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    Home - China - Malaysia approves a new search for MH370 more than a decade after the plane disappeared
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    Malaysia approves a new search for MH370 more than a decade after the plane disappeared

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    Malaysia approves a new search for MH370 more than a decade after the plane disappeared

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    • The Malaysian government has granted final approval for Ocean Infinity, a marine robotics company, to resume the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared over the southern Indian Ocean in 2014.
    • Under a “no-find, no-fee” agreement, Ocean Infinity will receive $70 million only if the wreckage is located, and the search will take place in a newly designated 15,000-square-kilometre area.
    • The search operation is set to commence soon, with Ocean Infinity’s CEO indicating improved technology compared to previous efforts and a narrowed focus on the most probable location of the wreckage. The Malaysian Transport Minister stated that the government remains committed to providing closure for the families of the flight’s passengers.

    Malaysia approves a new search for MH370 more than a decade after the plane disappeared

    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s government has given final approval for a Texas-based marine robotics company to renew the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which is believed to have crashed in the southern Indian Ocean more than a decade ago.

    Cabinet ministers agreed to terms and conditions for a “no-find, no-fee” contract with Texas-based Ocean Infinity to resume the seabed search operation at a new 15,000-square-kilometer (5,800-square-mile) site in the ocean, Transport Minister Anthony Loke said in a statement Wednesday. Ocean Infinity will be paid $70 million only if wreckage is discovered.

    The Boeing 777 plane vanished from radar shortly after taking off on March 8, 2014, carrying 239 people, mostly Chinese nationals, on a flight from Malaysia’s capital, Kuala Lumpur, to Beijing. Satellite data showed the plane turned from its flight path and headed south to the far-southern Indian Ocean, where it is believed to have crashed.

    An expensive multinational search failed to turn up any clues to its location, although debris washed ashore on the East African coast and Indian Ocean islands. A private search in 2018 by Ocean Infinity also found nothing.

    The final approval for a new search came three months after Malaysia gave the nod in principle to plans for a fresh search.

    Ocean Infinity CEO Oliver Punkett earlier this year reportedly said the company had improved its technology since 2018. He has said the firm is working with many experts to analyze data and had narrowed the search area to the most likely site.

    Loke said his ministry will ink a contract with Ocean Infinity soon but didn’t provide details on the terms. The firm has reportedly sent a search vessel to the site and indicated that January-April is the best period for the search.

    “The government is committed to continuing the search operation and providing closure for the families of the passengers of flight MH370,” he said in a statement.

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