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December 31, 2025
Renewed effort to locate missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 begins over a decade after plane vanished
After over a decade since Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 mysteriously disappeared mid-flight, the search for the vanished airplane restarted on Tuesday.
TL;DR
- A renewed search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 commenced on Tuesday, more than a decade after its disappearance.
- Ocean Infinity, a U.S. marine robotics company, is conducting the search for 55 days in a specific 6,000-square-mile area of the Indian Ocean.
- The Malaysian Ministry of Transport confirmed the mission, emphasizing its commitment to providing closure for affected families.
- The search will utilize drones, underwater vehicles, and deep-sea scanning technologies.
- This is Ocean Infinity's second search; their previous attempt in 2018 yielded no results.
- Previous searches, involving Malaysia, China, and Australia, found only a few confirmed pieces of debris from the aircraft.
- Flight 370 disappeared in March 2014 while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, with 239 passengers and crew members.
- The flight deviated from its original path, heading west over the Indian Ocean after being detected by military radar.
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