The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 will resume on December 30, more than a decade after the aircraft vanished over the Indian Ocean with 239 people on board.
The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is set to resume on December 30, according to an announcement from the country’s transport ministry. This renewed effort comes more than ten years after the Boeing 777 mysteriously disappeared over the Indian Ocean.
The Malaysian government has contracted Texas-based marine robotics company Ocean Infinity to conduct a 55-day targeted deep-sea search for the missing aircraft. This search will focus on specific areas in the southern Indian Ocean, which are believed to have the highest likelihood of locating the wreckage.
Flight MH370 took off from Kuala Lumpur on March 8, 2014, en route to Beijing. It vanished from radar approximately 90 seconds after leaving Malaysian airspace, taking with it all 239 passengers and crew members. The disappearance of the flight has become one of aviation’s most enduring mysteries.
Satellite data indicated that the plane deviated from its intended flight path, heading south toward the remote regions of the Indian Ocean, where it is presumed to have crashed. Despite extensive search efforts over the years, the main wreckage has never been found.
In a statement, Malaysia’s Transport Ministry emphasized the government’s commitment to providing closure for the families affected by this tragedy. The ministry noted that the decision to resume the search reflects ongoing efforts to uncover the fate of the missing aircraft.
The announcement follows the Malaysian government’s final approval in March for Ocean Infinity to commence the search. The company is operating under a “no-find, no fee” contract, which stipulates that it will receive $70 million only if the wreckage is discovered within the designated 5,800-square-mile search area.
Previous search efforts have yielded some debris, which washed ashore on the east African coast and various Indian Ocean islands. However, these findings did not lead to the discovery of the main wreckage, and a multinational search effort ultimately failed to pinpoint the aircraft’s location.
In 2018, Ocean Infinity conducted a private search for MH370 but did not find any significant evidence. Nevertheless, CEO Oliver Plunkett stated earlier this year that the company has since enhanced its technology, which may improve the chances of locating the aircraft this time around.
As the search approaches, many families of the missing passengers remain hopeful that this new effort will bring them the answers they have long sought.
Fox News Digital has reached out to Ocean Infinity for further comment regarding the upcoming search.
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