29.06.2026 14:00
Malaysia has decided to continue the search for flight MH370, which disappeared 12 years ago with 239 people on board, in the Indian Ocean for another year. If the wreckage is found, $70 million will be paid.
Malaysia has decided to continue search operations in the Indian Ocean for another year for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which disappeared 12 years ago with 239 people on board. According to a report by Malaysian newspaper The Star, the Cabinet evaluated the search efforts for the missing plane.
Transport Minister Anthony Loke announced that it was decided to continue the search operations. Loke stated that the operations have been extended for another year starting from July 1, and the new period will be valid until June 30, 2027.
Loke expressed that if the wreckage of the plane, which disappeared with 239 people on board, cannot be found, the Malaysian government will not make any payment to the company Ocean Infinity, which is conducting the search operations. He noted that if the wreckage is found, the company will be paid 70 million dollars.
Malaysia had restarted search operations in the Indian Ocean for flight MH370 in December 2025.
MISSING "MH370"
Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 took off from Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia on March 8, 2014, bound for Beijing, the capital of China. The last contact with the plane was made 38 minutes after takeoff.
The plane, which deviated westward from its planned route as detected by military radars, was shown on some radar records to have moved toward the southern Indian Ocean.
The search efforts conducted in the estimated crash sites in the southern Indian Ocean, involving the plane's 227 passengers and 12 crew members, were recorded as "the most expensive search and rescue operation in aviation history," but no trace was found except for some pieces believed to belong to MH370.