New search for missing MH370 plane

Exploration firm Ocean Infinity is conducting a fresh search in the southern Indian Ocean for the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, more than a decade after the aircraft disappeared

2014: MH370 vanishes en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board

Area where suspected plane debris has been found

Beijing

Mar 8: Departs Kuala Lumpur

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Last seen by military radar

INDIAN OCEAN

Underwater search area

Seventh arc: Area of last satellite contact with plane

2,000km 1,250 miles

Loses contact with air traffic control less than an hour after takeoff

AUSTRALIA

Above: Ocean Infinity’s Armada 78-06 search vessel is equipped with a fleet of autonomous underwater vehicles able to reach depths of 6km for up to 100 hours at a time

Multinational search (2014-17)

Searched by Ocean Infinity (2018)

Proposed area of new Ocean Infinity search (15,000 sq km)

300km 185 miles

Picture: Ocean Infinity © GRAPHIC NEWS
Sources: AFP, BBC, Caption.net, The Conversation