KUALA LUMPUR – The ongoing search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight in a new area of the southern Indian Ocean has not led to the aircraft’s location yet, the Transport Ministry said on Sunday.
The ministry’s Air Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) said in a statement that the operations were conducted in two phases: March 25 to 28, 2025 (Phase 1) and Dec 31, 2025 to Jan 23, 2026 (Phase 2), with the government having previously engaged the UK-based Ocean Infinity to reinstate the search for the missing aircraft.
“In total, 28 operational search days were undertaken across both phases following the signing of the agreement, resulting in the survey of approximately 7,571 square kilometers of seabed within the defined search area,” it said.
Ocean Infinity has indicated that additional survey activities were undertaken within the broader search area before the formal signing of the agreement in March 2025, to support the search operation, it said.
It added that the government remains committed to keeping the families informed and will continue to provide updates as appropriate.
The disappearance of MH370 was a tragic accident that occurred on March 8, 2014, when the plane, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, China, vanished from radar screens with 239 people on board.