Airplane MH370: New search for mysteriously missing plane

In 2014, MH370 disappeared from radar screens without a trace. Now the mystery surrounding the plane is finally to be solved - otherwise a company could come away empty-handed.

A new search operation has begun in the Indian Ocean almost eleven years after the mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. This was reported by the British "Telegraph" and the Australian broadcaster 9News. The British specialist company Ocean Infinity is using the deep-sea supply ship "Armada 78 06" and autonomous underwater vehicles. These are to search the seabed for traces of the missing Boeing 777.

The search is focused on four "hotspots" in an area of ​​around 15,000 square kilometers, about 1,500 kilometers off the coast of the Australian metropolis of Perth in the west of the country. Researchers believe that the wreck is most likely to be found there. Interested parties were able to track the exact position of "Armada 78 06" on tracking sites on the Internet.

Last year, the Malaysian Ministry of Transport announced that the search for the plane would be resumed. Thanks to the latest research results and the most modern technologies, progress has been made in solving the mystery. Among other things, Australian marine researcher Vincent Lyne claimed last year that he knew where the wreckage could be found. "The mystery of MH370 has been completely solved by science!" he wrote.

In December, Ocean Infinity was finally commissioned to carry out the search. A "no find, no pay" deal was to be negotiated - the company would only receive money if the machine was found. Ocean Infinity had already taken part in an unsuccessful search in 2018. However, an agreement between the Malaysian government and the company was not announced.

According to the Telegraph, the company may have acted on its own initiative. The aim is to finish the wreckage before the start of winter in the southern hemisphere in June. The managing director of Ocean Infinity, Oliver Plunkett, had already explained to the relatives of the plane's occupants years ago that it was his life's goal to find the plane.

The plane suddenly disappeared from radar screens on March 8, 2014, during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing . So far, only a few dozen pieces of wreckage have washed up on various coasts. There is still no trace of the main fuselage, the 239 passengers from 14 countries, or the flight recorder. The disappearance of the plane is one of the greatest mysteries in aviation history.

Ocean Infinity has previously been successful in other searches, including the discovery of the Argentine submarine "ARA San Juan" in 2018 and the French submarine "Minerve" in 2019. If they are successful this time, they could finally find answers about the fate of the occupants that relatives have been waiting for for years.