MH370 On Google Maps Satellite Images Still Appears In Cambodian Region

Google Maps updated its satellite images in the Cambodian region where video producer Ian Wilson claimed to have spotted the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. The new images, however, continued to show the plane in the location.

The latest images contradicted experts who raised doubts over Wilson's finding by saying the earlier pictures which helped the Britisher conclude the plane was in the dense forest of Cambodia were, in fact, those of a random aircraft flying by.

According to Google Maps data, the plane has remained at the same location on satellite images dating from 2017 and 2015. This likely dispelled the theory the satellite caught an in-flight plane when it took the pictures. However, authorities are yet to confirm the claims.

"If they cached the image since 2014, it is either the satellite they use never updated the datasets for four years, or there is a system glitch," aviation expert Yijun Yu told the Daily Star, adding the time stamp doesn't prove anything.

Wilson was currently preparing for a ground search of the alleged crash site to prove his claim. According to the Daily Star, he and his brother Jackie were planning to go into the Cambodian jungle where Flight MH370's wreckage allegedly lies.

Amid the ongoing theories, an oceanographer who found Air France flight 447 claimed the location where the missing plane went down was known to the governments.

"How could an aircraft be in the air for seven hours without someone looking for it?" Dr David Gallo told the Sun. "The issue there was that it wasn't clear we were getting the best information from Malaysia. That is one of the big issues... The primary radar data of what happened that night I don't believe that we actually saw. I think we saw the records."

"I don't think the U.S. would know, I just think any aircraft missing for that long, someone would look to see where it would be... There's plenty of satellites in that area, so my question is how could an aircraft be in the air for seven hours without someone looking for it?" he added.

Flight MH370 went missing March 8, 2014, with 239 people on board while on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The incident was considered the greatest mystery in aviation history.

In July, Malaysia released a full report detailing the investigation into the plane's disappearance. Investigators wrote in the report they were unable to determine what happened to the Malaysia Airlines plane. However, families of those on board the jet claimed authorities were still hiding the truth and the Malaysian government was involved in a massive cover-up.

Since the plane went missing, several conspiracy theories have emerged. Some claimed the pilot crashed the plane in a "death-dive," while others hinted at a possible hijack.

Despite a multimillion-dollar search operation in a remote part of the southern Indian Ocean, authorities found no clue into the plane's disappearance. The biggest lead in the investigation came when a plane flaperon was found by villagers on Réunion Island. Investigators said in the report 27 pieces of wreckage were believed to be from MH370, though only three have been confirmed as parts belonging to that plane.