The screengrab she put up with it has hand-drawn arrows pointing to an 'oil slick.' Courtney Love: Is this MH370?

As the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane continues, singer Courtney Love thinks she may have found a trace of Flight 370 in satellite images.

The Hole singer and widow of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain took to social media to post a link to interactive satellite maps and a screengrab pointing to what she believes to be the missing Boeing 777.


“I’m no expert but up close this does look like a plane and an oil slick. http://www.tomnod.com/nod/challenge/malaysiaairsar2014/map/128148 … prayers go out to the families #MH370 and its like a mile away Pulau Perak, where they “last” tracked it 5°39’08.5”N 98°50’38.0”E but what do I know?” Love wrote on Facebook on Monday, posting a nearly identical message on Twitter.

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The screengrab she put up with it has hand-drawn arrows pointing to an “oil slick” and “plane?” and is signed “C-L.”

Since the plane disappeared from communications and radar more than a week ago, Internet users have scoured satellite images searching for signs of debris that could indicate what happened to the flight. Given reports that the plane likely changed direction and continued to fly after losing communication with the ground, the search area has become massive.

The area Love spotted has been ruled out as the site of the plane by the satellite search site Tomnod, according to New York Magazine. But Love told the publication’s “Daily Intelligencer” she’s “a little obsessive” about finding the plane.

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“I saw an article asked people to help search on Tomnod.com so I decided to give it a shot,” she said. “I figured a plane would still be leaking some fuel so I searched for signs of an oil slick. I found one and there appeared to be an object nearby. I don’t know if it is the plane or not, but I figured I’d do my part and bring some awareness to the site, for the sake of all the families involved. I hope they find the plane, I pray they’re still alive, it’s sad and my heart goes out to all those involved.”

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