KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s transport ministry said Wednesday that the deep-sea hunt for Malaysia Airlines
Flight 370 will resume Dec. 30, renewing hopes of finally locating the jet that vanished without a trace more than a
The Boeing 777 plane disappeared from radar shortly after taking off on March 8, 2014, carrying 239 people, mostly
Chinese nationals, on a flight from Malaysia’s capital, Kuala Lumpur, to Beijing. Satellite data showed the plane turned
from its flight path and headed south to the far-southern Indian Ocean, where it is believed to have crashed.
The transport ministry said in a statement that U.S.-based marine robotics firm Ocean Infinity will search
intermittently from Dec. 30 for a total of 55 days, in targeted areas believed to have the highest likelihood of finding
“The latest development underscores the government of Malaysia’s commitment in providing closure to the families
affected by this tragedy,” it said.
Malaysia’s government gave the green light in March for a “no-find, no-fee” contract with Ocean Infinity to resume the
seabed search operation at a new 15,000-square-kilometer (5,800-square-mile) site in the ocean. Ocean Infinity will be
paid $70 million only if wreckage is discovered. The search was halted in April due to bad weather.