Overview
- Randy Rolston, a Kansas businessman, released a 19-page report proposing a 1,000 km² target about 1,100 km east of Coral Bay in Western Australia.
- He urges a focused 10‑nautical‑mile strip search, arguing an unexplained NASA‑detected carbon monoxide surge on March 8, 2014 marks the likely impact site.
- Rolston advances a deliberate‑crash scenario in the deep Wharton Basin, a view that contrasts with the ATSB’s hypoxia and fuel‑exhaustion assessment.
- Authorities have not endorsed the proposal, while Ocean Infinity has resumed a 55‑day seabed search under a deal that pays up to US$70 million only if the aircraft is found.
- Debris from MH370 was confirmed in 2015–2016, but the main wreckage and the 239 people aboard remain missing after extensive prior searches mapped roughly 710,000 km².