New bid to find missing Malaysian airliner

U.S. seabed exploration company Ocean Infinity is resuming the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared over the Indian Ocean in March 2014 with 239 passengers and crew on board

Flight MH370: Boeing 777 vanisheden route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing
New priority search area90-day mission will initiallycover 25,000 sq km of seabed
Confirmed or possible MH370 debris
Area of previous underwater search
Arc represents possible positions of plane when it sent final satellite signal
Last radar contact
Possible flight path
Wide search area

MOZAMBIQUE
MADAGASCAR
AUSTRALIA
MALAYSIA
TANZANIA
INDIAN OCEAN
SOUTH AFRICA
Perth
Rodrigues Island (Mauritius)
Réunion (France)
KualaLumpur

Seabed Constructor: Norwegian researchvessel leased by Ocean Infinity
Recovery crane with 250-tonne lifting capacity
Length: 115.4m
Helideck
Hugin 6000: Fleet of eight autonomous underwater vehicles gives ship continuoussearch capability

Length: 6.2m
Side scan sonar Can detect metalobjects such as aircraft debris
Antenna: Craftcommunicates with ship using acoustic modem

Mission aims to map 1,200 sq km area of seabed per day

Maximum speed 6 knots (11km/h)
Operating depth 6,000m
Battery endurance 50 hours


Sources: ATSB, Ocean Infinity, Swire Seabed, The Economist