Overview
- The renewed sweep will concentrate along the so‑called seventh arc about 2,000 kilometers west of Perth in an area previously left out of earlier efforts.
- Australia’s earlier operation searched roughly 120,000 km² of seabed through January 2017 without locating the aircraft, with only scattered debris recovered.
- Malaysia’s 2018 investigation reported air-traffic control shortcomings and a manually altered flight path but reached no definitive explanation for the disappearance.
- Ocean Infinity mounted an unsuccessful hunt in 2018 but later found the Endurance and France’s submarine Minerve, underscoring its deep-sea search capabilities.
- An initial 2025 push paused due to severe weather, and a Beijing court this month ordered Malaysia Airlines to pay about $3.3 million to relatives of eight passengers.