutes after the take off from the Malaysian airport, the plane that was carrying 239 people from 15 different nations lost contact with the radar. Since then, extensive search missions have been conducted by several countries. However, location of the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner remains unknown. Based on the data received by satellite, on March 24, 2014, the Malaysian government announced that the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 "ended in Indian Ocean."
"I believe that we have a realistic chance to follow the flight path of Malaysian Airline MH370 and follow its flight direction and possibly identifying its landing or crash site," Gingis reportedly wrote in his application to the Malaysian High Commissioner Eldeen Husaini three weeks after the disappearance of MH370.
After identifying the "flight pass," the scientist promised that they could guide their search vessels and investigators to "save or recover" passengers of missing airliner. The idea was rejected by the High Commissioner few days after.
"However, at the moment we have engaged with all international forum which consist of experts in their own respective field to search for the missing plane," Eldeen Husaini wrote to Gingis appreciating his proposal and explaining the reason of rejection.
Gingis later approached Australian Transport and Safety Bureau (ATSB)--the organisation committed to the search of MH370. They reportedly sought answers to some 11 questions that Gingis refused to provide unless he had a signed contract in the fear of "compromising commercial and security interests."
News.com.au reached out to the ATSB and the authorities "confirmed Gingis' story." It is reported that the offer was made for $17,500.
Meanwhile, it is known that the search mission for MH370 resumed in Oct. 2014. According to SBS, the Fugro Discovery, a new vessel, embarked on a quest to hunt the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. Fugro will investigate the vast seabed of the Indian Ocean for six days.