Search to resume for missing MH370 flight

Source: The Independent

Friday 20 December 2024 15:51 GMT


The Malaysian government has confirmed that the search for the missing MH370 passenger jet which vanished more than 10 years ago will resume. The Beijing-bound Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared in March 2014 after departing Kuala Lumpur with 239 people onboard.

Malaysia’s transport minister Anthony Loke said the cabinet approved in principle a $70m (£56m) deal with US-based marine exploration firm Ocean Infinity to find the aircraft. The deal will operate on a “no find, no fee” agreement, meaning the company will only get paid if and when the wreckage is found.

Mr Loke said negotiations with the company were ongoing and would be finalised in early 2025. A key negotiating point is the definition of the wreckage size, he added. “It’s not just about finding one or two pieces [that will be] considered wreckage,” he said.

The new search will take place in a 15,000 sq km patch in the southern Indian Ocean and is based on new data that Kuala Lumpur found to be “credible”, the minister said.

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