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Fisherman from Indonesia claims he knows where missing flight MH370 crashed

Rusli Khusmin, 42, a fisherman from Indonesia, shows a map of the location where he believes Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 crashed into the Sumatra Indonesia Sea (Picture: Getty)
Rusli Khusmin, 42, a fisherman from Indonesia, shows a map of the location where he believes Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 crashed into the Sumatra Indonesia Sea (Picture: Getty)

A fisherman from Indonesia claims he knows the location of missing flight MH370.

The Malaysia Airways plane carrying 239 people disappeared on March 8, 2014 while flying from Kuala Lumpur airport to Beijing, China.

Its crew last communicated with air traffic control 38 minutes after takeoff when the flight was over the South China Sea.

Fisherman Rusli Khusmin, 42, claims he witnessed the plane go down in the Strait of Malacca, a shipping lane west of Kuala Lumpur.

He has handed over his co-ordinates to investigators, saying he recorded them on a GPS device.

Mr Khusmin shows his GPS navigator to reporters (Picture: Getty)
Mr Khusmin shows his GPS navigator to reporters (Picture: Getty)

He held up a map to reporters during a press conference to show where he believes the flight went down.

He said he saw a damaged aircraft and thick black smoke.

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“I saw the plane moving from left to right like a broken kite,’ he said.

“There was no noise, just black smoke as a result of fires before it crashed into the water.”

He said there was a strong smell of acidic fumes in the air before the plane crashed.

Mr Khusmin swore an oath of truth over the Koran about his claims.

The Malaysia Airlines plane is still missing (Picture: Getty)
The Malaysia Airlines plane is still missing (Picture: Getty)

His evidence will be sent to Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad.

The Malaysian government called a halt to the investigation to find the plane, admitting they still don’t know exactly what happened.

Last month, an engineer at a Danish university, using flight data, claimed the plane went down near Christmas Island in Australia.