MH370 Conspiracy Theory: New Book Claims Plane Was Shot Down By The US

In a bizarre new claim into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, a French reporter has alleged the plane was shot down by the U.S. government.

The Boeing 777-200 went missing on March 8, 2014, with 239 people on board while on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

Florence de Changy, in her new book "The Disappearing Act: The Impossible Case of MH370," hinted at a plot to hide the "real truth" about what happened to the missing jetliner. In the 400-page book, the author claimed the U.S. military used advanced jamming technology to make Flight MH370 disappear from nearby radars before shooting it down, media outlet News.com.au reported.

The author added the U.S. had tried to re-route the flight in order to seize “highly sensitive” technology before it landed in Beijing. Changy also claimed other governments involved in the search for the missing plane intentionally distributed wrong information in a bid to help the U.S. hide their supposed attack.

“In the case of MH370, many different means were deployed at the same time,” Changy alleged. “The advance of truth has been crippled from day one,” the media outlet reported.

The mystery behind the disappearance of Flight MH370 continues even after seven years with several conspiracy theories still emerging as to what may have happened to the plane. Theories over the last few years blamed a potential hijacking, a rogue pilot and a hypoxia event resulting in an unplanned decompression of the cabin. However, none of these claims have been completely verified by authorities.

Changy also slammed Australia’s $200 million search program, which led to no concrete clues about the whereabouts of the plane.

“When it came to the art of bungling a search operation and providing deliberate or accidental misinformation, Australia ran Malaysia pretty close,” she said.

In July 2018, Malaysia released a report stating MH370 deviated from its path "not because of anomalies in the mechanical system. The turn back was made not under autopilot but under manual control.” However, it added that a “third-party interference” couldn’t be ruled out.

The biggest lead in the investigation came when a flaperon (a part of the wing) was found by villagers on Réunion Island. Later, authorities confirmed the flaperon belonged to the missing jetliner.