In a recent development, Malaysia’s Ministry of Transport has hinted at the possibility of resuming the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370), a decade after the plane had mysteriously disappeared.
What happened: The Department of Transportation announced Sunday that Ocean Infinity, a Texas-based company, may receive the green light to restart the search for MH370. This announcement comes as the 10th anniversary of the flight’s disappearance approaches, The Hill reported.
Ocean Infinity has suggested a new “no find, no fee” seabed search in the southern Indian Ocean, five years after the company ended its private search for the plane’s remains. The Boeing 777 plane disappeared from radar shortly after taking off from Kuala Lumpur on March 8, 2014, with 239 people on board.
Minister of Transport Anthony Loke said that if credible evidence is presented, it will do “everything possible” to obtain Cabinet approval for a new contract with Ocean Infinity. The company has been invited to meet when it is “ready to come” to Malaysia.
The official search for the plane’s remains was called off by the Malaysian and Chinese governments in 2017 after finding no leads. Ocean Infinity’s private search also yielded no results.
Loke did not disclose the fee that would be paid to Ocean Infinity if the proposed research was successful. However, their 2018 agreement included a $70 million fee if remains were found.
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Because matter: The disappearance of MH370 has been a mystery that has baffled investigators for a decade. The plane, carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew members, disappeared during a routine trip from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March 2014.
Despite exhaustive search efforts, the mystery of the plane’s disappearance remained unsolved. Interest in the research was reignited following the release of the Netflix docuseries “MH370: The Plane That Disappeared” on March 8 last year, marking the ninth anniversary of the plane’s disappearance. The series sought to unravel the enigma surrounding the missing flight.
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