A woman has claimed she used Google Maps to find the wreckage of an aeroplane that vanished without a trace while carrying five people almost 40 years ago.
The anonymous plane-spotter shared a legitimate Google Maps image of an aircraft next to Mine Creek in Barrington Tops National Park in New South Wales.
The location is where Flight VH-MDX vanished without a trace on August 9, 1981.
The case is Australia's only unsolved civil aviation incident since World War II.
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A woman claims she used Google Maps to find the wreckage of an aeroplane (pictured) that was carrying five people when it went missing almost 40 years ago
The plane (pictured) was a single-engine Cessna 210M piloted by Ex-RAAF commercial pilot Mike Hutchins
Barrington Research Group (BRG), which is dedicated to finding the missing plane, said they were aware of the image but it is not the missing plane.
'This image is a classic example of an airborne aircraft being snapped by the satellite camera,' their website said.
'An aircraft is unlikely to rest within the Barrington Wilderness Area in such a near perfect condition as shown in this image.
'The shadow of the aircraft is also visible on the ground.'
BRG explained that Google Earth imagery is unlikely to detect the VH-MDX because the wreckage is beneath tree canopy and the image resolution is not high enough.
Ken Price, Rhett Bosler, Noel Wildash and Phillip Pembroke (bottom four, left to right) have not been found since flight VH-MDX went missing on August 9, 1981
It comes before a renewed search for the mystery plane wreckage begins.
Four friends Ken Price, Noel Wildash, Rhett Bosler and Philip Pembroke were returning to Sydney from a holiday on the Whitsunday islands on flight VH-MDX.
Ex-RAAF commercial pilot Mike Hutchins was flying the single-engine Cessna 210M when it went missing.
Another search for the wreckage using drones will be launched
