The mystery of the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014, will continue after the latest Ocean Infinity search mission that ended on January 23 failed to find the plane's final location. The Boeing 777-200ER with 227 passengers and 12 crew members lost contact with the control tower 12 years ago, giving rise to various theories about what really happened.
The Ocean Infinity company launched the search mission on December 30 last year, which was supposed to last 55 days in stages in the Southern Indian Ocean. It was ended early due to bad weather conditions.
The search is being carried out based on a service agreement between the Malaysian Government and Ocean Infinity signed on March 25 with two phases. The first phase is from March 25 to 28, 2025 and the second phase is from December 31, 2025 to January 23, 2026. The search mission will be carried out for 28 days covering an area of 7,571 square kilometers in the Southern Indian Ocean.
Ocean Infinity has been involved in two previous searches but failed to find the plane. The contract signed is for 18 months with a search area of 15,000 square kilometers. They will only receive a payment of $70 million (~RM 277 million) if they manage to find the wreckage of the plane
