Malaysia's government has agreed in principle to accept a second no find, no fee proposal from a US company to renew the hunt for flight MH370, which is believed to have crashed in the southern Indian Ocean more than 10 years ago, Transport Minister Anthony Loke said Friday. Loke said Cabinet ministers gave the nod at their meeting last week for Texas-based marine robotics firm Ocean Infinity to continue the seabed search operation at a new 15,000-square-kilometer site in the ocean. The proposed new search area, identified by Ocean Infinity, is based on the latest information and data analyses conducted by experts and researchers. The company's proposal is credible, he said in a statement. The Boeing 777 plane vanished from radar shortly after taking off on March 8, 2014, carrying 239 people, mostly Chinese nationals, on a flight from Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur, to Beijing. Satellite data showed the plane deviated from its flight path to head over the southern Indian Ocean, .
The Malaysian Airlines flight disappeared after leaving Kuala Lumpur Airport in southern Malaysia en route to Beijing, China, in 2014. MH370 had 239 people on board
Over the past decade, Grace Subathirai Nathan graduated from law school, got married, opened a law firm and had two babies. But part of her is frozen in time, still in denial over the loss of her mother on a missing Malaysia Airlines plane in 2014. There has been no funeral service, and Grace, 35, still speaks of her mother in the present tense. When she got married in 2020, she walked down the aisle with a picture of her mother tucked in a bouquet of daisies chosen because of her mother's name, Anne Catherine Daisy. The Malaysian criminal lawyer has become one of the key faces of Voice 370, a next-of-kin support group, as she channelled her grief into keeping alive the quest for answers in the disappearance of MH370 that has ripped families apart. In terms of going on, I progressed in my career, in my family life ... but I am still trying to push for the search of MH370 to continue. I am trying to push for the plane to be found, so in that way I haven't moved on, Grace said in an
MH370 vanished on March 8, 2014, on its way to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur with 239 people on board. Investigators concluded the plane deliberately left its planned flightpath, looped back over Malaysia
With no mayday call, no known flight path and no wreckage, MH370 remains modern aviation's biggest mystery
Malaysia will consider new search operations for Flight MH370 if "new and credible" information emerges about its location, Malaysia's Transport Minister Anthony Loke said
The Malaysia Airlines jet vanished in March 2014 with 239 people -- mostly from China -- on board, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing
MH370 vanished on March 8, 2014, en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur with 239 people on board
The only confirmed traces of the Boeing 777 aircraft have been three wing fragments washed up on Indian Ocean coasts
The slow rollout of more-frequent tracking comes during a period of sustained growth for the global aviation industry, especially in Asia
As part of the deal, the private team will only be paid if they find the jet or its black boxes, with up to US$70 million on offer if they are successful.
The new hunt, which will last 90 days, is expected to start in mid-January
Search for MH370 ended in Jan after a deep-sea sonar scan of 120,000 sq km of ocean floor
Hunt for the Malaysia Airlines jet off Australia's west coast was halted in January
The three-year underwater search for the Boeing 777, which disappeared in March 2014
Malaysia, Australia and China have agreed to suspend the search after combing 120,000 kmsq
The Malaysia Airlines aircraft disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014
The Malaysian airliner had mysteriously crashed into the southern Indian Ocean two years ago
Voice 370, a family association, said the debris collected so far has all been found off Africa's east coast
MH370 disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014 carrying 239 passengers and crew