MH370 Flight Search
Finn's Take· TL;DR- Malaysia resumed search for missing MH370 a decade after vanishing with $70M pledge to Ocean Infinity for wreckage recovery.
- Plane disappeared March 2014 after veering off course; believed crashed Indian Ocean killing 239 people aboard Boeing 777.
- Search begins December 30 covering 5,800 square miles for 55 days using improved robotic technology from previous failed 2018 effort.
MH370 Flight Search
Malaysia announced yesterday that a search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 will resume this month, more than a decade after the jet’s disappearance—and months after the effort was postponed due to poor weather. The government has pledged $70M to the US robotics company Ocean Infinity if it can produce wreckage. On March 8, 2014, the Beijing-bound Boeing 777 aircraft stopped transmitting location data, 39 minutes after taking off from Kuala Lumpur. After exiting Malaysian airspace, the plane veered off course (see flight path) with satellite data indicating the aircraft continued flying for hours. Multiple international search efforts failed to reveal the jet’s location; the plane is believed to have crashed somewhere in the Indian Ocean, killing all 239 people on board. Ocean Infinity says its technology has improved since a previous search failed in 2018. Beginning Dec. 30, the company will scour a 5,800-square-mile site in the Indian Ocean for 55 days. See a documentary trailer about the mystery here.