Malaysia Flight MH370 shot down by US Military near Diego Garcia, claims former Proteus Airline CEO Marc Dugain

Since the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in May 2014, theories of how the passenger jet disappeared have been abundant on the web. Recently a former CEO of the French airline company Proteus, Marc Dugan, has made claims the U.S. shot down the wayward jetliner.

According to a story in Paris Match, Dugain has a theory that after MH370 strayed from its flight path the U.S. military began tracking the airliner from its base in the Indian Ocean known as Diego Garcia. The U.S. military, fearing a September 11th style attack on the base, could have shot the plane down.

“It’s an extremely powerful military base. It’s surprising that the Americans have lost all trace of this aircraft. Without getting into conspiracy theories, it is a possibility that the Americans stopped this plane,” Dugain claims.

Dugain bases his theory on several findings, recently on a trip to the Maldives, he claims locals told him they had witnessed a large, white aircraft with red and blue stripes on it flying extremely low heading in the directions of the Diego Garcia base. Dugain also points to media reports about a device that washed ashore on a Baarah island beach in the Maldives shortly after the disappearance of MH370. This device was reportedly later identified by experts as a Boeing fire extinguisher.

The Pentagon has publicly called Dugains Claims “too ridiculous to deserve a response.” The U.S. Military has used the Base at Diego Garcia heavily since the start of the “war on terror.” It is located on an atoll in the Chagos islands.

Dugains claims follow strong criticism made by another airline CEO about the MH370 investigation.

In October, Emirates airline CEO Sir Tim Clark publicly raised doubts about theories investigators have about the missing airliner. He challenged the Australian Transport Safety Bureau’s conclusion that the Boeing 777 flew south over the Indian Ocean on autopilot for over five hours until running out of fuel and crashing into the Indian Ocean.

In an Interview with Aviation Magazine, Sir Tim said,“ it is far more likely that MH370 was under control, probably until the very end”, he also questioned the reliability of the “so-called electronic satellite ‘handshake’” used by analysts and investigators to pinpoint any probable crash site and insists the mysterious cargo in the hold (reportedly removed from the manifest by Malaysian authorities) is a crucial clue to the mystery.

Sir Tim also questioned how an aircraft the size of MH370 can disappear without a trace, with not even a seat cushion being found, as “downright suspicious.”

On March 8 2014, Malaysian Airlines flight 370 departed Kuala Lumpur with 239 passengers on board, the night time flight had clear weather. The flight is en-route to Beijing China, less than an hour into its flight the jetliner falls off radar.

According to officials, an Inmarsat satellite continued to receive “pings” for over six hours from the airliner. After several weeks of data analysis, Inmarsat revealed the likely location of MH370 was in the Indian Ocean off of Perth, Australia.