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Government extends MH370 search deal

nst.com.my

Ocean Infinity's underwater hunt for MH370 is being extended — raising the question of whether the southern Indian Ocean search zone is right at all.

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Government extends MH370 search deal

Theory Briefing

  • The Malaysian government has extended its deal with UK-based Ocean Infinity to keep searching the southern Indian Ocean for MH370.
  • Ocean Infinity operates on a no-find-no-fee model, meaning the company only gets paid if wreckage is actually located.
  • After years of fruitless deep-sea searching, the extension forces the question of whether the current search zone is based on the right assumptions.
  • The southern Indian Ocean target area is derived from satellite handshake data — a method never before used to reconstruct a flight path.
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