Malaysia approves new search for missing airplane MH370

The Malaysian government has approved a new attempt to find the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in the Indian Ocean, the transport minister said yesterday

Governments of Malaysia, China and Australia called off the official search last year without solving the mystery. Pic/Getty Images

The Malaysian government has approved a new attempt to find the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in the Indian Ocean, the transport minister said yesterday. A US-based company early this week dispatched the search vessel Seabed Constructor to look for debris in the Indian Ocean, three-and-a-half years after the Boeing 777 disappeared on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 227 passengers and 12 crew. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau's final report on the search conceded that authorities were no closer to knowing the reasons for the plane's disappearance, or its exact location.

"The basis of the offer from Ocean Infinity is based on 'no cure, no fee,'" Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said. It means payment will be made only if the company finds the wreckage. Ocean Infinity said that the vessel, which left Durban on Tuesday, was taking advantage of favourable weather to move toward "the vicinity of the possible search zone."

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No. of people on board when the plane disappeared

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