MH370 Seen Crashing By Fisherman Who Recorded GPS Coordinates, He Claims

As the mystery behind the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 continues, an Indonesian fisherman claimed he saw the crashed plane falling into the sea “like a broken kite” on March 8, 2014.

Rusli Khusmin, 42, said in a news conference in Subang Jaya, Malaysia, that he recorded the exact location of the crash on GPS.

“I saw the plane moving from left to right like a broken kite,” he said. “There was no noise, just black smoke as a result of fires before it crashed into the water.” Khusmin said there was also a strong smell of acidic fumes in the air before the plane went down. There were neither bodies nor debris coming afloat, he added.

However, he did not explain why it had taken him nearly five years to come forward.

According to reports, Khusmin has handed over his data containing evidence of the site of impact to CASSA, a Malaysian non-profit.

Khusmin claims that he was on his fishing vessel when the plane hit waters and as he had neither, high-tech sonar, technical nor technological equipment, he could not do anything to help. He along with those on the vessel returned to shore six days later. Upon arrival, he reportedly notified both local and Malaysian authorities, who after promising them assistance remained incommunicado.

There have been countless theories about what happened to the plane since it went missing with 239 people on board while on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. However, none of the claims have been confirmed.

A multimillion dollar search for the plane that went on for nearly four years yielded no concrete clues, as to the plane's whereabouts and mysterious disappearance. The biggest lead in the investigation came when a plane flaperon was found by villagers in the French island of Réunion. Possible pieces of wreckage had also turned up on the shorelines of Africa, Mozambique and Mauritius investigators said.

Malaysian authorities said in its final report in July 2018 that investigators were unable to determine the cause of the crash. The 449-page report stated Flight 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.

Recently, several independent searchers have tried locating the missing plane, with some relying on Google Earth images to pinpoint the final resting place of the Boeing 777-200. Some claimed that the Boeing 777-200's fuselage was still lying in a dense Cambodian forest.