The Malaysian government said the US maritime expedition company Ocean Infinity has begun to search for MH370 even though it has not signed a contract.
Malaysia Transport Minister Anthony Loke on February 25 announced that the Ocean Infinity Maritime Exploration Company officially launched the Malaysia Airlines MH370 flight search, disappeared since March 2014.
Mr. Loke said that the contract between Malaysia and Ocean Infinity is still in the process of completion, but appreciates “the initiative of Ocean Infinity when deploying the ship” to the search area.
“We have approved the principle project for the search for search, but the contract details are still being completed. However, we welcome Ocean Infinity’s efforts because this is good news for Gia Gia. Dinh the victims, “he said.
Malaysia Transport Add that Ocean Infinity has pledged the search will achieve positive results, based on data from previous searches and new data collected. This search will not last indefinitely, the specific time will be announced after the official contract is signed.
Ocean Infinity’s Armada probe model runs tested in the South China Sea in December 2024. Image: Ocean Infinity
Loke’s statement was made after Malaysian media reported that Ocean Infinity’s Armada ship arrived at a new search area in the Indian Ocean, more than 1,900 km from Perth. The group of ships participated in the campaign to search for the Military Association over the weekend, quickly deploying unmanned diving equipment for the seabed sweeping activity.
Boeing 777 aircraft, carrying MH370 number of Malaysia Airlines, disappeared on March 8, 2014 with all 239 passengers and flight members, less than an hour after taking off from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Many countries have coordinated to search on 120,000 km2 wide waters in southern Indian Ocean for months, but no traces of the aircraft were found.
In July 2015, an effort to seek witnessing the first turning point when a debris drifted into the French reunion island was identified as the wing of MH370. In March 2016, a debris was thought to be the MH370 engine lid drifted into South Africa. However, no organization or country has determined the location of the aircraft’s body for the past 10 years. The cause of the missing aircraft and its fate is still mysterious.
Ocean Infinity had opened two MH370 searches in 2018 under a contract with the Malaysian government, but did not collect any new clues. In March 2024, the Texas -based company stated that there was a new evidence of the MH370 position and proposed to conduct the search for “not seeing, no money”.
By the end of last year, Minister Loke announced that the two sides had reached an agreement and allowed Ocean Infinity to open a third search campaign with a 90 million USD remuneration if successful, expected to last 18 months, in the new area. With a total area of about 15,000 km2 in southern Indian Ocean.