By Tim Binnall
An independent researcher from England scouring the planet using Google Earth believes that he has discovered the wreckage of doomed flight MH370 sitting in a Cambodian jungle. Ian Wilson told a British newspaper that he spent hours studying the program's satellite images and was astounded when he stumbled upon one particular photo which appears to show the distinct shape of a jet airliner. Intriguingly, the craft in question is located amid the lush greenery of Cambodia in an area where MH370 had initially been thought to have flown over when it went astray.
According to Wilson, the odd airliner found in the photo looks to measure around 20 feet longer than a Boeing 777, which was MH370's aircraft type. He accounts for this discrepancy by noting that there seems to be a sizeable gap in the potential wreckage, which may explain why the measurements do not match. Although authorities in Malaysia conceded that they could not outright rule out Wilson's weird find, they insisted that Google had already accounted for the plane in the image and that it was simply a normal jet photographed in mid-flight.
Nonetheless, other researchers studying the case have asked Google to turn their cameras back towards the area to see if there is still a plane there or not. Meanwhile, Wilson plans to charter a helicopter to the location in search of the wreckage. Should his mission prove successful, he argues that he should receive some kind of reward from the Malaysian government, since they offered $70 million dollars to the failed Ocean Infinity expedition earlier this year. While we're not quite sure that is how it works, we wish Wilson the best in his quest, since being the person to solve the MH370 mission once and for all may be bigger than any cash prize.