A deep-sea search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has begun in the Indian Ocean, reviving efforts to solve a great aviation mystery. Malaysia's Transport Ministry reported that the search vessel Armada 86 05 had arrived at an undisclosed search area with two autonomous underwater vehicles. The vessel, which prepared for the operation in Fremantle, Western Australia, is part of a renewed effort by Ocean Infinity, a Texas-based marine robotics company, to locate the missing aircraft.
The Malaysian government indicated that the new search stems from a long-standing mission to find the aircraft missing since March 2014, with previous searches having found no trace of the plane. Ocean Infinity had previously searched the seabed in 2018 under a similar no-find, no-fee agreement but without success. The company has since upgraded its technology and analyses, narrowing the most probable crash site.
In early 2025, Ocean Infinity briefly restarted seabed search operations in a 15,000-square-kilometre area after receiving Malaysian approval. The flight, which disappeared shortly after takeoff from Kuala Lumpur en route to Beijing, veered off course, according to satellite data, flying south toward the remote southern Indian Ocean. Despite an extensive multinational search, the main wreckage and bodies have not been recovered, with debris washing up along East Africa and Indian Ocean islands. The search continues as authorities seek answers to one of aviation’s most enduring mysteries.
