Malaysia is set to resume its search for the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which disappeared on March 8, 2014 while travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 12 crew and 227 passengers onboard.
The operation by U.S.-based marine robotics firm Ocean Infinity will begin on December 30, 2025, lasting for 55 days in a focused area of the southern Indian Ocean believed to have the highest likelihood of locating the aircraft. The search is conducted under a “no-find, no-fee” agreement; Ocean Infinity will be paid $70 million only if debris is found.
Previous multinational searches, including a 2017 underwater effort by Malaysia, China, and Australia, failed to locate the main wreckage, though some debris was found on East African shores in 2015 and 2016. Ocean Infinity’s 2018 mission was also unsuccessful, and the 2025 search was paused earlier due to bad weather.
A 2017 Australian report identified a probable crash site and concluded that the plane’s communication and tracking systems had been deliberately disabled, with the aircraft flown off course for over six hours after losing radar contact. Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Najib Razak confirmed this deliberate disabling.
Using advanced autonomous underwater vehicles, the renewed search aims to provide closure to one of aviation’s greatest mysteries.
Malaysia’s Transport Ministry said, “The search will be carried out in targeted area assessed to have the highest probability of locating the aircraft.”