Malaysia’s transport ministry said the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will recommence at the end of December.
The Boeing 777 disappeared on March 8, 2014, carrying 239 passengers and crew, mostly Chinese nationals, when it vanished from radar during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The plane’s wreckage has never been found, and its fate remains one of the world’s biggest aviation mysteries.
The ministry said the deep-sea search for MH370’s wreckage will resume on 30 December 2025. Ocean exploration and survey company Ocean Infinity will conduct search operations for 55 days, carried out intermittently.
A recent search in the southern Indian Ocean in April was suspended because of poor weather and rough seas. That operation focused on a 15,000-square-kilometre area off the coast of Perth and was run on a “no find, no fee” basis, meaning the government would pay only if the aircraft was located.
The initial search, led by Australia, covered about 120,000 square kilometres over three years and was suspended in 2017 by agreement between China, Malaysia and Australia. Only a few small pieces of debris have ever been recovered.
Edited by: Zac Crellin