A report into the disappearance was published on July 30 this year but did little to explain where or how the doomed jet vanished.
Investigators did reveal that the Boeing 777’s controls were likely deliberately manipulated in order to take the plane off course, but did not reveal who was responsible.
The search for the jet was called off earlier this year, after 125,000sq miles of Indian Ocean was scoured with no evidence found.
However, a Google maps image of a plane in Cambodia has thrown a new line of inquiry into the mix.
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Andre Milne, founder of defence technology company Unicorn Aerospace and a private investigator has called on the search engine giant to explain the image.
Google Earth enthusiast Matthew Betts found the startling image using the 3D function on the app.
The photo was captured during Mr Milne’s examination of coordinates found by tech expert Ian Wilson.
It shows the airplane above the Cambodian jungle, at what Google Earth describes to be a “45-degree angle”.
Mr Milne told the Daily Star Online: “It is clearly significant that a separate independent analyst was able to concurrently verify not only the existence of the Cambodian Aerospace image in the Google Maps database but that the image itself is also subject to the three-dimensional algorithms of the overall Google Maps programme.
“This independent, three-dimensional discovery by Betts further underscores the legal obligation that Google Maps has to the global community to now explain in detail the forensic origins of the Cambodian Aerospace image, including the exact time and date and by exactly which satellite captured the image.”
Mr Wilson said the images have pushed him to explore the Cambodian jungle, and he has subsequently planned a visit to the country in October.
He will visit a spot three miles away from the area the plane has been seen, escorted by tour company Cambodia Helicopters.
From there, an experienced hiker will take Mr Wilson to the area the plane was seen.
Mr Milne believes that the Google Earth image has captured the plane mid-flight, a belief shared by the Aviation Safety Network and Cambodia Helicopters.
He added: “I will indeed be following the admirable quest of Wilson’s journey into such a treacherous environment as the Cambodian jungle to find answers to the world’s most dominant mystery.”
Deepening the mystery even further, Malaysian Transport Ministry records show that air controllers received information the plane was in Cambodian airspace.
There was even an enquiry into whether the aircraft was in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh, which is 60 miles east of the Google Earth image.
Several theories purporting to explain the disappearance of the Boeing 777 have been circulated since it vanished in 2014.
What is known about the plane is it changed direction and flew in that direction for a number of hours.
Some theories such as pilot suicide or loss of cabin pressure have been debunked by officials.
See a list of theories and the likelihoods surrounding the disappearance here.