I witnessed the MH370 in its final moments and this is what happened'

 A witness alleges he saw the missing Boeing 777, which had 239 souls on board, ablaze in the heavens.

The enigma that has endured for ten years began on March 8, 2014, when Malaysia Airlines flight 370 disappeared during its trip from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. It remains one of aviation's most puzzling and heartbreaking unsolved mysteries, which is scheduled to resume later this year.

In 2014, a New Zealand oil rig worker lost his job after stepping forward with what he believed was a glimpse of MH370 engulfed in flames, reports Daily Express US.

Mike McKay was taking a break while working at the Songa Mercur oil rig off Vietnam's coast on that fateful night, CNN reported.

The 57-year-old worker claimed he saw a blazing aircraft at significant altitude. He contacted his bosses about what he witnessed, noting that he "observed the plane burning at high altitude at a compass bearing of 265 to 275 degrees from our surface location."

His message started: "Gentlemen. I believe I saw the Malaysian Airlines flight come down. The timing is right. I tried to contact Malaysian and Vietnamese officials several days ago. But I do not know if the message has been received."

He added: "While I observed (the plane) it appeared to be in one piece. From when I first saw the burning (plane? ) until the flames went out (at high altitude) was 10-15 seconds."

He elaborated: "There was no lateral movement so it was either coming toward our position stationary (falling) or going away from our location. The general position of the observation was perpendicular/south-west of the normal flight path and at a lower altitude than the normal flight paths."

The email was accidentally leaked, revealing the identity of his employer.

"This moved the search away from the South Sea."

Regarding the situation, McKay commented: "Of course, I ended up looking like a fool. But what happened to me is of no consequence considering those who lost family on the flight. I sent an observation in a confidential email hoping it would help find the loved ones of the families."

McKay expressed his perspective on the events: "This was leaked to the media. I saw something but the distances from the last known position make my observation being the plane unlikely under the generally accepted route the plane took after contact was lost. I have many questions."

He questioned: "How did the flight return across the Malay Peninsula and fly over the F16 base at Butterworth and the Penang Airport basically unnoticed?".

This led him to ponder the motivation behind the email leak: "This moved the search away from the South China Sea. Why did it take six days for the primary radar data to be released? What were the two sonar locators investigated in the Indian Ocean? Where is the metal stress reports of the part found on Reunion Is?

"This would reveal how the plane disintegrated. The pilot would have attempted to circle until daylight, avoiding other planes' flight paths. The [seventh] arc where the plane was lost (if we trust the data) could place the break up back in the South China Sea or just south of Sumatra. Not off Australia's west coast."

"They will resume the search at the end of this year."

Vietnamese officials dispatched aircraft to search for the plane following McKay's report, as per NZer. Recent search efforts by marine robotics company Ocean Infinity were abruptly halted in April, with Malaysia's Transport Minister Anthony Loke telling AFP: "Right now, it's not the season."

Loke stated: "They have stopped the operation for the time being, they will resume the search at the end of this year."

However, Ismail Hammad, Chief Engineer at Egyptair, thinks he has the solution to save everyone "money and time" and finally locate the missing plane MH380. Ismail questioned the authenticity of the images of the plane's wreckage surfacing from the ocean, asserting "the condition of the plane's paint is not consistent with what would happen if it had been lying in salt water for as long as it had."