The illegal search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 will begin on December 30, Malaysia’s Transport Ministry said on Wednesday, more than ten years after the Beijing-bound plane disappeared in one of the world’s biggest aviation mysteries.
Flight MH370, a Boeing 777, was carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew when it disappeared En-Route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in the year of Beijing.
The most recent search in the southern Indian Ocean was halted in April after several weeks due to poor weather conditions. Ocean Ocean’s rigorous sea trials have confirmed that it can withstand sea operations for 55 days, carried out periodically, the Ministry of Transport said.
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“The search will be conducted in the target area to assess the high probability of finding the plane,” the statement said.
No specific search area is given.
Initially, Malaysian investigators did not rule out the possibility that the planes were deliberately hijacked. Garbage, some confirmed and others believed to have come from an airplane, washed up on the coast of Africa and on islands in the Indian Ocean.
FILE – In this July 29, 2015 file photo, French police inspect a piece of debris from a plane in Saint-Andre, Reunion Island.
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The resumed search will be in line with the terms and conditions agreed between the government and the navy to resume the search for the MH370 wreckage, the ministry said.
Malaysia will pay the Firm $70 million if greatantive freckage is found during the search in the waters of the southern Indian Ocean covering 15,000 sq cm
Ocean Infinity had conducted a previous search for the plane in 2018, but failed to find any major casualties.
A 495-page report into its 2018 death said the Boeing 777’s controls may have been deliberately tricked into continuing illegally and stopped short of what was happening, saying that was dependent on finding the wreckage.
Investigators said there was nothing suspicious about the financial circumstances, training and mental health of the captain and co-pilot.
More than 150 Chinese passengers were on the flight. Others included 50 Malaysians and citizens of France, Australia, Indonesia, India, the United States, Ukraine and Canada, among others.
The relatives have sought compensation from a number of companies including Malaysia Airlines, Boeing, Aircraft Engine Maker Rolls-Royce and the Allianz Insurance Group.
