During the initial investigation, it was theorized that pilot Zaharie Ahmad Shah may have hijacked the plane which is why it veered off course before losing control and power causing the plane to crash in the Indian Ocean.
There are also reports saying that Zaharie decided to take the passengers and crew of Flight MH370 in his suicide plunge after a reported break up of marriage.
However, there is a new theory presented by Australian aviation expert Michael Gilbert who seemed to have cleansed the shaky image and reputation of pilot Zaharie.
Gilbert disclosed that Zaharie may have sacrificed the missing jet after it caught fire during its mid-flight.
And in a moment of extreme sacrifice, the Malaysian pilot may have ditched the doomed Boeing 777 into the sea in order to avoid crashing into land and in the process cause a huge number of casualties.
Gilbert has been apparently looking into the maintenance records and flight history of the aircraft to back up his theory that a faulty windshield heater sparked a fire.
He suspects the resulting blaze forced the plane to divert to Penang but then a cockpit oxygen leak caused the fire to rapidly intensify.
He found 9M-MRO, the Malaysia Airlines’ B777 that operated as Flight MH370, was at a significantly increased risk of experiencing a windshield heater fire or failure.