MH370 vanished on March 8 2014 en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing carrying 239 people. Yao Ming, allegedly a junior a Stanford University, claimed MH370 was tracked to a location near Vietnam. They said the coordinates of this location are N14.9, 109.15.
The student said: “One very possible outcome which has been instantly disregarded are the coordinates off the Vietnamese coast at N14.9, 109.15 where MH370 was apparently tracked.”
They said they had been in contact with amatuer investigator Daniel Boyer, who also has a theory as to MH370’s crash site.
Mr Boyer believes the plane crashed in the Cambodian jungle, having spotted what he thinks is the plane on satellite images.
Yao Ming said: “Using simple algebra I am able to plug in distances from the alleged coordinates to Daniel Boyer’s crash coordinates with the time frame given from air traffic control.
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“From my calculations if the ignored air traffic control coordinates are correct, the jetliner flew roughly 230-250 miles in the time frame of 33 minutes, giving an average ground speech of about 460-470mph in this time frame and exact distance from both coordinates.
“The average speed of a Boeing 777 in its last half hour of flight matches the exact needed speed to get from both coordinates within air traffic control’s time frame.”
The student said they were encouraged to investigate the matter further after reading “hundreds” of articles from Express.co.uk and other newspapers about MH370.
They claimed Mr Boyer’s analysis “remarkable”, despite presenting different coordinates.
The alleged Stanford student said: “Another supported piece of data is the magnetic angle at which the possible plane crashed.”
At 12.0159, 104.152 in satellite images it is between 210 and 230 degrees west-southwest, perfectly aligning with the angle at which the jet must have flown to achieve a direct line flight from the air traffic control coordinates off Vietnam’s coast.”
The official investigation into MH370 concluded that the plane likely crashed into the Indian Ocean.
This is based off data from satellite 3F1, owned by British satellite telecommunications company Inmarsat.