A SATELLITE communicated with the doomed MH370 jet close to where a "plane wreckage" has been spotted on Google Maps, it has been claimed.

The Malaysian Airlines plane vanished on March 8, 2014, en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumper sparking one of the greatest mysteries in aviation history.

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

Satellite company Inmarsat continued to exchange signals, known as “handshakes”, with the aircraft every hour before it crashed.

The firm has now released data which maps out two radius zones – spanning thousands of miles – where MH370 could have travelled.

One of the areas – known as the northern corridor – is where the satellite exchanged its last handshake with the troubled plane, reports the Daily Star.

This vast radius zone runs through Cambodia – along with several other countries.

5 This graphic shows the two vast radius zones - known as the northern and southern corridors - where the satellite firm believes the plane would likely have crashed

5 Data from satellite firm Inmarsat maps out two radius zones where MH370 could have travelled. One of the zones includes Cambodia Credit: Google

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5 Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 vanished on March 8, 2014 Credit: Alamy

Earlier this month, British sleuth Ian Wilson believes he found the wreckage of MH370 using Google Maps - despite millions being spent on the search for the jet.

Video producer Wilson believes the plane is lying in a high-altitude area of the Cambodia jungle - 60 miles west of Phnom Penh.

The Brit, who says he found the image of the plane after spending “hours” searching on his own computer, now wants to visit the site himself.

After learning about Inmarsat’s data, Wilson told the Daily Star: “Initially I thought it crashed into the sea.

"But then there's the northern and southern corridors. That seventh ping is almost exactly where the plane is."

The northern corridor runs from southern China to Uzbekistan – a zone which spans over 1,400 miles – while the southern arc runs through the Indian Ocean where parts of the plane have been found.

Reconstructed clip of MH370 crash shows jet plunging into Indian Ocean

5 Relatives of the passengers of the doomed MH370 flight weep as they read the report into the disaster Credit: EPA

WHICH ARE THE MAIN THEORIES OF MH370 DISSAPEARANCE? Pilot or co-pilot suicide: Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah may have intentionally downed the plan in an act of murder-suicide. The report shows the aircraft was deliberately turned off course but investigators say they found nothing irregular with Shah’s background, training and mental health. MH370 may have also been downed by the co-pilot. Fariq Abdul Hamid was on his first flight on a 777 as a fully approved first officer. Hijacking: Chief investigator says they cannot rule out a ‘third party’ hijacking the plane it. However, no terror group has claimed responsibility for the crash and there is no evidence that the aircraft was being controlled ‘remotely’. Also the report shows that none of the passengers had experience of flying a plane Fire or fumes: One theory is that transporting lithium-ion batteries could have caused the fire. These batteries, which are used in cell phones and laptops may have exploded or have been set alight. A haul of tropical fruit which was off-season could have reacted with the batteries – causing them to ignite or create hazardous fumes Hypoxia: Passengers and crew would have been incapacitated by an unknown hypoxia event – which is a deficiency of oxygen in the cabin. This theory claims that captain Zaharie would have been unconscious for hours.

Wilson's images from Google Maps show the outline of a large plane in a remote part of southern Cambodia – which could simply be an aircraft flying directly below the satellite which photographed it.

Following the Brit's revelation, and with a £53million finder's fee up for grabs, a group of experts hired a helicopter to scour the area highlighted by Wilson.

However, on September 13, it was reported that the group had failed to find anything in the zone where Wilson believes the plane crashed.

The Chinese government also used observation company Space View to focus in on the high-altitude area of the south east Asian country.

However, the firm claim there was no sign of any plane, least of all the Malaysian Airlines aircraft.

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In a tweet, Space View wrote: “Stakeholders and bystanders plead Space View to shoot at the site.

"So we found out three images, shot in 2015, 2016 and 2018 from our archive.

"Sorry, no plane found there."

In July this year, the Malaysian government released the findings of their investigation admitting they still do not know what happened to the

passenger jet.

Aviation experts believe missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 remains largely intact because of the lack of debris found

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