Summary
Efforts to find the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will start again this month. The plane disappeared on March 8, 2014, during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Ocean Infinity, a search company, will lead the operation in the southern Indian Ocean.
Key Facts
- Flight MH370 disappeared in 2014 with 239 people on board.
- The renewed search will focus on areas most likely to hold the wreckage.
- The majority of passengers were Chinese; others came from Malaysia, Indonesia, and Australia.
- Satellite data suggested the plane diverted south near the Indian Ocean and likely crashed.
- A previous search covered 120,000 square kilometers but found only small debris.
- Ocean Infinity will restart the search on December 30 under a "no-find, no-fee" agreement.
- Malaysia's government will pay Ocean Infinity $70 million if the plane's wreckage is found.
- Families of passengers have pushed for the search and demanded compensation.
