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One of the world's greatest mysteries, new search begins for plane MH370

2025-12-28 17:36:15Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
One of the world's greatest mysteries, new search begins for plane MH370
MH370

The search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will resume on Tuesday, in an attempt to solve one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries after almost 12 years.

The search will be led by the research company Ocean Infinity, which will only be paid if it finds debris. The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014.

Target area

The flight was carrying 227 passengers, mostly Chinese and Malaysian, and 12 crew members. Analysis of satellite data indicated that the plane likely crashed somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean, off the coast of Western Australia. However, two major searches have so far yielded no results.

MSN writes that there are three main reasons why the Malaysian government is continuing the search for MH370 after almost 12 years. First, the Malaysian government wants to give some peace and comfort to the families of the 239 people on the ill-fated flight.

Second, there is no financial risk to Malaysia if the plane is not found. Transport Minister Anthony Loke confirmed last December that Ocean Infinity will operate a “no find, no pay” deal, the same deal that was offered in 2018. The Malaysian government will only pay if credible debris is found, and that’s $70 million.

Third, the search will focus on a specific area that is considered to have the highest chance of success. “The search will be conducted in a targeted area that is considered to have the highest probability of finding the plane,” the ministry said.

Ocean Infinity has continued to analyze satellite data, ocean currents, and drift modeling since 2018, allowing the company to further narrow its priority area. It will deploy a fleet of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) capable of operating at depths greater than 6,000 meters and covering large areas quickly.

What is known?

The plane was last heard from about 40 minutes after taking off from Kuala Lumpur for Beijing. Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah greeted it with “Good night, Malaysia (Airlines) three seven zero” as it entered Vietnamese airspace. Shortly after, its transponder went off, meaning it was not easy to track.

Military radar showed the plane had left its flight path to turn over northern Malaysia and the island of Penang, then into the Andaman Sea towards the tip of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. It then turned south and all contact was lost.

Underwater research

Malaysia, Australia and China have launched an underwater search of an area of ​​120,000 square kilometers (46,332 square miles) in the southern Indian Ocean, based on data from automatic links between Inmarsat satellites and aircraft.

The search, which cost around 200 million Australian dollars (131.54 million US dollars), was called off after two years in January 2017, with no trace of the plane found.

In 2018, Malaysia accepted a three-month search by US-based exploration company Ocean Infinity. That search covered 112,000 square kilometers north of the original target area and also proved unsuccessful, ending in May 2018. The same company will now try again.

residues

More than 30 suspected pieces of debris have been found along the coast of Africa and on islands in the Indian Ocean, but only three wing fragments have been confirmed to be from MH370.

Most have been used to try to determine a pattern of movement/dispersal from the wreckage in the hope of narrowing down the plane's possible location.

Investigation report

The 495-page report into the disappearance of MH370, published in July 2018, said the Boeing 777's controls were likely deliberately manipulated to cause the plane to go off course, but investigators were unable to determine who was responsible.

The report also highlighted mistakes made by air traffic control centers in Kuala Lumpur and Ho Chi Minh City and issued recommendations to avoid a repeat of the incident.

Investigators offered no conclusions about what happened to MH370, saying that it depended on finding the rest of the plane.

Conspiracy theories

The inability to find the crash site of MH370 has fueled a number of conspiracy theories, ranging from mechanical failure or a remotely controlled crash to more bizarre explanations such as alien abduction or a Russian conspiracy.

In recent years, some aviation experts have said the most likely explanation is that an experienced pilot deliberately diverted the plane. But investigators have said there was nothing suspicious about the background, finances, training or mental health of the captain and co-pilot.

Research summary

The Malaysian government announced in December 2024 that it would resume the search for the wreckage after a new proposal from Ocean Infinity, which would receive $70 million if it found the wreckage. The search began in March this year but was suspended after a few weeks due to bad weather.

The new search, which begins on December 30, will be under the same terms and conditions agreed between Malaysia and Ocean Infinity in 2024 and will be conducted in an area of ​​15,000 square kilometers (5,790 square miles) of the southern Indian Ocean. The exact location was not given.

This time, the search will focus on a narrowly defined area that is assessed to have the highest chance of success. “The search will be conducted in a targeted area that is assessed to have the highest probability of finding the aircraft,” the ministry said.

Ocean Infinity has continued to analyze satellite data, ocean currents, and displacement modeling since 2018, allowing the company to further narrow down the priority area.

Ocean Infinity will deploy a fleet of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) capable of operating at depths greater than 6,000 meters and quickly covering large areas.

Whether this latest effort will solve one of aviation's greatest mysteries remains uncertain, but for families who have waited for answers for more than a decade, the search for MH370 is not over yet.


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