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An aviation technology expert may have found the remains of the missing MH370 flight - but says he needs £1.3million to find it.

Andre Milne, who is voluntarily investigating the missing Malaysia Airlines flight which disappeared in March last year, has identified wreckage in the ocean between Malaysia and India.

He is insisting that the remains - in the Bay of Bengal - must be investigated.

Milne, who works in military aviation technology, hopes to crowdfund a project with supporters pledging £6.70 each.

He said: "This area is not being searched.

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"I need your help in order to verify one way or another whether this is in fact MH370.

"This disappearance of this aircraft has touched every single person who has heard about it.

"It touches us all differently."

The plane’s disappearance has baffled the world’s aviation experts, with theories ranging from alien abduction to a Russian hijack.

Malaysia officially declared the disappearance of Flight MH370 an accident and said that all 239 passengers and crew on board were presumed dead in the days that followed the accident.

Milne added: "It touches me at a level that this could be a crime against humanity by the forced disappearance of the people on board this aircraft.

"If you want to see whether or not this aircraft is in this site please participate in the crowd-sourcing venture."

Earlier this year investigators were looking into whether a Malaysia Airlines-branded towelette found washed up on an Australian beach was from the missing flight.

The small, pre-moistened towel was sent to the Aussie capital city of Canberra to be examined by experts after being found by a couple taking a stroll on the beach.

The couple described their find as "very unusual".