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Malaysia agrees to resume the search for a plane that has been missing for 10 years

Malaysian Minister of Transport, Anthony Loke, announced today, Friday, that his country has agreed to resume the search for the wreckage of the missing Malaysia Airlines plane (MH370) more than ten years ago.

Lock expressed, according to Channel News Asia reported: In its English-language publication, he expressed his hope that this time they would be able to find the wreckage of the missing plane, noting that the proposal to resume the search in the southern Indian Ocean came from the exploration company “Ocean Infinity”. which conducted the last search for the plane in 2018.

He said that an 18-month contract will be signed and the company will receive $70 million if large debris is found, indicating that the search operations will be at the bottom of the sea in a new area. Covering 15 thousand square kilometers. The network indicated that Malaysia sought the help of “Ocean Infinity” company. In 2018, in order to search for the missing plane in the southern Indian Ocean, two attempts failed.

It is noteworthy that the Malaysian Airlines plane (MH370), a Boeing 777, disappeared in March. In 2014, it was on its way from Kuala Lumpur to the Chinese capital (Beijing), with 227 passengers and 12 crew members on board.

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