Overview
- Ocean Infinity began a new 55-day deep-sea mission on December 30 to look for MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean.
- Search teams are focusing on a roughly 15,000 square kilometer area off Western Australia using autonomous underwater vehicles and modern sonar.
- Malaysia’s contract follows a no find, no fee model, with about $70 million payable only if the wreck is located.
- The effort resumes work paused in April due to poor weather and draws on revised analyses of satellite pings and ocean drift.
- Families continue to press for answers as a Beijing court on December 8 ordered compensation for eight families, with other cases still pending.