MH370's disappearance was 'crew-related and well planned': Expert says location of 'debris' suggests pilot intervention as search for ghost plane resumes in 10,000ft of water

Two pieces of wreckage that are possibly from the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 - one estimated to be 78ft in size - have been found to the west of Australia, it was announced today.  Pictured: Satellite pictures released by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority of the object thought to be related to the search for MH370

Australian Maritime Safety Authority Emergency Response Division General Manager John Young describes to media the satellite imagery of two objects possibly related to the search for Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 +16

Aviation expert Neil Hansford says he's confident that, whether it's an act of terrorism or activism, the disappearance of MH370 was well planned 

The exhaustive search operation for the MH370 has resumed this morning in much clearer weather, with air teams joined by both military and commercial ships as officials scramble to cover the 600,000 square-kilometre search area.

Australia is leading a new and exhaustive operation some 2,500 kilometres (1,500 miles) south-west of Perth after American satellite imagery picked up two large objects – one up to 24 metres (78ft) in length – on the outer edge of the southern search corridor.

Officials are preparing for the worst possible news, with several aviation experts now claiming the remote location of the debris would almost-certainly point to deliberate cockpit intervention, either by the pilots, the crew or passengers.

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Neil Hansford, chairman of Strategic Aviation Solutions, told Network 10 this morning that he was convinced that what had happened to MH370 wasn't an accident, and said the evidence pointed to the plane's crew being involved.

'I think it's been put there either by one of the crew or both, and they've picked an area where the aircraft won't be found,' Mr Hansford said.

'This was a crew-related incident. It wasn't a catastrophic explosion. It wasn't hit by military ordnance.

'[The debris is] in about 10,000ft of water. In that part of the world there's currents.

'Whether it's terrorism or activism, it's certainly something that has been well structured and well planned.'

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