Search resumes for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in Indian Ocean after more than a decade
Ocean Infinity will survey an area of 15,000 square kilometres of the Indian Ocean for 55 days to find flight MH370, which disappeared from radars on March 8, 2014
MH370 disappeared from radars on March 8, 2014. (Photo: Reuters)
Nearly 12 years after it disappeared, the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has resumed. Ocean Infinity, a US and UK-based robotics company, on Tuesday, December 30, launched a renewed search operation to locate the wreckage of MH370, the Boeing 777 that vanished with 239 people on board.
‘No find, no fee’
According to reports, Ocean Infinity will survey an area of 15,000 square kilometres of the Indian Ocean for 55 days to find what remains of Flight MH370, which disappeared from radars on March 8, 2014, while on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
Resumption of the search for the wreckage of flight MH370: Starting today, the company Ocean Infinity will survey an area of 15,000 square kilometers for 55 days, more than 11 years after the plane's disappearance.
Ocean Infinity is resuming the hunt for MH370 wreckage focusing on the newly targeted search zone under a “no find, no fee” agreement with the Malaysian government.
Visitors look at the wreckage of an aircraft believed to be from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 during a remembrance event marking the 10th anniversary of its disappearance, in Subang Jaya, Malaysia March 3, 2024. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain
The search will be carried out using Ocean Infinity’s autonomous underwater vehicles from its ship Armada 86.
If successful, Ocean Infinity will be awarded $70 million by the Malaysian government.
What happened on March 8, 2014?
Flight MH370 had more than 150 Chinese nationals, 50 Malaysians as well as citizens of France, Australia, Indonesia, India, the United States, Ukraine, and Canada, among others.
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The last transmission from the plane was about 40 minutes after it took off from Kuala Lumpur for Beijing. Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah signed off with “Good night, Malaysian three seven zero”, as the plane entered Vietnamese airspace.
Satellite data analysis showed the plane likely crashed somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean, off the coast of western Australia. However, two major searches failed to come up with any significant findings.
Families are hopeful that the new search could give them some answers. (Photo: Reuters)
The search for the missing MH370 has been the longest and the most expensive in aviation history.
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The families of the victims believe the renewed effort offers a rare sense of hope and the possibility of long-awaited answers.
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MH370 disappeared from radars on March 8, 2014. (Photo: Reuters) 
