Overview
- Operations resumed on December 30 after an April weather halt, with work to proceed intermittently over 55 days.
- Authorities say the focus is a high-probability sector of the southern Indian Ocean, though exact coordinates have not been disclosed.
- The search deploys upgraded autonomous underwater vehicles, deep-sea drones and higher-resolution sonar with refined satellite and drift analyses.
- Under the contract, Ocean Infinity is paid only if it finds substantive wreckage, with several outlets reporting a $70 million contingent fee.
- Families welcomed the restart, and experts say locating large wreckage could allow recovery of the flight’s data and cockpit voice recorders.