Investigation suggests ‘no one at controls’ of MH370 when plane crashed

New information was published in a report by Australian investigators on Wednesday.

A report published on Wednesday about the MH370 plane that disappeared with 239 passengers and crew in March 2014 suggests that nobody was in control of the aircraft when it crashed into the Indian Ocean. Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which was en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, disappeared on March 8, 2014 and is believed to have come down in the southern Indian Ocean. A report by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, published on Wednesday, said that the flaps of the Boeing 777 were not extended when it crashed, ruling out a controlled descent and suggesting that the plane plummeted into the Indian Ocean at high speed. Researchers who had studied debris from the plane’s right wing determined that the damage caused in the crash was “consistent with the flaps in the retracted position”. The new information clashes with the theory that someone was in control of the plane’s descent when the plane ran out of fuel over the Indian Ocean. A team of international aviation experts will meet in Canberra to discuss the next phase of the search process for MH370, which is being co-ordinated by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau. "Findings of the review will be released after the meeting," Australian Transport Minister Darren Chester said in a statement. "Australia, Malaysia, and China continue to work together to find MH370." If new credible evidence is not found by the end of the year, it is believed that the search will come to an end.