Investigations to locate the aircraft operating Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will resume on December 30, over 11 years after its disappearance, according to an announcement from the Malaysian Ministry of Transport.
The aircraft deviated from its course and disappeared from air traffic control radar on March 8, 2014, during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. It was last detected by military radar while heading west over the Strait of Malacca. There were a total of 239 people on board.
The March 8, 2014, flight with 239 passengers connected Kuala Lumpur with Beijing and disappeared from radar over the Strait of Malacca.
In the first official investigation, teams searched until January 2017 over 120,000 sq. km of the Indian Ocean without finding anything, with the only aircraft-related findings being a few debris pieces that washed ashore in Tanzania and Mozambique in 2016. Since then, various isolated attempts have been made to locate the aircraft, also without result.
The final report by Malaysian authorities did not reach a definitive conclusion regarding the cause. However, it concluded that the aircraft changed course “manually,” without ruling out “third-party intervention.” The report rejected theories suggesting the pilot and co-pilot deliberately downed the aircraft in a suicide mission and excluded mechanical failure as a cause.
Last year, Malaysia stated it was willing to reopen the investigation if new evidence was available. It reached an agreement with the robotic company Ocean Infinity, which had previously attempted to locate the aircraft in 2018, to search an area of 15,000 sq. km and be paid $70 million only if debris was found. The new investigation was originally scheduled to begin in April but was postponed due to bad weather and will now restart.
Source: Guardian
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