Ship heads to previously unexplored site in Indian Ocean as Malaysia works to finalise terms of contract
PUBLISHED : 26 Feb 2025 at 20: 24
Family members of the victims pose for a group picture with debris of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 at a remembrance event in Putrajaya, Malaysia, on March 7, 2020. (Reuters File Photo)
KUALA LUMPUR – A ship that will hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has deployed to its Indian Ocean search zone, according to Malaysia’s transport minister and ship tracking data, raising hopes of solving one of aviation’s greatest mysteries.
In December, Malaysia agreed to resume the search for the Boeing 777 that was carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew when it vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014.
Malaysia has not yet signed off on the contract to search the seabed for wreckage, however, casting uncertainty over whether a search has begun.
Contacted by Reuters, the US exploration firm Ocean Infinity, which conducted the last search for the plane that ended in 2018, said it had no information to provide at this stage.
Malaysia had not yet signed the contract with Ocean Infinity, Transport Minister Ant
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