Overview

• The search is being led by Ocean Infinity, a British and U.S.-based marine robotics firm, using the state-of-the-art vessel Armada 7806 and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs).
• The operation focuses on a 15,000 square kilometer area in the southern Indian Ocean, with four hotspots identified as potential crash sites based on updated satellite and radio signal data.
• The Malaysian government has given preliminary approval for the search under a 'no find, no fee' agreement, offering $70 million if the wreckage is located, though contract details remain under negotiation.
• This marks the latest attempt to solve one of aviation’s greatest mysteries, following earlier unsuccessful searches in 2018 and a multinational effort that ended in 2017.
• Families of the 239 passengers and crew aboard the ill-fated flight, which vanished in 2014 en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, continue to seek closure and answers about the plane’s disappearance.