Scientist debunks 'missing plane' satellite image

March 19, 2014 12:52

And just when you thought there was finally some concrete news on the missing Malaysian plane...

The company providing satellite images for the public to help search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight says a purported sighting of the plane is based on old data.

An Indian IT analyst posted a picture to CNN's iReport website on Friday, saying it showed what he thought was MH370 flying over the Andaman Islands.

Anoop Madhav Yeggina had decided to study images of the Indian-owned islands more closely after reports several days ago that radar data indicated the plane may have flown in that direction. Read more

And this is what the satellite image looked like. See

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