Chennai
On Thursday, Australian and Malaysian authorities announced that two pieces of plane debris found in Mozambique are “almost certainly” from MH370, reigniting hopes of solving the world’s biggest aviation mystery more than two years after the jet disappeared over the Indian Ocean.
The development brings into focus Indian scientist Dr T Jeyaprabhu who had claimed two years ago that debris from the flight MH370 would be located in the southern Indian Ocean, who was proved right by the recovery of a portion of the missing aircraft off the coast of Mozambique in the early hours of Wednesday.
Jeyaprabhu, research advisor to the Salem Government College of Engineering was sought out by international agencies some days after the flight went missing after taking off with 239 passengers on March 8, 2014.
Using Kaalam (time) an instrument he had developed using various scientific technologies, he had on March 31, 2014 predicted that the plane would be located off Mozambique. His opinion was not taken into consideration and Australian authorities continued searching southward unable to locate anything.
Speaking to DTNext , Jeyaprabhu says, “I have been proved right by this latest development. If the authorities concerned seek my assistance, I am open to helping out with continuing the search operations.”
Officials had initially stated that parts of the plane not on the ocean floor would be moved by currents to the coast of Africa, and this was proved when a portion of the plane’s wing – the only confirmed piece of the plane’s wreckage - was washed ashore onto the Indian ocean island of Reunion in July 2015.
The vast distances involved, variability of winds and the passage of time makes it impossible to trace the path of the plane’s parts to the spot where it first entered the water. And this had kept hopes alive in the relatives of the passengers who till date refuse to believe that the plane was lost. It may be recalled that last year, Jeyaprabhu had predicted the tropical storm which resulted in rain lashing Chennai in the first week of December, three days before NASA’s satellites did.
Similarly, his prediction of an asteroid which passed by Earth in February was earlier than NASA forecasting the same. Following this, he was invited to NASA, which he plans to visit in the first week of April.
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