Search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 to resume after more than a decade
The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight will resume on Dec the country s passage ministry disclosed Wednesday more than a decade after the airplane s mysterious disappearance over the Indian Ocean The Malaysian cabinet explained that Texas-based marine robotics company Ocean Infinity is set to begin a -day targeted deep-sea search for the missing aircraft in the southern Indian Ocean by the end of the month according to the Associated Press On March the Boeing took off from Kuala Lumpur heading toward Beijing when it disappeared around seconds after leaving Malaysian airspace vanishing along with all passengers in what has become one of aviation s greatest unsolved mysteries Satellite input revealed the plane deviated from its flight path and went south towards the far-southern Indian Ocean where it is concluded to have crashed AMY BRADLEY DISAPPEARANCE SEES MAJOR NEW LEADS AS INVESTIGATORS RENEW DECADES-OLD SEARCH REPORTAccording to a declaration from Malaysia s Transfer Ministry as shared by AP Ocean Infinity will hunt in targeted areas assumed to have the highest likelihood of finding the missing aircraft The latest expansion underscores the regime of Malaysia s commitment in providing closure to the families affected by this tragedy the transit ministry stated The announcement comes after Malaysia s ruling body gave final approval in March for Ocean Infinity to start the search after agreeing to a no-find no fee contract that rewards the company million only if wreckage is discovered within the -square-mile site CABINET RELEASES NEWLY DECLASSIFIED AMELIA EARHART DISAPPEARANCE RECORDS FROM NATIONAL ARCHIVESPreviously debris was detected washed ashore on the east African coast and Indian Ocean islands but a multinational search failed to discover clues to MH s location Ocean Infinity also conducted a private search in that failed to unearth any but CEO Oliver Plunkett reportedly mentioned earlier this year that his company had since improved its instrument Fox News Digital has reached out to Ocean Infinity for comment Fox News Digital s Greg Norman and the Associated Press contributed to this statement