The mystery surrounding the fate of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 may finally be solved – one expert suspects the plane may be in the “perfect hiding place”.

University of Tasmania researcher Vincent Lynne has said the newly discovered signals from the missing Boeing 777 will help determine its flight pattern in the moments before its disappearance.

In an article to appear in the Journal of Navigation, he argues that the signals, along with an examination of the damage from the debris by plane crash investigator Larry Vance, “support the hypothesis of a controlled descent to the east” – suggesting that the pilot made a deliberate decision to let the plane disappear with 239 people on board.

The theory had previously been put forward by British pilot Simon Hardy.

But it refutes the long-held theory that the plane “entered an uncontrolled, high-speed, gravity-accelerated dive due to a lack of fuel.” after returning from his course from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing for unknown reasons, according to Express.

Vincent Lynne, a researcher at the University of Tasmania, questions the theory that Malaysian Airlines Flight MH-370 “went into an uncontrolled, high-speed, gravity-accelerated dive after running out of fuel” (pictured is a simulation of the crash).

“This work changes the story of the MH-370 disappearance from a case of no fault of running out of fuel on 7th arc and a high-speed dive to a case of a mastermind pilot executing an incredible, perfect disappearance in the southern Indian Ocean,” Lynne explained in a LinkedIn article promoting his latest publication.

“In fact, it would have worked if MH-370 had not plowed through a wave with its right wing and Inmarsat had not detected the regular interrogation satellite communications – a brilliant discovery also announced in the Journal of Navigation.”

He further stated that the damage to the aircraft’s wings, flaps and flaperon was similar to that sustained on US Airways Flight 1549 when Captain Chesley Sullenberger performed a “controlled ditching” in January 2009.

Lynne argues instead that newly discovered signals from the missing Boeing 777 and analysis of the wreckage suggest that the pilot made a deliberate decision to make the plane disappear with 239 people on board.

The flight lost contact after deviating from its course from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March 2014 for unknown reasons.

Others had previously also suspected that 53-year-old pilot Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah was responsible for the deliberate crash of MH370. It was a murder-suicide of horrifying proportions that he committed due to problems in his personal life.

Shah had reportedly separated from his wife Fizah Khan and was reportedly furious because a relative of the man, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, had been sentenced to five years in prison for sodomy shortly before he boarded the plane to Beijing.

However, the pilot’s wife angrily denied any personal problems, while other family members and friends said he was a devoted family man and loved his job.

However, Lynne says the evidence suggests the pilot intentionally crashed the plane, saying this “vindicates beyond a reasonable doubt the original claim, which was based on brilliant, expert and very careful analysis of the debris damage by the multi-award-winning former Canadian Air Force chief crash investigator Larry Vance. It concluded that MH-370 had fuel and engines running when it made a masterful ‘controlled ditching’, and that it was not a high-speed, fuel-depleted crash.”

The most persistent theory revolves around the pilot – Zaharie Ahmad Shah (pictured) – and speculation that it was a deliberate act because he had personal problems.

He also argued that his investigations had provided a clear location for the possible crash site of the aircraft – and called for future searches for the wreckage to focus on a specific section of the southern Indian Ocean.

“What is encouraging is that we now know very precisely that MH-370 is located where the longitude of Penang Airport (and indeed the runway) intersects the flight path of the pilot in command’s home simulator, which was discovered by the FBI and authorities and discarded as ‘irrelevant,'” Lynne wrote.

“This deliberately chosen, iconic site contains a very deep 6,000 metre (6,561.68 yard) hole at the eastern end of the Broken Ridge in a harsh and dangerous marine environment known for its wild fishing grounds and new deep-sea species.

“With narrow, steep sides surrounded by massive ridges and other deep holes, it is filled with fine sediments – a perfect ‘hiding place’.”

Over the years, some fragments of the aircraft have been discovered

Despite authorities around the world conducting an extensive search operation covering an area of ​​115,000 square kilometers, the aircraft has been missing for over a decade.

Some wreckage from the plane has since been discovered and numerous theories have emerged about what – and who – caused the flight to change course in March 2014.

More than a year later, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak declared that a wing piece washed up on Réunion, a French island east of Madagascar, came from MH370.

In the following two years, another 17 pieces of debris were found and identified as “very likely or almost certain to have come from MH370”, while two others “were assessed as probably having come from the ill-fated aircraft”.

But Lynne is now urging authorities to search the area, which he says is “top priority.”

“Whether it is searched or not is up to the authorities and search companies to decide, but as far as the science is concerned, we know why the previous searches failed and the science also clearly indicates where MH-370 is,” he concluded.