12 years on, renewed hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines flight comes up empty

"The Air Accident Investigation Bureau said in a statement that a seabed search conducted by marine robotics company Ocean Infinity between March 2025 and January 2026 surveyed thousands of square kilometers of ocean floor but has not produced any confirmed findings of the aircraft wreckage."

"Malaysia gave the nod to the Texas-based company last year to renew the search for Flight 370 under a "no-find, no-fee" contract at a new 15,000-square-kilometer (5,800-square-mile) site in the southern Indian Ocean where it was believed to have crashed. Ocean Infinity will be paid $70 million only if wreckage is discovered."

"The Boeing 777 plane vanished 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."

Twelve years after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 disappeared with 239 people aboard, a renewed search effort by Ocean Infinity in the southern Indian Ocean has yielded no confirmed findings of the aircraft wreckage. Malaysia contracted the Texas-based marine robotics company under a "no-find, no-fee" agreement, offering $70 million payment only upon discovery. The search operated in two phases across 28 days, surveying approximately 7,571 square kilometers of seabed within a designated 15,000-square-kilometer search zone. Weather conditions periodically disrupted operations. The Boeing 777 vanished on March 8, 2014, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Satellite data indicated the aircraft deviated from its flight path toward the southern Indian Ocean. Previous multinational and private search efforts similarly failed to locate the wreckage, though debris has washed ashore on east African coasts and Indian Ocean islands.

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