Sydney: A report on Tuesday said that the missing MH370 aircraft plunged into the Ocean at a high speed up to 20,000 feet a minute. The plane disappeared on March 8, 2014 en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people onboard. Ever since the plane went missing, an extensive search is underway in the southern Indian Ocean.
According to experts, the plane could have glided down, allowing it to enter the water outside the 120,000 square kilometre (46,000 square mile) area being searched. As per reports, MH370 ran out of fuel and the engines flamed and it slowed before plunging down towards the water in a series of swoops – dropping from 35,000 feet at a rate of between 12,000 feet a minute and 20,000 feet a minute.
“The Australians leading the search do not doubt that the pilot may well have been responsible for the jet’s disappearance but they say critics of the search strategy are wrong to assume that means they are looking in the wrong place,” the reports added.
