locals from the island of kudahuvadhoo , located in the maldives , reported witnessing ` a low-flying jumbo jet ' on the morning of march 8 last year .
the reports come as acoustic scientists from curtin university refuse to rule out the possibility that ` distinctive ' data they recorded from the area at the assumed time of the crash may have come from the impact of the aircraft .
kudahuvadhoo is located in the southern area of the dhaalu atoll , in the indian ocean that