Several residents of Kuda Huvadhoo, in Dhaalu Atoll, said they saw a white aircraft with red stripes flying so low over the island the plane’s doors were clearly visible.
Islanders claim they were disturbed by an incredibly loud noise at about 6.15am local time on March 8 and saw a plane travelling from north to south-east, towards Addu – the southern tip of Maldives, it is reported.
Kuda Huvadhoo is northwest of Gan International airport. I would guess the plane ran out of fuel and is in the ocean between Kuda Huvadhoo and Gan International airport.
Wish there was someone you could contact. You certainly have been on target thus far
Maggie do you still have the link to the site that would enable us to take a peek!
http://www.haveeru.com.mv/news/54067
Maldives police on Tuesday announced an investigation into reports that residents of the remote Maldives island of Kuda Huvadhoo in Dhaal Atoll have seen a “low flying jumbo jet” on the morning of the disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
But the police did not reveal any details.
Whilst the disappearance of the Boeing 777 jet, carrying 239 passengers has left the whole world in bewilderment, several residents of Kuda Huvadhoo told Haveeru on Tuesday that they saw a “low flying jumbo jet” at around 6:15am on March 8.
They said that it was a white aircraft, with red stripes across it – which is what the Malaysia Airlines flights typically look like.
Eyewitnesses from the Kuda Huvadhoo concurred that the aeroplane was travelling North to South-East, towards the Southern tip of the Maldives – Addu. They also noted the incredibly loud noise that the flight made when it flew over the island.
A local aviation expert told Haveeru that it is “likely” for MH370 to have flown over the Maldives. The possibility of any aircraft flying over the island at the reported time is extremely low, the expert added.
The Gang airfield angles from north-northeast to south-southwest. To land there one would want to fly over the populated part of Maledives headed to end up north of Gang and a little to the east.
Flying low to avoid the Diego Garcia radar that is only 440 miles south, one would keep their approach low.
If Gang has radar, they saw it when it approached their area as would the main airport to the north.