A woman writes a message on a dedication board for the victims of the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 airliner and the missing Flight MH370, in Subang Jaya outside Kuala Lumpur July 23, 2014. All sides in Ukraine's civil war must protect civilia
A woman writes a message on a dedication board for the victims of the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 airliner and the missing Flight MH370, in Subang Jaya outside Kuala Lumpur July 23, 2014. All sides in Ukraine's civil war must protect civilians and take what measures they can to search for the victims of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 airliner and ensure their bodies are returned, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Samsul Said

Even after 10 months of its disappearance, Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 remains missing. Theories claiming to explain what may have happened to the plane continue to swirl around. According to the latest update, a new theory has emerged suggesting that the lithium batteries being carried by missing Boeing 777 may be have led to an explosion.

According to ABC 10 News, a recently released test video by U.S. government has led to the rise of a frenzy of speculations. In the video, Federal Aviation Administration reportedly has conducted a test that shows "how susceptible passengers planes are to fires or explosions" that can be caused by lithium batteries stored in cargo section of these planes for transportation.

5000 lithium-ion batteries were loaded in cargo container for the test. The test conductors used cartridge heater to "simulate a single battery experiencing overheating." As reported, during the test, the heat led to the "overheating" of batteries kept close. The temperature rose up to 1,100 degrees resulting in an "explosion" that "blew open the container door."

Dan Gilleon, a representing attorney of a family member of MH370 passenger stated that the test provides insight into the "role of the batteries on board the flight." "When the FAA conducts a test, those results are going to be accepted by most experts. It's a huge development, as least for this particular theory," said Gilleon.

Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 went missing on March 8, 2014 with 239 persons on board from 15 different nations. There were at least six Australians in the missing Boeing 777. Soon after multinational efforts were employed to hunt down the disappeared plane that went off the radar within few minutes of its take off from Kuala Lumpur airport. Based on satellite date, on March 24, Malaysian government announced that the plane ended in southern Indian Ocean.

Few weeks after, it was disclosed that the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was carrying 440 pounds of highly inflammable batteries in its cargo hold. The report claims that Team 10 was able to obtain the "Cargo manifest papers" that stated that "this package must be handled with care that a flammability hazard exist if the package is damaged."

If lithium batteries caused the tragedy, then "fumes" from explosion of batteries may have spread poison in the air "overcoming the crew," suggests experts. This may have led to the plane flying for hours on autopilot mode before it ended in the Indian Ocean.

However, aviation safety expert Han Weber explains why this may not be the case with MH370. According to him, if this is indeed what happened then "fire suppression system should have addressed the fire." He explains further that fire sensors would have immediately responded and informed the pilots who then have enough time to wear the masks. Also, if fire is the cause of the tragedy, then the plane would have immediately went down than flying for hours.

No traces and debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been obtained until now. At the same time, several theories have become popular including terrorist hijack, pilot suicide and shot down. According to the latest update by JACC on its official website, the deep sea search has covered 8,000 square kilometres of the sea floor.