Malaysia to resume search for missing Malaysian Airlines MH370 transport news
Boeing 777 flight MH370, carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew, disappeared on March 8, 2014 while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
Malaysia’s government has agreed in principle to resume the search for the wreckage of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in one of the world’s greatest aviation mysteries, the country’s transport minister announced.
Anthony Locke said on Friday that the proposal to search for a new area in the southern Indian Ocean came from United States-based exploration company Ocean Infinity, which also conducted the most recent search for the aircraft that ended in 2018.
“The proposal for a search operation by Ocean Infinity is solid and should be considered,” Locke told reporters. “Our responsibility, obligation and commitment is towards the next of kin. We hope that this will be a positive time, the debris will be found and the families will be consoled.
Boeing 777 flight MH370, carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew, disappeared on March 8, 2014 while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
Locke said that if the found debris is genuine, Ocean Infinity will receive $70 million.
Malaysian investigators did not initially rule out the possibility that the plane was deliberately diverted.
Investigators had previously found that less than an hour into the overnight flight, its communications systems had been shut down. Military radar then revealed that the plane had turned back from Malaysia, crossed the island of Penang and headed towards the northern tip of Sumatra.
About 26 countries participated in search and rescue operations after the disappearance, but nothing was found.
Weeks later, the Malaysian government announced that MH370 had flown down until it ran out of fuel, ending its journey in the depths of the southern Indian Ocean, thousands of kilometers from Beijing.
Some confirmed and believed debris is from the aircraft, which has washed up on the coast of Africa and islands in the Indian Ocean.
Relatives were demanding compensation from Malaysia Airlines, Boeing, aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce and Allianz insurance group, among others.
Malaysia hired Ocean Infinity to search the southern Indian Ocean in 2018 and offered to pay up to $70 million if the plane was found, but it failed in two attempts.
The underwater search was conducted by Malaysia, Australia and China in a 120,000 square km (46,332 sq mi) area of the southern Indian Ocean, based on data from an automated connection between the Inmarsat satellite and the aircraft, which included 150 civilians on board the flight. ,
