Malaysia’s government has agreed to re-open a second ‘no find, no fee’ proposal from a United States-based company to look for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which disappeared under mysterious circumstances in 2014.
The proposal to renew the search for the missing aircraft was submitted by Ocean Infinity, a Texas-based marine robotics firm, that has been trying to find the missing plane through seabed search operations. They aim to continue their research in a new 5,800-square-mile area of the Indian Ocean, where most experts think the aircraft crashed almost 10 years ago.
Malaysian transport minister Anthony Loke confirmed this on Friday, saying, “The proposed new search area, identified by Ocean Infinity, is based on the latest information and data analyses conducted by experts and researchers. The company’s proposal is credible.”
The mystery surrounding the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370
The disappearance of the Boeing 777 airplane is perhaps the best-known mystery around the world. Iin the last 10 years as it has been extensively covered and is the subject of wild theories over what happened to the flight.
As we know, however, the facts remain the same. The aircraft vanished from radar after taking off on March 8, 2014. The missing flight carried a total of 239 people, most of whom were Chinese citizens on a flight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s capital, to Beijing.
Later, through the use of satellite data, authorities discovered that the plane had heavily deviated from its original flight path, and headed to the southern Indian Ocean, where most believe it eventually crashed.
Immediately after the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 went missing a multinational effort to find the remains of the plane began, but the mystery only deepened as investigators from all over the world were unable to find any leads as to where the plane may be.
Since then, the only clue Malaysian officials were able to gather was some debris that washed ashore on Indian Ocean islands and the coast of East Africa.
Ocean Infinity started a search in 2018 but found nothing
This is not the first time the Texas-based firm has sought the missing flight. Indeed, in 2018 the firm started a search that did not come up with any new clues or any relevant information as to where the remains of the missing flight may be located.
Under the new deal agreed with the Malaysian government, Ocean Infinity will get $70 million only if the wreckage is discovered. The transportation ministry announced that negotiations with Ocean Infinity will conclude in early 2025, as the firm said the best period to resume the search is between January and April.
Loke also said that the decision to reopen the search reflects the Malaysian government’s commitment to giving closure to the families of the missing MH370 flight passengers.
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