The search for flight MH370 will resume after 10 years

March 19, 2025 TruthUSA

The Malaysian government has approved a fresh search for the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, more than a decade after its mysterious disappearance.

Efforts to find the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 are set to resume after more than a decade since it changed course and disappeared off radar. Malaysia’s Cabinet approved a “no find, no fee” agreement with British exploration firm Ocean Infinity.

The company will receive around $110 million (US$70 million) if the wreckage is found, announced Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook, stating that the government is dedicated to continuing the search operation to provide closure for the families of the MH370 passengers.

The plane vanished on March 8, 2014, with 227 passengers and 12 crew members on board while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

Multiple theories have been proposed to explain the incident, but without the “black box” flight recorder or major wreckage signs, they remain speculative.

However, investigators generally believe that the aircraft crashed somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean, with debris pieces believed to be from the plane washing up on islands in the years following its disappearance.

The flight’s cabin crew last communicated with air traffic control about 38 minutes after takeoff over the South China Sea, leading initial searches to focus on that region.

The initial search took place shortly after the incident, with 19 vessels and 345 military aircraft sorties covering over 4.6 million square kilometers (1,800,000 square miles) of ocean between March 18 and April 28.

This operation was halted on Jan. 17, 2017, having found no evidence apart from some marine debris on the African coast.

It was the most expensive search operation in aviation history, with Malaysia estimated to have spent $13.5 million, Australia around $132 million, and other involved countries reportedly spending significant sums as well.

On board were six Australians, 50 Malaysians, and people from 12 other countries, with the largest group of 153 individuals being Chinese.

A family member reads an MH370 briefing report before a closed door meeting in Putrajaya, Malaysia July 30, 2018. (REUTERS/Sadiq Asyraf) — A family member reads an MH370 briefing report before a closed door meeting in Putrajaya, Malaysia July 30, 2018. REUTERS/Sadiq Asyraf

A year after the official search ended, Ocean Infinity announced plans to restart the search using the ship Seabed Constructor in a narrowed area of 25,000 km² (9,700 square miles).

The Malaysian government approved but payment would only happen if the wreckage was discovered. Unfortunately, the search was unsuccessful, and Minister Fook announced the conclusion of the effort in May 2018.

Several countries conducted formal investigations, including the Australian Transport Safety Bureau. Investigators expressed the inability to bring closure to victims’ families as a “great tragedy” given the available technology and resources.

The final 1,500-page report from the Malaysian Ministry of Transport was released in July 2018, which revealed that MH370 had been manually turned around, taking it off its normal flight path just after 01:00 Malaysian time, “either by the pilot or a third party.”

Based on satellite communications, it was concluded that the aircraft remained operational until at least 08:19. Investigators emphasized that the question could only be definitively answered if the wreckage was found.

In March 2022, Ocean Infinity proposed resuming the search in 2023 or 2024, but the Malaysian government requested credible new evidence before granting approval.

Australian Researcher Says Plane Could be Located 6,000 Metres Deep

It remains uncertain if the new search will cover the “Broken Ridge” area in the Indian Ocean, where research from Australian scientist Vincent Lyne suggests is the final resting place of MH370. He claims that it was a “mastermind pilot almost executing an incredible perfect disappearance in the Southern Indian Ocean.”

Specifically, he states that the B777-200 aircraft is in a 6,000-meter-deep hole at the eastern end of the Broken Ridge (Latitude: 33.02S, Longitude: 100.27E), “within a very rugged and dangerous ocean environment renowned for its wild fisheries and new deep-water species.

“With narrow steep sides, surrounded by massive ridges and other deep holes, it is filled with fine sediments—a perfect ‘hiding’ place.”

Data retrieved from a home-built flight simulator owned by the pilot, Zaharie Ahmad Shah, indicated that someone had charted a course to the southern Indian Ocean.

Lyne recently examined digital mapping of the ocean floor in the area, pointing out that a single yellow pixel, which he describes as an “anomaly” in a global terrain model for the ocean, is the remains of the aircraft.

Loke announced that the government would sign a contract for 18 months, giving Ocean Infinity until late 2026 to cover the area.

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