Malaysia Calls For Renewed Search For One Of World’s Greatest Aviation Mysteries

Malaysia has been pushing for a new search mission for Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 Flight MH370, the transport minister said on Sunday, as the 10th year of its sudden disappearance in one of the biggest aviation mysteries in the world.

Flight MH370, carrying 227 guests and 12 members of the crew, vanished while it was on its way to Beijing via Kuala Lumpur on March 8, 2014. Malaysian investigators did not initially rule out the chances that the aircraft was taken off course deliberately, and debris, some have confirmed and some believed to be from the aircraft, washed up on the African coast as well as on some islands in the Indian Ocean.

The Malaysian Transport Minister Anthony Loke stated that the U.S. seabed exploration company Ocean Infinity was invited to discuss the most recent search proposal after two failed attempts. Malaysia’s government supports the search, which must go on, Loke explained at a remembrance event held on Sunday.

In 2018, Malaysia engaged Ocean Infinity to search the southern Indian Ocean. It had offered to pay up to nearly $70 million if it could find the plane. Malaysia, Australia, and China ended a failed two-year, $200 million underwater hunt in Jan 2017.

Loke said Malaysia would ask Australia about its cooperation in starting the search again once Ocean Infinity’s proposal gets approved by the Malaysian cabinet. V.P.R. Nathan’s wife, Anne Daisy, was on that flight; he said Ocean Infinity’s proposal, which includes a no-find and no-fee deal, was welcome. Nathan said they want the search to go on, but they must also be realistic.

They cannot expect the government to keep spending billions. Jiang Hui, a Chinese individual whose mother was on MH370, urged Malaysia to share with the loved ones the latest information it obtained. As long as there’s communication, they can avoid misunderstanding, said Jiang, one of the family members who filed a lawsuit in China, seeking compensation over the plane’s sudden disappearance.

A court based in Beijing has eventually started compensation hearings in November. Over 150 guests from China were on that flight, with relatives wanting compensation from Boeing, Malaysia Airlines, Rolls-Royce, and the Allianz insurance group.

Reference: CNBC

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