Australian amateur crash investigator Peter McMahon has spent years poring over NASA and Google Maps images since the plane disappeared in the Indian Ocean four years ago and claims he now thinks he has found it.
He believes the aircraft is 10 miles south of small islet Round Island – an area not included in the search operation by experts.
Mr McMahon said he sent his findings to the Australian Transport and Safety Bureau, which confirmed it could be the missing craft.
But he claims they were then told by US officials to stick to the assigned area of the Indian Ocean.
Could this be part of the front cabin of missing MH370 in waters south of Rodrigues Island?Mr McMahon, 64, told Daily Star Online: “Four Americans were sent to Australia to oversee the findings of MH370.
“They have made sure that all information received has been hidden from the public, even our government – but why?”
He said authorities “do not want it found as it’s full of bullet holes, finding it will only open another inquiry.”
According to reports, along with the main section, Mr McMahon claims to have found part of the front cabin in waters south of Rodrigues Island, also near Mauritius.
Mr McMahon, a mechanical engineer, as spent 25 years working on crash investigations.
Search teams have never found the bodies of the missing passengers and crew.