Trending Now - Families Demand Answers as Search for Missing MH370 Yields No Results
WHO:
Malaysian authorities
Air Accident Investigation Bureau
Ocean Infinity, a Texas-based marine robotics company
Voice 370, a group representing families of those aboard the missing plane
WHAT:
Malaysian authorities stated that the renewed deep-sea search has failed to locate Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 twelve years after its disappearance.
The search was conducted at a new site of 15,000 square kilometers (5,800 square miles) in the southern Indian Ocean.
Voice 370 urged the government to extend Ocean Infinity's contract and consider similar arrangements with other deep-sea exploration companies.
The group indicated that Ocean Infinity's vessel has been redeployed for other work and is unlikely to return soon due to approaching winter months and deteriorating sea conditions.
A renewed deep-sea search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has failed to locate the missing aircraft.
The search surveyed thousands of square kilometers of ocean floor but produced no confirmed findings of the aircraft wreckage.
Ocean Infinity will be paid $70 million only if wreckage is discovered.
The search was conducted over 28 days in two phases: March 25–28, 2025, and December 31, 2025, to January 23, 2026.
The search covered about 7,571 square kilometers (2,923 square miles) of seabed.
WHERE:
Southern Indian Ocean
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Beijing, China
WHEN:
Flight MH370 vanished on March 8, 2014.
The renewed search was conducted between March 2025 and January 2026.
Ocean Infinity's contract runs until June 2026.
WHY:
Voice 370 emphasized that the government pays nothing unless the aircraft is found, advocating for the extension of the search contract without hesitation.
Families of those aboard the missing plane are pressing for the search effort to continue.
The search is motivated by the desire to find answers regarding the disappearance of Flight MH370.
HOW:
The search was conducted using marine robotics technology by Ocean Infinity.
The search was carried out under a "no-find, no-fee" contract.
(UPDATED March 9, 2026 07:17 UTC)
Malaysian authorities announced today that a renewed deep-sea search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has failed to locate the aircraft, twelve years after its mysterious disappearance. The search covered a new area of 15,000 square kilometers in the southern Indian Ocean, but the group Voice 370 is urging the government to extend Ocean Infinity's contract for further exploration, as the vessel has been redeployed for other work and may not return soon due to worsening sea conditions. They emphasized that the government pays nothing unless the aircraft is found, advocating for the continuation of the search without delay.
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(UPDATED March 9, 2026 01:23 UTC)
Malaysian authorities, along with the Air Accident Investigation Bureau and the Texas-based marine robotics company Ocean Infinity, have concluded a renewed deep-sea search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 without locating the missing aircraft. Over the past 28 days, the search covered approximately 7,571 square kilometers of the Southern Indian Ocean but yielded no confirmed findings, and Ocean Infinity will only receive their $70 million payment if wreckage is discovered. Families of those aboard the flight, which vanished on March 8, 2014, continue to advocate for ongoing search efforts to uncover answers about the plane's disappearance.