Malaysia greenlights new search for missing flight MH370

A marine robotics company has received final approval from the Malaysian government to resume the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which went missing more than ten years ago.

The plane, which had 227 passengers and 12 members of the crew aboard, is thought to have crashed in the southern Indian Ocean. One of the biggest mysteries of contemporary aviation still exists.

Malaysia’s Transportation Minister Anthony Loke announced on Wednesday that the cabinet had come to an agreement with Ocean Infinity, a based marine robotics company, that had previously conducted two previous searches for the Boeing 777, of which the most recent attempt came to an end in 2018.

Loke stated in a statement announcing the progress of the agreement, which he had previously predicted would take 18 months, that the government would continue the search and provide closure for the families of the MH370 passengers.

Although the finalized agreement gave Ocean Infinity a $70 million payout, the company only receives payment once the wreckage is discovered.

Nothing was discovered in a private search conducted by Ocean Infinity in 2018.

The new search, according to Minister Loke, is expected to cover 15, 000 square kilometers (5, 790 square miles) in a new location in the southern Indian Ocean.

This search covers 120, 000 square kilometers (46, 332 square miles) of the southern Indian Ocean, which was previously carried out by Malaysia, Australia, and China. Automatic connection data between an Inmarsat satellite and the aircraft was used at the time.

Three months after Malaysia gave the initial approval for a new search, the final decision was made.

Less than an hour into the overnight flight, investigators discovered that the aircraft’s communication systems had been turned off after MH370 disappeared. Military radars, however, detected signals that indicated the plane circled Malaysia, circled Penang Island, and headed northward in Sumatra.

The missing aircraft search and rescue effort was conducted by all 26 countries, but no results were reported.

The Malaysian government announced that the plane had flown until its fuel tanks were emptied before crashing into the southern Indian Ocean after weeks of unsuccessful search efforts.

Debris believed to have been from the doomed flight has since been found washed up along some Indian Ocean islands and along the coast of Africa.

The missing flight’s passengers’ grieving families had previously requested compensation from Malaysian Airlines, Boeing, Rolls-Royce, the aircraft’s engine maker, Rolls-Royce, and the Allianz insurance group, among others, as the search is scheduled to resume after a break of more than five years.