Deep-sea search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 to resume Dec. 30
NPR • • general
Key Points:
- Malaysia's transport ministry announced that the deep-sea search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 will resume on December 30, aiming to locate the missing Boeing 777 that vanished in 2014 with 239 people on board.
- The U.S.-based marine robotics firm Ocean Infinity will conduct an intermittent 55-day search in targeted areas of the southern Indian Ocean, where satellite data suggest the plane likely crashed.
- The search operates under a "no-find, no-fee" contract, with Ocean Infinity set to receive $70 million only if the aircraft wreckage is discovered, reflecting Malaysia's commitment to providing closure to the victims' families.
- Previous multinational and private searches, including Ocean Infinity's 2018 effort, failed
