By Tim Binnall
Hopes for a resolution in the case of Malaysian Airlines flight 370 have been renewed as a search for the infamously lost airliner is reportedly set to resume later this month. The inexplicable disappearance of the Boeing 777 carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew members has become a bona fide modern mystery since it occurred nearly 12 years ago in March of 2014. Multiple searches for the missing airliner, thought to be somewhere on the Indian Ocean floor, have come up short over the years, with no sign of the plane being found. However, the question of what became of MH370 may soon be answered thanks to yet another attempt that will get underway in a few weeks.
In this instance, the search starting on December 30th will be the resumption of an effort spearheaded by maritime robotics company Ocean Infinity this past February. That expedition was stopped after only about six weeks due to concerns about the weather. Expectations that the search would resume were confirmed on Wednesday, when the Malaysian Transport Ministry announced the forthcoming effort that is scheduled to last 55 days. As was the case with a 2018 search by Ocean Infinity, the company has a "no-find, no-fee" deal with the Malaysian government in which it will only receive the agreed-upon $70 million payment if it can locate the downed airliner.