New search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 begins in Indian Ocean
Ocean Infinity’s operation focuses on four hotspots off Australian coast where researchers believe the wreck would most likely be
Over the next few weeks, US- and UK-based technology firm Ocean Infinity will deploy search vessel Armada 7806 and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) to search the seabed for traces of the missing Boeing 777, according to media outlets including Australian broadcaster 9 News and the British newspaper The Telegraph.
The search will focus in an area of about 15,000 square kilometres – with special attention paid to four hotspots where researchers believe the wreck would most likely be – some 1,500km (932 miles) off the coast of Perth in Western Australia.
The firm, which had already been involved in an earlier unsuccessful search in 2018, has signed a “no find, no fee” contract with the Malaysian government, 9 News reported.
Malaysia’s Transport Minister Anthony Loke said on Tuesday contract details between the government and the firm were still being finalised but welcomed “the proactiveness of Ocean Infinity to deploy their ships” to begin the search for the plane.
Loke added that details on how long the search would last had not been negotiated yet.
