A veteran fisherman claims he found a large piece of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 off the coast of South Australia before authorities ignored it.
The plane disappeared on March 8, 2014, with 227 passengers and 12 crew on board, with no sign of the missing wreckage despite the most expensive ocean search in history.
Retired Australian fisherman Kit Olver has come forward with claims that he found what he believed to be the wing of a commercial ship when a deep-sea trawler pulled it up in September or October 2014, just months after the flight disappeared.
He described it as a “bloody great wing of a huge jet plane” bigger than a private plane.
Retired Australian fisherman Kit Olver has come forward with claims that he found what he believes to be the wing of the missing MH370 jet.
“I have questioned myself; I have been looking for a way out of this,” he told the Sydney Morning Herald.
“I hope to Christ I never see that … but there it is. It’s a jet wing.”
George Currie, the only surviving member of the trawler crew present on the day of the discovery, said that they had great trouble pulling the wing.
The plane disappeared on March 8, 2014 with 227 passengers and 12 crew on board, with no sign of the missing wreckage. National Geographic / Youtube
“It was very heavy and awkward. He held out the net and tore it open. It’s too big to go on deck,” he said.
“As soon as I saw it, I knew what it was. It was obviously a wing, or a large part of it, from a commercial aircraft. It was white, and clearly not from a military jet or a small plane.”
The crew had to deduct $20,000 net after they couldn’t get the plane pieces aboard their ship, making the day even more memorable.
Olver said he could give authorities the coordinates of where he found the wing more than nine years after he found it.
A joint underwater search by Australia, Malaysia and China worth $200 million over two years ended in January 2017 after they found no trace of the plane.
The discovery was made about 55km west of the South Australian town of Robe, with Olver describing the area as his secret trawling grounds for fish.
The 77-year-old said he contacted the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) as soon as he returned to port, but authorities were less than interested in his findings.
He said that an official said he may have found part of a shipping container that had fallen from a Russian ship in the area.
The discovery was made about 55km west of the South Australian town of Robe, with Olver describing the area as his secret trawling grounds for fish.
Now retired and getting older, Olver said he was motivated to come forward with his story in the hope of helping the families of those on board MH370.
The search for the missing plane in the South Indian Ocean, where it is believed to have sunk, has been fruitless.
A joint underwater search by Australia, Malaysia and China worth $200 million over two years ended in January 2017 after they found no sign of the plane.
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