12 years on, renewed hunt for missing Flight MH370 comes up empty as families press for answers

Twelve years after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 disappeared, a renewed deep-sea search in the southern Indian Ocean has yielded no wreckage. The search, conducted by Ocean Infinity under a "no-find, no-fee" contract, surveyed thousands of square kilometers between March 2025 and January 2026. The Malaysian authorities confirmed the unsuccessful search, despite covering about 7,571 square kilometers of seabed. MH370 vanished on March 8, 2014, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board. Families of the missing are urging the government to extend Ocean Infinity's contract and consider similar arrangements with other deep-sea exploration companies to continue the search.

Families of passengers on missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 are appealing to the Malaysian government to extend its contract with Ocean Infinity, a deep-sea exploration firm, to continue searching for the aircraft. MH370, a Boeing 777 with 227 passengers and 12 crew, disappeared on March 8, 2014, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Despite previous unsuccessful search operations in the southern Indian Ocean, Malaysia agreed last year to a "no find, no fee" agreement with Ocean Infinity. After two phases covering 7,571 sq km of seabed, the Air Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) reported no findings, with operations hampered by weather and sea conditions. The second phase concluded on January 23.