Flight MH370 took off from Kuala Lumpur in the early hours of March 8, 2014. It lost communication with air traffic control less than an hour after takeoff and radar showed it deviated from its planned flight path.
The government of Malaysia assured this Friday a agreement in principle to resume the search for a passenger plane that disappeared 10 years agoin one of the greatest mysteries of aviation. He Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 It was last seen on radars in March 2014 while en route to Beijing, China, from Kuala Lumpur, with 239 people on board.
Efforts to locate the wreckage of the Boeing 777 failed over the years and hundreds of families of those on board remain haunted by the tragedy. Now, Malaysia’s Transport Minister, Anthony Lockesaid the cabinet approved in principle a $70 million deal with the US marine exploration company Ocean Infinity to find the plane.
An unsuccessful history and the hope of family members
Furthermore, this agreement has a particularity: If it is not found, it is not paid. That is, Ocean Infinity will receive payment only when the remains are found. There is a precedent that dates back to 2018, when the same company carried out a search under similar terms for about three months, without success.
Still, while the government accepted Ocean Infinity’s offer “in principle,” Loke said negotiations over the specific terms of the deal were still in progress and would end at the beginning of next year.
The new search will cover an area of 15,000 square kilometers in the southern Indian Oceanbased on new data that Kuala Lumpur considered “credible”, the minister said. “We hope this moment is positive”he added.
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Through a statement, the CEO of Ocean Infinity, Oliver Plunkettsaid the Malaysian government’s decision was a “great news” adding: “We look forward to sharing more updates next year once we have finalized the details and the team is ready to go.”
Hand in hand with the news came reactions from the relatives of those who lost their lives on the plane: “I am very happy about the news. I feel like it’s the best Christmas gift I’ve ever received.“he assured Jacquita Gonzaleswife of the flight supervisor, Patrick Gomes.
Flight MH370 took off from Kuala Lumpur in the early hours of March 8, 2014. It lost communication with air traffic control less than an hour after takeoff and radar showed it deviated from its planned flight path. In the years after the disappearance, pieces of debris believed to belong to the plane appeared on the shores of the Indian Ocean.
Intan Maizura Othamanwhose husband was a member of the cabin crew, said: “This announcement stirs mixed emotions: hope, gratitude and sadness. After almost 11 years, the uncertainty and pain of not having answers has been incredibly difficult for us.”
Source: Ambito
