Advanced Tech Helping Ocean Infinity in MH370 Search

Petaling Jaya, December 15 — Malaysia’s latest MH370 search effort by Ocean Infinity, set for late 2025 on a “no-find, no-fee” basis up to US$70 million, leverages significant advances in deep-sea technology.

Aviation experts highlight improved seabed mapping and autonomous underwater vehicles, allowing more detailed surveys than previous attempts. Professor Mohd Harridon Mohamed Suffian from Universiti Kuala Lumpur noted past searches were limited by inconsistent data resolution over vast terrain.

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The renewed mission tests existing trajectory assumptions rigorously, potentially refining MH370’s final path even if wreckage remains elusive. Black box data may still be recoverable despite over a decade underwater.

Former Malaysia Airlines chief pilot Datuk Nik Ahmad Huzlan Nik Hussain said Ocean Infinity’s confidence stems from lower costs and a narrowed search area, though locating wreckage differs from recovery operations requiring specialised equipment.

MH370 vanished on March 8, 2014, with 239 aboard.