A family member of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 holds a flower during a memorial event marking the 10th anniversary of its disappearance, in Subang Jaya, Malaysia, March 3, 2024. HASNOOR HUSSAIN / REUTERS The plane mysteriously disappeared ten years ago. The Malaysian government has approved the launch of a new search for the Boeing 777-200ER of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, Transport Minister Anthony Loke said on Friday. “The proposal for a research operation by [la société] Ocean Infinity is strong and deserves consideration,” the minister told reporters. On December 13, the government “accepted in principle the Ocean Infinity proposal”, to continue research “in a new area estimated at 15,000 square kilometers in the south of the Indian Ocean”, he said. specified. The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 disappeared from radar screens on March 8, 2014 with 239 people on board, while it was supposed to connect Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Despite the searches undertaken, considered the most important in the history of aviation, the plane and its flight recorders, commonly known as “black boxes”, were never found. The final report of the Malaysian investigation was published in July 2018, but reading its 1,500 pages, including annexes, ends with a feeling of incompleteness: “The team of investigators is not able to determine the real cause of the disappearance of flight MH370. » Ocean Infinity is a company specializing in marine robotics, whose teams are mainly based in Texas and England. The summary | Article reserved for our subscribers Disappearance of flight MH370: what do we know ten years later? Read later Le Monde with AFP Reuse this content
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