The main responsible agency was criticized for its incompetence.

Ten years after the mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, experts continue to speak out about why it has yet to be found.

As deputy chief executive, Peter Waring said the search was beyond the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) and should not have been put in charge of the operation.

Simulated image of MH370 crashing into the sea

After the flight carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew disappeared in the Indian Ocean on 8 March 2014, the ATSB conducted an underwater search for the plane from May 2014 until the operation was suspended in January 2017.

"The Australian government made a fundamental mistake in assuming that the transport investigation agency could conduct the biggest search in human history. The ATSB, despite the many well-intentioned people… is not the right agency to conduct the search," Peter Waring told Channel 9's 60 Minutes on Sunday.

According to Waring, it is possible that the initial search parameters were outside the crash area. This is based on the hypothesis that someone piloted the plane and crashed it into the sea.

If so, the search area would be very different to the one deployed. So he doesn't believe this scenario was ever fully considered and it certainly wasn't carried out by the Australian government.

This includes theories put forward about the plane's wing discovered by veteran fisherman Kit Olver in October 2014 off the coast of South Australia, and analysis by aerospace engineer Richard Godfrey.

He said the Malaysian government failed to act on his analysis which pinpointed MH370's flight path before it plunged into the Indian Ocean, creating a search radius of 30km.

MH370 missing for 10 years

However, ATSB commissioner Angus Mitchell said that while it was possible investigators were not searching in the right area for the aircraft, there was currently "no new evidence to suggest that what we assessed at the time was incorrect".

Asked whether the initial search failed because search teams “missed the plane or looked in the wrong place,” Mr Mitchell said it could have been both.

While Mitchell admitted the current investigation into the plane's disappearance was "beyond the ATSB's capabilities", he said future searches would be subject to Australian government consent.

"We've started and I think most Australians would agree that once you start something, you should try to finish it," he concluded.

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