The disappearance of the Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 with 239 passengers on board in March 2014 sparked one of the greatest mysteries of the 21st century. Now, a viral image purports that the plane has been discovered submerged without any skeletons. Here is the photographic truth.
A photograph of an abandoned aircraft has gone viral on social media, with claims that the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which disappeared in March 2014, has been discovered underwater with no skeletons, despite carrying 239 people.
Is it true? NO
The Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing, China, on March 8, 2014. Despite extensive international efforts to locate the flight, neither its wreckage nor a conclusive explanation for its disappearance have been discovered. This has generated extensive media coverage, multiple conspiracy theories, and a Netflix documentary.
Several social media users recently shared a viral image of an abandoned aircraft wreckage underwater on Twitter with the following caption: “The Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 that vanished nine years ago has been discovered in the ocean without any human remains. There were 239 passengers aboard the aircraft.”
Validity Check
Asianet Newsable conducted a series of keyword searches to uncover the most recent information regarding Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. However, it was unable to locate credible reports that the plane had been found. According to research made public by the Malaysian government, some marine debris discovered in the western Indian Ocean has been identified as belonging to the lost aircraft. However, the airplane’s wreckage has not yet been located.
What is the actuality? If not MH370, what else?
Asianet Newsable performed a Google reverse image search on the viral image of the aircraft wreckage and was directed to a CNN article about the underwater wreckage of a Lockheed Martin L1011 Tristar aeroplane, which was reportedly sunk in Jordan’s Gulf of Aqaba in 2019 “to create an artificial reef to encourage marine life” and to promote dive tourism.
The article also mentions the efforts of underwater photographer and scuba diver Brett Hoelzer, who has made numerous dives to capture images of the sunken aircraft. In addition, he provided us with a link to his Instagram account, where we discovered numerous photographs and videos of the submerged Tristar airliner.
The noses of the aircraft in the viral image and the one visible in the images of the Tristar debris are identically damaged, indicating that they originated from the same catastrophe.
Conclusion
An image of a Lockheed Martin L1011 TriStar jet in the Gulf of Aqaba in Jordan is circulating under the deceptive premise that it is the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines’ missing aeroplane MH370, which was found to be devoid of any remains.