GĐXH - Malaysia is preparing to restart the search for MH370 after receiving reliable clues about a new search area in the southern Indian Ocean.
Malaysia to resume search for missing MH370 plane
3D image simulating the hypothesis that MH370 had a problem and crashed into the Indian Ocean (Illustration: Nat Geo).
Free Malaysia Today's latest MH370 news says the Malaysian government is negotiating with Ocean Infinity about the company's proposal to launch a search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 that went missing 10 years ago.
Malaysian Transport Minister Anthony Loke confirmed on November 5 that Kuala Lumpur is in talks with Ocean Infinity over a proposal the company made in June 2024 regarding the underwater search for MH370 in a 15,000-square-kilometer area off the coast of Western Australia.
"Based on the latest information and analysis from experts and researchers, Ocean Infinity's search proposal is credible and can be considered by the Malaysian government," Loke told the Malaysian House of Representatives after being asked for an update on the government's efforts to locate MH370.
Ocean Infinity is seeking a $70 million fee — the same as the proposed fee in 2018 — if the wreckage is found, he added. The new search for MH370 is expected to follow a “no find, no fee” principle, meaning the Malaysian government will not have to pay if the missing plane is not found.
Malaysian Transport Minister Anthony Loke will announce further details after negotiations are concluded and approved by the Cabinet.
The proposal is based on a “no find, no fee” principle, meaning the Malaysian government will not pay if Ocean Infinity does not find the plane wreckage.
"Based on the latest information and analysis from experts and researchers, Ocean Infinity's search proposal is credible and can be considered by the Malaysian government," Mr Loke said.
Ocean Infinity is asking for a $70 million fee — the same amount it proposed in 2018 — if the wreckage is found, he added.
The Ministry of Transport will release further details once negotiations are concluded and approved by the Cabinet.
Sources familiar with the matter said the new search area has been expanded “to the left and right” of the area Ocean Infinity looked at in 2018.
"In addition, the period from November to March next year is the best time to start searching, because the seas in the summer in the Southern Hemisphere are calmer compared to the fierce storms in winter," the source said.
MH370: New credible clues emerge
The search for missing MH370 could resume this November. Photo: Ocean Infinity
In June, researchers from Cardiff University in the UK analyzed data from underwater microphones and obtained a six-second signal recorded around the time MH370 is believed to have crashed into the Indian Ocean after running out of fuel.
According to British scientists, if a 200-ton plane fell at 200m/s, it would certainly release kinetic energy equivalent to a small earthquake. This kinetic energy is large enough to be recorded by underwater microphones thousands of kilometers away.
There are two hydroacoustic stations capable of detecting such signals. One is at Cape Leeuwin in Western Australia and the other is at the British territory of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.
In their research, a team of scientists from Cardiff University identified a signal that matched the time frame when the plane may have crashed into the sea on March 8, 2014. This signal was received at the Cape Leeuwin station.
Dr Usama Kadri, a participant in the study, believes that further examination of this six-second clue has the potential to shed light on the mystery surrounding MH370.
Ocean Infinity then proposed to Malaysia to continue searching for MH370, in order to solve one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries.
The disappearance of MH370 remains one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries. The plane disappeared on March 8, 2014, while carrying 239 people en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
Malaysia, China and Australia ended the search for MH370 in January 2017 after no significant findings on the Boeing 777's whereabouts. The subsequent search for MH370 by US-based exploration company Ocean Infinity ended in June 2018 with similar results.
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