US EditionMalaysia Approves New Search for Missing MH370 Using Advanced Underwater Drones
- The Malaysian government has authorized $70 million for a new search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared on March 8, 2014.
- Malaysian Minister of Transport Anthony Loke announced a deal with Ocean Infinity for the search operation.
- The initial search is set to last for 18 months under a no-find-no-fee principle, meaning Malaysia pays Ocean Infinity only if wreckage is found.
- Loke expressed hope that they would find wreckage to provide answers for the families of the missing.
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Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight One Step Closer To Being Found 10 Years After Vanishing Thanks To Ham Radio Breadcrumbs
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared without a trace over a decade ago. Malaysia’s government announced last week that it will resume its search efforts for the missing airliner. Maritime robotics company Ocean Infinity signed an 18-month deal to lead the effort and will receive $70 million if they can find the…Read more...
Malaysia agrees to resume hunt for flight MH370
Malaysia has agreed to resume the search for the wreckage of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, its transport minister said on Friday, more than 10 years after it disappeared in one of the world’s greatest aviation mysteries. Flight MH370, a Boeing 777 carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew, vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014. “Our responsibility and obligation and commitment is to the next of kin,” Transport Minis…
Ocean Infinity will continue the search operation on the seabed at a new 5,800-square-mile site in the Indian Ocean next year
The Malaysian government has specified that the operation, proposed by Ocean Infinity, will follow the principle of 'no find, no fee'. The investigations carried out from 2014 to 2018 did not lead to anything. Today, the British robotics company says it wants to scan 15 square kilometers in the southern Indian Ocean.
Disappearance remains one of the greatest aviation mysteries of all time. On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was en route from Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, to Beijing when it veered off its scheduled route, turning west across the Malay Peninsula. The plane, a Boeing 777 carrying 239 people from 15 countries, is believed to have veered off course and flown south for several hours after radar contact was lost.
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