MH370: govt committed to keeping next of kin informed, says ministry

 The transport ministry says 28 days of search by Ocean Infinity have not yielded any results.

Ocean Infinity conducting its search for MH370, which disappeared without trace on March 8, 2014. (Ocean Infinity pic)

PETALING JAYA:

 Search operations for MH370 have not yielded any findings that confirm the location of the wreckage, the government said today, on the 12th anniversary of the disappearance of the aircraft.

The transport ministry’s Air Accident Investigation Bureau said, however, the government remains committed to keeping the families of the victims informed and will continue to provide updates as appropriate.

There were 239 people on board the flight, including 12 crew members, when it vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, China, on March 8, 2014, in what has been described as aviation’s greatest mystery.

The passengers included 153 Chinese nationals and 38 Malaysian citizens.

In a statement, the ministry said search operations conducted by Ocean Infinity, which signed an an agreement with the government to undertake a seabed search based on the “no find, no fee” principle on March 25 last year, had been periodically disrupted by weather and sea conditions

It said the search operations in the southern Indian Ocean had been conducted in two phases – Phase 1 from March 25 to 28, 2025, and Phase 2 from Dec 31, 2025 to Jan 23 this year – totalling 28 operational search days.

Ocean Infinity had also indicated that additional survey activities were undertaken within the broader search area before the formal signing of the agreement, as part of efforts supporting the search operation.

“As at the date of this update, the search activities undertaken have not yielded any findings that confirm the location of the aircraft wreckage,” it said. - FMT