Anew deep-sea search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 is set to begin before the turn of the year, as marine robotics firm Ocean Infinity prepares to deploy a significantly upgraded fleet of autonomous underwater systems. The mission signals the most technologically advanced effort yet to locate the aircraft, more than 11 years after it vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
Ocean Infinity, the US- and UK-based marine robotics company, will launch a large-scale survey of a 15,000km2 area in the southern Indian Ocean. Deep-sea operations are scheduled to resume on 30 December and will run intermittently over a 55-day window, Malaysia’s transport ministry confirmed on Wednesday.