Malaysia open to resuming MH370 search

The Malaysian government has said it is open to new proposals from companies interested in resuming the hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, five years after the jet’s mysterious disappearance
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March 8, 2014: Flight MH370 vanishes en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 passengers and crew on board

CHINA
Beijing
MALAYSIA
AUSTRALIA
Perth
TANZANIA
MAURITIUS 
MADAGASCAR
MOZAMBIQUE 
SOUTH AFRICA
INDIAN OCEAN
EQUATOR
Réunion (France)
Kuala Lumpur

Planned route
Last radar contact
Possible flight paths
Arc of possible plane positions based on satellite data

Scale at equator 1,600km (1,000 miles)

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Original surface search areas

Subsea search area

Debris confirmed or judged almost certainly to be from MH370
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Initial subsea search: Launched by Malaysia, Australia and China, covering 120,000 sq km of ocean. Called off in Jan 2017

Ocean Infinity: U.S. exploration firm scours 112,000 sq km of seabed in five-month search. Also proves fruitless, ending in May 2018

Suspected debris: More than 30 pieces collected along Indian Ocean coastline – only three fragments confirmed to be from MH370

Investigation: July 2018 report said jet was likely steered off course deliberately, but investigators could not determine who was responsible
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Sources: Associated Press, Bloomberg, Reuters
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