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MH370 Search Resumes: Will Wreckage Finally Be Found?
4 Dec
Summary
- A new deep-sea search for MH370 begins December 30.
- Ocean Infinity will conduct the intermittent 55-day search.
- Malaysia offers a $70 million payout if wreckage is found.
A new search for the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which disappeared over 11 years ago with 239 people on board, is scheduled to commence on December 30. The Malaysian Ministry of Transport announced that the U.S. company Ocean Infinity will lead this deep-sea exploration effort. This search is expected to last intermittently for 55 days.
Ocean Infinity previously searched for MH370 in 2018 and was set to search again in December 2024 before being called off due to weather. The company will now focus its efforts on a targeted area believed to hold the highest chance of locating the aircraft. Malaysia has committed to paying Ocean Infinity $70 million upon the discovery of significant wreckage, a substantial incentive for the long-sought recovery.
Flight MH370 vanished on March 8, 2014, while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Despite pieces of the plane washing ashore over the years, the main wreckage has never been found. Investigators believe the plane crashed in the Indian Ocean, but the exact cause remains unknown, with a 2018 report suggesting the loss of communication might have been deliberate.
