An object which looks like an explosive had on Monday washed up on the beach of Baarah in Haa Alif Atoll.
According to Haveera Newspaper, a police media official said that the islanders had found the object, washed up on the beach sometime early in the evening.
He also reported that police had responded immediately by arriving at the scene and in turn reporting to Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF).
The official informed that they do not known what it was, and that MNDF would determine its origins and whereabouts.
"MNDF is now at the island and preparing its extraction", the official said.
While some of the islanders speculate this unknown object to be a sea mine, others imagine it as another form of an explosive.
Farah Ahmed of Haveeru newspaper originally reported the islanders’ accounts of seeing the odd, low-flying plane with Malaysia Airlines’ stripe emblem and colors.
Mysterious object. (Enlarged)
Several residents of Kuda Huvadhoo in the Maldives told Haveeru newspaper reporters that they saw a low flying jumbo jet” at around 6:15am on March 8.
They described the plane as being a white aircraft, with red stripes across it – what the Malaysia Airlines flights typically look like and they noted the incredibly loud noise the flight made when it flew over houses in the island. Read more about the cover-up of this sighting.
The MNDF spokesperson major Hussein Ali reported that they are now looking into this "unknown" object. He did not give details.
Would it be related to the mystery of MH 370?
According to Haveera Newspaper, a police media official said that the islanders had found the object, washed up on the beach sometime early in the evening.
The official informed that they do not known what it was, and that MNDF would determine its origins and whereabouts.
"MNDF is now at the island and preparing its extraction", the official said.
While some of the islanders speculate this unknown object to be a sea mine, others imagine it as another form of an explosive.
Farah Ahmed of Haveeru newspaper originally reported the islanders’ accounts of seeing the odd, low-flying plane with Malaysia Airlines’ stripe emblem and colors.
Several residents of Kuda Huvadhoo in the Maldives told Haveeru newspaper reporters that they saw a low flying jumbo jet” at around 6:15am on March 8.
They described the plane as being a white aircraft, with red stripes across it – what the Malaysia Airlines flights typically look like and they noted the incredibly loud noise the flight made when it flew over houses in the island. Read more about the cover-up of this sighting.
The MNDF spokesperson major Hussein Ali reported that they are now looking into this "unknown" object. He did not give details.
Would it be related to the mystery of MH 370?