The group, in addition to finding a Malaysian flag, also claims to have found the skeletal remains of the pilot.
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The Philippine Navy has yet to check the entire island, although initial interviews with residents seemed to dispute the reports by Malaysian media.
According to local reports, a skeleton was still in the pilot’s seat, and he had his seat belt and communication gear on.
The Malaysian Airline MH370 has been missing since March 2014 with 239 people on board.
Bacordo even added, “Even the people residing in the island for the longest time have no knowledge of this”.
He said they were “surprised” with the information about the plane wreckage, but they were looking into the report.
The man, an audio visual technician in his 40s, was reported saying his nephew and several others were hunting for birds when they spotted the aircraft wreckage on the island of Ubian.
This latest discovery doesn’t fit the flight’s projected flight path. Evidence shows that MH370 took off from Kuala Lumpur and flew northeast toward China before turning west over the Malay Peninsula.
Nonetheless, emergency services along with search and rescue crews were sent to the site mentioned by the alleged eye-witness to conduct a thorough investigation. A Malaysian flag was also found at the scene, the teen claimed.
The Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) has asked for a stop to all undue speculation about MH370 as it will only cause anguish to those left behind.
For MH370 to have come down on remote Sugbai island, it would have had to divert from its north east course after takeoff and head due east towards the lower Philippines islands.
However, on July 29, a flaperon, probably from the wing of the Malaysian airline, was found on Reunion islands on the French Indian Ocean.
The missing MH370 remains a mystery defying all scientific efforts and technical know how.
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Malaysia’s deputy transport minister said it was “almost certain” that the debris that washed up on Reunion island belongs to a Boeing 777 aircraft.
