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Malaysia Sets Dec. 30 Return to MH370 Deep-Sea Search Under No-Find, No-Fee Deal

The contract pays Ocean Infinity $70 million only if it locates substantive wreckage.

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TOPSHOT - A woman writes a message during an event held by relatives of the passengers and supporters to mark the 10th year since the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 carrying 239 people disappeared from radar screens on March 8, 2014 while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, in Subang Jaya on March 3, 2024. (Photo by Arif Kartono / AFP) (Photo by ARIF KARTONO/AFP via Getty Images)
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Overview

  • Malaysia’s transport ministry says Ocean Infinity will run an intermittent 55‑day operation in a targeted 15,000 square kilometer sector of the southern Indian Ocean.
  • Authorities have not disclosed the precise coordinates, describing the zone as the highest‑probability area based on accumulated analyses.
  • An earlier attempt this year was suspended in April because of rough weather, with work now scheduled to restart on December 30.
  • Ocean Infinity plans to deploy upgraded autonomous underwater vehicles, unmanned surface vessels, high‑resolution sonar and AI‑assisted seabed mapping, though it is unclear whether new evidence pinpoints the site.
  • Previous searches, including an Australia‑led sweep of about 120,000 square kilometers and Ocean Infinity’s 2018 mission, found only scattered debris from the Boeing 777 that vanished in 2014 with 239 people on board.