• News
  • Film and TV
  • Music
  • Tech
  • Features
  • Celebrity
  • Politics
  • Weird
  • Community
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
TikTok
YouTube
Submit Your Content
Reason why new search for missing flight MH370 has been suspended after just days

Home> News> World News

Published 12:27 4 Apr 2025 GMT+1

Reason why new search for missing flight MH370 has been suspended after just days

The Malaysian government reached an agreement with the exploration firm Ocean Infinity to try and find the missing plane

Emily Brown

Emily Brown

Featured Image Credit: National Geographic

Topics: MH370, Technology, World News

Emily Brown
Emily Brown

Emily Brown is UNILAD Editorial Lead at LADbible Group. She first began delivering news when she was just 11 years old - with a paper route - before graduating with a BA Hons in English Language in the Media from Lancaster University. Emily joined UNILAD in 2018 to cover breaking news, trending stories and longer form features. She went on to become Community Desk Lead, commissioning and writing human interest stories from across the globe, before moving to the role of Editorial Lead. Emily now works alongside the UNILAD Editor to ensure the page delivers accurate, interesting and high quality content.

Advert

Advert

Advert

Just a couple of weeks after the Malaysian government announced a new search for the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, the mission has been suspended.

News of the fresh approach to the disappearance of MH370 came last month, when the local government reached an agreement with the exploration firm Ocean Infinity to target a 15,000 sq km area in the southern Indian Ocean, with the hope of finding new insight into what happened to the Boeing 777 aircraft when it vanished.

In the years since the plane's disappearance on March 8, 2014, family members of those on board have been left desperate for answers. While many experts have shared theories as to what could have happened to the plane, the majority of the wreckage has still not been found.

Malaysia transport minister Loke Siew Fook incited new hope as he announced that Ocean Infinity would receive a payment of $70m if the wreckage is found, however authorities have since announced that now is simply not the right time for the search to go ahead.

Fellow transport minister Anthony Loke indicated Ocean Infinity had started its search, but during an event at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on April 2 he revealed that the company had 'stopped the operation for the time being'.

Advert

Loke added that Ocean Infinity will 'resume the search at the end of this year,' as he explained: "Right now, it's not the season”.

According to Aviation Source News, the delay has been prompted by adverse weather conditions in the search area, with Ocean Infinity's equipment having been subject to strong winds, rough seas, and unpredictable currents which made it tough to operate effectively.

So far only pieces of the plane have been found (Adli Ghazali/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
So far only pieces of the plane have been found (Adli Ghazali/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

When the search resumes, the company will use autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) launched from an Ocean Infinity ship to search the bottom of the ocean for evidence of the missing plane.

Advert

The vehicles are able to descend to a depth of more than three miles and can be operated via a satellite link which Ocean Infinity workers can manage from the company’s control centre in Southampton, UK. They can remain submerged for four days at a time, during which company is expected to explore four areas which have been identified as potential crash sites.

In a statement announcing the news of the latest search, Loke said: "The government is committed to continuing the search operation and providing closure for the families of the MH370 passengers."

Choose your content:

10 hours ago
12 hours ago
13 hours ago
  • 10 hours ago

    Hulk Hogan’s daughter Brooke reveals shocking reason she didn’t attend dad’s tributes

    Brooke Oleksy shut down previous reports that she and her late father were on bad terms

    Celebrity
  • 10 hours ago

    Expert reveals the 3 common names you should never give your baby for surprising reason

    All three are strong names that are popular today, but there's a reason why this expert doesn't think you should name your child them

    News
  • 12 hours ago

    James Gunn responds to Trisha Paytas naming baby ‘Aquaman’ following bizarre Ozzy Osbourne conspiracy

    DC Studios' co-CEO has reacted to the internet celeb having named her baby Aquaman - something she revealed on the day Ozzy Osbourne died

    Celebrity
  • 13 hours ago

    Fans spot Kelly Osbourne's 'subtle' tribute to dad Ozzy as she pays her respects during his procession

    The Osbourne family and the rest of the world are grieving the loss of a rock legend

    Celebrity
  • New experiment claims to finally solve the mystery of what happened to flight MH370
  • Astronaut explains the real reason why no human has been to the moon in the last 50 years
  • Researchers' new claims could lead to missing flight MH370 finally being found
  • Air India plane forced to turn around mid-flight just days after crash killed at least 270 people