The company has proposed a brand new no-find, no-fee search
A US company has claimed to have scientific evidence of the final resting place of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370. According to the IndependentOcean Infinity, a maritime robotics company based in Texas, has submitted a proposal to the Malaysian government for a new search in the southern Indian Ocean, where the plane is believed to have crashed.
The company's CEO, Oliver Plunkett, said: 'We now feel in a position to return to the search for MH370 and have submitted a proposal to the Malaysian government. “Finding MH370 and bringing some resolution to everyone in relation to the loss of the aircraft has been a constant in our minds since we left the Southern Indian Ocean in 2018.”
''Since then, we have focused on driving the transformation of operations at sea; innovating with technology and robotics to further enhance our ocean search capabilities,” Mr Plunkett added.
Notably, the company has proposed a brand new no-find, no-fee search. Ocean Infinity had last tried to find the missing plane in 2018.
According to ABC7Malaysia's transport minister says he has invited Ocean Infinity to share its new evidence and promised that if it is credible, he will push for the green light for a new search.
The government has long said it would not support another search without new clues to the plane's location.
Notably, Flight MH370 with 227 passengers and 12 crew on board disappeared after leaving Kuala Lumpur Airport in southern Malaysia on March 8, 2014 en route to Beijing, China. A nearly three-year search across 120,000 square kilometers in the Indian Ocean found barely a trace of the plane, with only a few pieces of debris picked up. Despite the largest search in aviation history, the plane was never found and the operation was suspended in January 2017.
On Sunday, relatives of passengers on board the plane also urged a new search, while speaking of lingering grief and the struggle to find closure. About 500 family members and their supporters gathered at a shopping center near the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur for a “day of remembrance”, with many visibly overcome with grief.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said he would be happy to reopen the search for Flight MH370 if compelling evidence emerged.
