"We've seen seaplanes, but I'm sure that this was not one of those.
"I could even make out the doors on the plane clearly," said one villager.
Several residents reported seeing exactly the same thing.
"I'm very sure of what I saw on a very clear and bright day, and what I saw was not normal- the plane was very big, and low.
"I did not know until later that other people saw it too.
"I don't know if it's the Malaysia plane', said 34 year-old IT manager, Ahmed Shiyaam.
Whilst Abdu Rasheed Ibrahim said: "I didn't know that a plane was missing.
"I went straight home and told my wife about it.
"I told my family, "I saw this strange plane".
"This is the biggest plane I have ever seen from this island...I have seen pictures of the missing plane- I believe I saw the plane...I strongly felt those people who were searching should come here."
Witnesses have also suggested that the plane was travelling north to south-east, towards the southern tip of the Maldives, when it was sighted.
The islanders claims are not in line with recent approximations as to where the MH370 plane went down.
Calculations based on satellite connections currently suggest that the plane crashed within a 180km arc southwest of Perth.
However, acoustic scientists have suggested that a high energy sound measured around the time the plane was thought to have crashed, could place the aircraft's final destination as near to the Maldives.
- Independent
