Malaysia Resumes Search for Missing Flight MH370 After Ten Years
The Malaysian government grants approval for renewed underwater search efforts for the Malaysia Airlines flight, which disappeared in 2014.
The Malaysian government has officially approved a renewed search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which is believed to have crashed in the Southern Indian Ocean more than a decade ago.
This decision, announced by Transport Minister Anthony Loke, allows Texas-based marine robotics company Ocean Infinity to undertake the search under a 'no find, no fee' contract, whereby the government will only pay if the wreckage is located, with a fee of $70 million set for successful recovery.
Flight MH370, a Boeing 777, vanished from radar shortly after takeoff on March 8, 2014, while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, carrying 239 people, the majority of whom were Chinese nationals.
Initial satellite data indicated that the aircraft had altered its course and headed south towards the southern Indian Ocean, leading investigators to focus their search efforts in that region.
Despite extensive and costly international search operations, no decisive evidence has been found regarding the aircraft's wreckage, though some debris has washed ashore on the East African coast and islands in the Indian Ocean.
A private search conducted by Ocean Infinity in 2018 did not yield any results.
The continuation of search efforts reflects ongoing interest and concern over the fate of those on board and the lessons that can be learned from this aviation mystery.
This decision, announced by Transport Minister Anthony Loke, allows Texas-based marine robotics company Ocean Infinity to undertake the search under a 'no find, no fee' contract, whereby the government will only pay if the wreckage is located, with a fee of $70 million set for successful recovery.
Flight MH370, a Boeing 777, vanished from radar shortly after takeoff on March 8, 2014, while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, carrying 239 people, the majority of whom were Chinese nationals.
Initial satellite data indicated that the aircraft had altered its course and headed south towards the southern Indian Ocean, leading investigators to focus their search efforts in that region.
Despite extensive and costly international search operations, no decisive evidence has been found regarding the aircraft's wreckage, though some debris has washed ashore on the East African coast and islands in the Indian Ocean.
A private search conducted by Ocean Infinity in 2018 did not yield any results.
The continuation of search efforts reflects ongoing interest and concern over the fate of those on board and the lessons that can be learned from this aviation mystery.
