Summary
Malaysia restarted the search for malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370, the Boeing 777 that vanished in March 2014 with 239 people. Starting December 30, 2025, Texas-based ocean-infinity would spend 55 days sweeping a 15,000 km² area of the southern Indian Ocean under a “no find, no fee” deal worth up to 200 million without locating the main wreckage.
Key Claims
- Malaysia contracted ocean-infinity for a 55-day sweep of a 15,000 km² zone beginning Dec 30, 2025 (Malaysian officials)
- The “no find, no fee” contract caps payment at $70 million, payable only if substantive wreckage is found
- The target zone is based on satellite “handshake” tracking data and drift reconstructions of debris fragments that washed ashore
- ocean-infinity’s upgraded AUV swarm can operate at ~6,000 m depth with higher resolution and smaller carbon footprint than traditional survey fleets
- Prior searches (2014–2017 joint Australia/Malaysia/China campaign and 2018 Ocean Infinity campaign) covered >220,000 km² at ~$155 million without finding main wreckage
- Only three confirmed pieces of wing have ever been recovered