Overview
- Malaysia’s contracted mission with Ocean Infinity resumed on December 30 for an intermittent 55‑day seabed search for the missing Boeing 777 with 239 people on board.
- The operation targets roughly 15,000 square kilometers in the southern Indian Ocean, a zone refined using satellite signals and drift‑pattern analysis of confirmed debris.
- Ocean Infinity is fielding Hugin 6000 autonomous underwater vehicles with high‑resolution sonar, sub‑bottom profilers, magnetometers, and follow‑up ROVs for visual confirmation.
- The agreement is no‑find, no‑fee, meaning the company will be paid only if it locates substantive wreckage of MH370.
- This effort follows an Australia‑led search that covered about 120,000 square kilometers by 2017, Ocean Infinity’s unsuccessful 2018 mission, and a 2025 attempt halted in April due to bad weather, as families welcome the renewed push for answers.