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Malaysia Approves New Search for MH370 Using Advanced Technology

Ocean Infinity will lead the renewed effort under a $70 million 'no find, no fee' agreement, targeting a refined area in the southern Indian Ocean.

Chinese security personnel patrol the street near a meeting of family members of passengers who were on board the MH370 Malaysia Airline jet that went missing in 2014 in Beijing, China, Saturday, March 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Jiang Hui, right, whose mother was on the missing MH370 Malaysia Airlines passenger jet, wears a shirt "Remembering 239 Lives, MH370" as he talks to media near other family members of victims Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Families of passengers from both China and Malaysia, who were aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, are seen during a remembrance event commemorating the 10th anniversary of its disappearance, in Subang Jaya, Malaysia March 3, 2024. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain/File Photo

Overview

  • The Malaysian government has formally approved a new search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which disappeared in 2014 with 239 people on board.
  • Ocean Infinity, a Texas-based marine robotics company, will conduct the search under a 'no find, no fee' agreement, receiving $70 million only if the wreckage is located.
  • The search will focus on a 15,000 square kilometer area in the southern Indian Ocean, identified using updated satellite and drift analysis.
  • Ocean Infinity previously conducted an unsuccessful search in 2018 but has since improved its technology and refined the search area.
  • The renewed search has brought hope and frustration among victims' families, some of whom have criticized the lack of direct communication from authorities.