A decade after MH370’s disappearance, a new search led by engineer Dr. Gareth Colman has begun in a previously uncharted area of the Indian Ocean, using “ghost” radio signals to pinpoint the wreck’s likely location — a breakthrough that could finally bring closure to one of aviation’s most haunting mysteries.

In a remote stretch of the southern Indian Ocean, a new expedition has quietly begun — one that could finally end one of the greatest mysteries of the 21st century.

A specialized research vessel, the Ocean Sentinel, departed from Fremantle, Australia, earlier this week, equipped with a fleet of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs).

Its mission: to search a previously unexplored 40-square-kilometer patch of ocean floor that one engineer says holds the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.

It’s been more than a decade since the Boeing 777 vanished on March 8, 2014, during a routine flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, carrying 239 passengers and crew.

Despite international searches spanning millions of square kilometers, no confirmed debris from the main fuselage has ever been found.

The mystery has fueled countless theories — from hijacking to sabotage to more exotic explanations involving electronic interference.

But now, a new approach may be rewriting everything.

The man behind this renewed hope is British engineer and signal specialist Dr.Gareth Colman, who claims to have uncovered “the ghost footprints” of MH370 by analyzing faint radio signals reflected between the aircraft and a network of abandoned shortwave transmitters scattered across the globe.

According to Colman, these signals — dismissed for years as irrelevant noise — form a pattern that consistently points to a single region in the Indian Ocean, hundreds of kilometers north of the previous search zones.

“When I ran the data again with the updated atmospheric models, the signals aligned in a way that couldn’t be coincidence,” Colman said in an interview earlier this month.

“It’s like a radar echo that was hiding in plain sight for ten years.”

His findings were initially met with skepticism, even ridicule, from aviation experts who had seen dozens of “breakthrough” claims collapse under scrutiny.

But when Colman presented his data to a group of independent analysts, including former Inmarsat engineers and geolocation specialists, several confirmed that the methodology was “innovative and worth testing.”

Now, for the first time since 2018, a full-scale search has been authorized, privately funded by a consortium of aerospace engineers and investors who believe Colman’s analysis may finally lead to closure.

“We are following the math,” said expedition coordinator Dr.Elise Warren aboard the Ocean Sentinel.

“Every credible lead deserves to be investigated, and this one has more technical grounding than any we’ve seen in years.”

The operation itself is one of the most advanced underwater missions ever attempted.

The AUVs — small, torpedo-shaped robots fitted with sonar arrays and high-definition cameras — are capable of scanning the seabed up to 6,000 meters below the surface.

Each robot will map the ocean floor in real-time, sending back 3D models and acoustic signatures that can identify even partially buried wreckage.

If Colman’s coordinates are correct, the first images could arrive within days.

“We’ve all seen wild theories about MH370,” Warren added.

“But if this works, we’ll have hard evidence — not speculation — about where that plane ended up.”

Officials from Malaysia’s Department of Civil Aviation and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau have been informed of the mission but have not yet endorsed it publicly.

“We remain open to credible new data,” one Malaysian official said anonymously.

“But after so many false starts, it’s natural to be cautious.”

Still, the mood among some experts has shifted.

Satellite analyst Dr.Priya Sethi, who reviewed Colman’s models, described them as “surprisingly coherent.

” She explained, “If these signals were indeed reflections from MH370, it means our earlier assumptions about atmospheric interference and signal loss were incomplete.

That’s a major shift in our understanding.”

Ten years of unanswered questions have weighed heavily on the families of MH370’s passengers, many of whom continue to push for renewed searches.

Sarah Tan, whose husband was on the flight, said in a statement, “We’ve heard so many promises before, but this one feels different.

They’re not chasing rumors — they’re following science.”

As the Ocean Sentinel begins its first dive, anticipation and skepticism collide once again over the empty expanse of the Indian Ocean.

If the sonar returns what Colman predicts — fragments of fuselage, traces of alloy, or even the unmistakable shape of a 777 engine — the discovery could finally solve aviation’s greatest enigma.

And if it doesn’t? The search for MH370 will continue — because as Dr.Colman himself puts it, “The truth is still down there.

We just have to listen carefully enough to hear it.”