Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian transport minister Anthony Loke said that maritime exploration firm Ocean Infinity has resumed the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, 10 years after its disappearance in what came to be known as one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries.
A Boeing 777, flight MH370 with 227 passengers and 12 crew members on board, vanished while en route to China's Beijing from Kuala Lumpur on March 8, 2014. Loke told reporters that contract details between Malaysia and the firm were still being finalized. But, he welcomed Ocean Infinity's "proactiveness" in deploying their ships to search for the missing plane.
However, the transport minister did not provide details on when exactly the British maritime exploration firm began its hunt. He noted that terms of how long this search would last have also not been negotiated yet.
Loke had said, "They (Ocean Infinity) have convinced us that they are ready. That's why the Malaysian government is proceeding with this". The transport minister had in December said that the British firm would receive $70 million if the wreckage of the missing Malaysian Airlines plane found is proved substantive. "Our responsibility and obligation and commitment is to the next to the kin," he added.
In 2018 as well, Malaysia had dealt with Ocean Infinity to search for the wreckage in the southern Indian Ocean, offering to pay up to $70 million if the plane was found. However, the firm failed on two attempts.
