Search for Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 Resumes After Nearly 12 Years

Deep-sea search specialists at Ocean Infinity resumed their search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 on Tuesday, nearly 12 years after the aircraft vanished with 239 people on board in one of aviation's greatest mysteries.

The US-based marine robotics firm will conduct intermittent searches over a 55-day period, targeting areas believed to have the highest likelihood of finding the missing aircraft. Under a "no-find, no-fee" contract with the Malaysian government, Ocean Infinity will be paid $70 million only if wreckage is discovered.

The search is focusing on a 15,000 square kilometer (5,800 square mile) area in the southern Indian Ocean off Western Australia. Ocean Infinity's lead ship, the Singapore-flagged Armada 86 05, departed the Kwinana anchorage area on December 26, 2025. The 86-meter offshore vessel serves as a launch platform for autonomous underwater vehicles capable of mapping the deep seabed.

This resumption of the search follows a previous attempt that was called off in April after only 22 days due to bad weather conditions. The renewed effort has revived hope among families of the 239 passengers and crew members who have waited nearly 12 years for answers about what happened to their loved ones.

The Boeing 777 disappeared from radar shortly after taking off on March 8, 2014, carrying mostly Chinese nationals on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Despite extensive multinational search efforts from 2014 to 2017 that covered roughly 46,000 square miles, the main wreckage has never been located.

So far, approximately 30 pieces of suspected aircraft debris have been collected from various locations around the Indian Ocean, but only three wing fragments have been officially confirmed to be from MH370. This is not Ocean Infinity's first attempt at finding the aircraft; the company previously searched in 2018 without success. Aviation experts and families remain cautiously optimistic that new technology and refined search areas may finally bring closure to one of the most baffling disappearances in aviation history.