MH370 plane Malaysian Airlines: Will the missing Malaysian Airlines MH370 plane be found this time? Ocean Infinity zeroes in on this region

Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 remains an unsolved mystery, but things may change in the new year. A private firm will resume its deep-sea hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 later this month, Malaysia’s transport ministry announced on Wednesday, more than a decade after the jet disappeared without a trace. The search will be carried out by Texas-based marine robot company Ocean Infinity, which signed a new “no-cost, no-fee” contract with the Malaysian government in March. Ocean Infinity will be paid $70 million only if the wreckage is found.

Ocean Infinity will search intermittently for a total of 55 days, starting Dec. 30, in target areas believed to have the highest probability of finding the missing plane, Malaysia’s transport ministry said in a brief statement on Wednesday.

The Mystery of the MH370 Aircraft
The Boeing 777 plane, carrying 239 people, mostly Chinese nationals, from Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, to Beijing, disappeared from radar shortly after taking off on March 8, 2014. Satellite data showed that the plane turned off its flight path and headed south towards the southern Indian Ocean, where it is believed to have crashed.

Where is the Missing Flight MH370?

It’s unclear whether the company has new evidence regarding the plane’s location. Ocean Infinity CEO Oliver Punkett reportedly said last year that the company had improved its technology since 2018, when it conducted its first seabed exploration operation under a similar agreement and found nothing. Punkett said the firm worked with many experts to analyze the data and narrow down the search to the most likely site.

Earlier this year, the firm restarted its seabed exploration operation in a new 15,000-square-kilometer (5,800-square-mile) area in the Indian Ocean after the Malaysian government gave the green light, but the search was halted in April due to bad weather.

Although the wreckage washed ashore off the coast of east Africa and on Indian Ocean islands, an expensive multinational search failed to turn up any clues to its whereabouts. Other than these small pieces, no bodies or debris were found.

In early 2023, British technologist Ian Wilson claimed that the wreckage of the missing plane MH370 could be found in a jungle in Cambodia.

FAQ

Q1. When did Malaysian Airlines MH370 disappear?

A1. Malaysia Airlines’ MH370 Boeing 777 disappeared from radar shortly after taking off from Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, to Beijing on March 8, 2014, carrying 239 people, most of whom were Chinese nationals.

Q2. What type of aircraft was Malaysia Airlines MH370?

A2. Malaysian Airlines MH370 was a Boeing 777 aircraft.