MH370 amateur sleuths have aborted their mission to find the plane’s “wreckage” in the Cambodian jungle after "nearly being killed by boulders and waterfalls".

British video producer Ian Wilson believes he has spotted the doomed plane, which vanished on March 8, 2014, after spending "hours" searching online.

4 The Google Maps image appears to show a large plane in the Cambodian jungle Credit: Google

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 took off from Kuala Lumpur and was heading to Beijing with 239 people on board when it disappeared.

Ian and his brother Jack have reportedly been trekking five miles to the site in a bid to capture the £53million finders' fee.

But they have dramatically called off their search after claiming they were nearly killed trying to reach what they say is the crash site.

Mr Wilson told Daily Star Online: “Both of us had to cross around 20 waterfalls - we fell most of the time and we were lucky to not kill ourselves on the boulders and get swept away in the current.”

4 Online sleuths claims the plane has been snapped multiple times by satellites

4 Video producer Wilson believes he has found the missing aircraft on Google Maps Credit: Google

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The pair said they had planned to travel to tourist hotspot Chrok La Eang Waterfalls before trekking to the coordinates of the site he spotted on Google.

But they say local cops forced them to go with guides, who took them part of the way before reaching a waterfall that was apparently too dangerous to cross.

Mr Wilson added: “Bruised and battered, it was a hell of an effort.

“I just wish we’d gone from the waterfall as planned but things didn’t go to plan.”

The part-time plane hunters previously claimed an unnamed expat warned them the area they wanted to search was filled with illegal loggers armed with knives and possibly high on crystal meth.

4 The final report shows that the flight was deliberately turned off course Credit: Alamy

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They were reportedly told the loggers would “not be pleased to see white guys wandering around with recording equipment”.

Images from Google Maps show the outline of a large plane in a remote part of southern Cambodia, which the men claim is the missing jet.

But critics say it could simply be an aircraft flying directly below the satellite which photographed it, or one of many planes to crash during the Vietnam War.

A Malaysian government report into the disappearance found the Boeing 777 made a mysterious turn back while flying over Gulf of Thailand.

Investigators have been able to track its route and approximate location by tracking a series satellite log-on “handshakes” during its flight.

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So far three items of debris washed ashore in south-eastern Africa and on the island of Reunion have been confirmed as coming from the doomed plane.

But despite a four-year search the main wreckage has yet to be found and the official investigation itself was unable to provide any answers about the cause of the crash.

The most recent was mounted by a privately funded expedition run by salvage company Ocean Infinity and began in January this year.

But despite searching an enormous area, the expedition found no trace of MH370 and the search was called off in May.

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