Search for MH370 to resume in 2023

A United States marine robotics company has kickstarted a search for the missing MH370 aircraft, announced on the eighth anniversary of one of aviation’s biggest mysteries. The company, Ocean Infinity, concluded its first search in 2018 without any success, but is set to begin the investigation again by the first half of 2023, after investing in more advanced technology. Malaysian Airlines flight 370 – a Boeing 777 – was on its way to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur when it strangely disappeared with 227 passengers and 12 crew on board, and it is still yet to be found. Six Australians were among the victims. Following a search of 120,000 square kilometres in the Indian Ocean conducted by the Australian, Chinese and Malaysian governments that ended in January 2017, new information has been limited. Speaking on the eighth anniversary of the disappearance on Tuesday, CEO of Ocean Infinity Oliver Plunkett said the company is “ready to go back and carry on” with the search, four years since its first attempt. “There’s a lot of work for us to do,” Plunkett said at the event. “To get the ships ready, for the guys to carry on doing the planning, to talk to the government, to get ourselves organised.” Reportedly, the company was planning to resume the search in 2020, but the pandemic made the operation not feasible.<br/>