Malaysia is reportedly set to implement a new search for the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 airplane greater than a decade after it disappeared as the result of what is being called a “credible” proposal that suggests a new search area in the southern Indian Ocean, according to multiple media sources.
New Search For Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Airplane?
A Boeing 777-200 aircraft which operated as Malaysia Airlines flight 370 while carrying 227 passengers and 12 members of the flight crew from Kuala Lumpur disappeared early in the morning on Saturday, March 8, 2014 somewhere over the Gulf of Thailand while en route to Beijing.
The airplane was scheduled to land in Beijing at 6:30 in the morning local time on that fateful day — but it did not arrive. No “mayday” was reported by the flight crew; and the aircraft never entered Chinese air space. A criminal inquiry had been launched; and assets were deployed to the southern Indian Ocean in search of the aircraft, which was still not found one year after the incident occurred.
In addition to its disappearance, there is still no official explanation as to what happened and why — although speculation and theories of what had happened continue to swirl about. For example, Zaharie Ahmad Shah — who was the captain of the airplane which was used for the flight — may have engaged in an act of mass murder-suicide which he had been meticulously planning for weeks prior to the incident.
Although one airplane part was found in August of 2015 and confirmed to be part of the airplane that operated as Malaysia Airlines flight 370, Malaysia, China, and Australia ended their joint search for the aircraft as of January of 2017 — almost three years after the occurrence of the incident — after no significant findings. The search for survivors of the mysterious disappearance of the airplane ended in January of 2015. Approximately 46,000 square miles of the southern Indian Ocean had been covered at a cost of greater than $130 million.
Negotiations are reportedly under way with Ocean Infinity regarding a proposal by the company in June 2024 to resume the undersea search for wreckage of the airplane in an area of 15,000 square kilometers off the coast of Western Australia for a fee of $70 million in United States dollars — although that fee will only be paid if the wreckage is found and confirmed to be that of the airplane which operated as Malaysia Airlines flight 370.
Final Boarding Call
Friends and families of the victims of this tragedy hope to finally get answers as to what actually happened, as they have been frustrated by the lack of information pertaining to this incident for greater than ten years. They are seeking some kind of closure after being put through an emotional roller coaster.
I hope they receive that closure as soon as possible, as they have already endured more than their fare share of sorrow…
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