Search resumes to solve mystery of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370

When the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will resume later this month, according to the nation’s Ministry of Transportation.

When the Boeing 777 aircraft, which was traveling from Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, China, vanished from radars shortly after takeoff on March 8, 2014, bringing 227 passengers and 12 members of the crew.

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The Transport Ministry stated in a statement on Wednesday that “the search will concentrate on the areas where it is determined that the aircraft has the best chance of being located.”

According to the official Bernama news agency, the ministry stated that the government of Malaysia’s renewed search effort “underlines the government’s commitment to providing closure to the families affected by the tragedy.”

The unfortunate flight’s Chinese passengers came from Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, and other countries, with the other half coming from China.

In a 495-page report on the disappearance, flight investigators claimed they had no idea why the plane had vanished and that someone had taken the jet off its usual course.

According to satellite data, the plane departed from its intended destination and headed south, to the far-southern Indian Ocean, where it is thought to have run out of fuel and crashed.

An Australian-led search effort focused on 120, 000 square kilometers (46, 300, 000 miles) of ocean over the course of three years, but only a few pieces of possible debris were discovered along the coasts of East African and Indian Ocean nations, including Mozambique, Madagascar, and Reunion Island.

After several weeks of unsuccessful underwater reconnaissance, the maritime exploration company Ocean Infinity completed its most recent search for MH370 in early April due to bad weather.

On December 30, according to Bernama, Ocean Infinity, which conducted the missing airliner’s search, will resume its search.

According to The Associated Press news agency, Malaysia’s government signed a “no-find, no-fee” contract in March with the United Kingdom and American-based Ocean Infinity to restart a seabed search operation at a new 15, 000 km (5, 800 miles) site in the Indian Ocean.

Only if significant amounts of plane wreckage are discovered, Ocean Infinity will be paid a $70 million fee.

Families of the passengers and crew have long fought for the continuation of the hunt and, among others, have pressed Malaysia Airlines, Boeing, Rolls-Royce, the maker of aircraft engines, and the Allianz insurance group for compensation.