Malaysia’s transport ministry said on Wednesday that the search for the long-missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will restart at the end of December, more than ten years after the aircraft disappeared.
The Boeing 777, carrying 239 individuals, vanished from radar on 8 March 2014 while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, becoming one of the most perplexing cases in aviation history.
Two-thirds of those on board were Chinese nationals, with the remaining passengers comprising Malaysians, Indonesians, Australians, as well as Indian, American, Dutch and French citizens.
Despite an unprecedented international search effort, the aircraft has not been located.
Kuala Lumpur announced in a statement that the “deep-sea search for the missing wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 will be resuming on 30 December 2025.”
Maritime exploration firm Ocean Infinity will undertake the search “in a targeted area assessed to have the highest probability of locating the aircraft”, according to the ministry.
The latest effort in the southern Indian Ocean had been paused in April because the period was “not the season”.
As before, the mission is based on a “no find, no fee” arrangement, with payment contingent on locating the aircraft.
Ocean Infinity, headquartered in Britain and the United States, led an unsuccessful hunt in 2018 before agreeing to launch a fresh search this year.
An earlier Australian-led operation had scoured 120,000 square kilometres (46,300 square miles) of the Indian Ocean over three years, discovering only a few pieces of debris.
The ministry said the latest move highlights its dedication to “providing closure to the families affected by the tragedy”.
Families of the victims expressed renewed hope in February that a new search could finally offer answers.
Glive24/SS