Addendum
Malaysia considers restarting search for MH370
November 1st 2017
The Malaysian government is considering offers from three private companies to resume the search in the Indian Ocean for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, the B777 which disappeared in March 2014. Read More » At least one of the bidders, Texas-based Ocean Infinity, has said it does not have to be paid unless the aircraft is found.
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Malaysia’s Transport Minister, Liow Tiong Lai, confirmed Infinity and two others, Dutch firm Fugro and an unidentified Malaysian company, had submitted proposals that were under discussion. “We won’t be deciding anything now on embarking on a new search,” Liow told reporters on the sidelines of an event in Kuala Lumpur. “We have to discuss it with the companies. It will take some time as they are detailed discussions.”
MH370 vanished on March 8, 2014, somewhere over the southern Indian Ocean on a scheduled flight to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur. It had 239 passengers and crew onboard. Its disappearance has become one of the world’s greatest aviation mysteries.
Some floating wreckage has been found and identified as coming from the aircraft, but Australia, Malaysia and China decided to call off a US$159.16 million two-year search for the plane in January, despite protests from the families of passengers on the lost aircraft.
Liow said the proposals would be presented to the other countries in the tripartite committee - China and Australia - before a decision to resume the search was made.
