MH370 Conspiracy Theorist To Use Helicopter To Search Cambodia 'Jungle Crash Site'

Ian Wilson, a United Kingdom-based video producer who claimed to have spotted missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in a Cambodian jungle on Google Maps, is now planning to search the area in a helicopter to confirm his theory. According to the Daily Star, the Briton is putting to test his claim for a multimillion-dollar prize money.

"Just thinking about it makes want to move quickly... I’d like to know one way or the other and put this to bed so it doesn’t drag on," Wilson told the U.K. tabloid. "Google could help with that and hope they do... I'm in the same camp (as Milne) with regard to Google pointing a satellite at the coordinates and getting an answer, if that's possible. But I'd like to go sooner rather than later and really need to set aside and sort a plan."

Private investigator Andre Milne — founder of military technology firm Unicorn Aerospace — hailed Wilson's theory as a "significant" finding and "clearly a match."

But Milne also said Tuesday he doubts the plane was Flight MH370 and urged Google to step in to get its satellite to revisit the location and put Wilson's claim to the test.

"Based on the highly suspicious claim made by Malaysian ATC to Ho Chi Minh ATC, it would be very helpful if Google would be available to take a moment and revisit the suspect location with real-time satellite technology," he said. "To rule in or rule out this site as being one of the two possible land sites we are cross-referencing as per my investigation."

Wilson, who plans to travel to Cambodia and look for the wreckage of Boeing 777-200 with assistance from other search parties, reacted to Milne's response to his claims.

"Milne's response was very nice to read and quite encouraging I thought," Wilson said. "The landmine situation in rural Cambodia makes hiking massively dangerous. It’s also monsoon season. Reward-wise. I see no reason why those who help in the recovery of the plane wouldn’t be eligible."

"Worst case scenario I’m wrong and I’ve wasted my time and some money," he said, adding: "(But) the finder of the plane is going to be a multi-millionaire."

Flight MH370 went missing March 8, 2014, with 239 people on board while on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Authorities believe the plane may have crashed in a remote part of the southern Indian Ocean. A multimillion-dollar search for more than three years yielded no clues as to what happened to the plane.

Several other search attempts, including a "no cure, no fee" deal with United States-based company Ocean Infinity also proved fruitless.

Since the plane's disappearance, several conspiracy theories made the rounds. Last month, a theory suggested Flight MH370 was most likely brought down by a stowaway on board the jet.