Malaysia Airlines' search for MH370 has been delayed until the following summer in the Southern Hemisphere due to seasonal changes and previous trade commitments of Ocean Infinity, Malaymail informed on April 3.
Summer in the Southern Hemisphere takes place from December to February.
According to a Facebook post by the Family Union and crew on Flight MH370, marine robotics company Ocean Infinity had arrived at the search area in advance but only officially began the search on March 25 after signing a contract with the Malaysian government.
"Ocean Infinity stopped searching on March 28 and will continue searching next summer in the Southern Hemisphere," the post stated.
Malaysian Transport Minister Anthony Loke previously said that the government of this country has signed an agreement with Ocean Infinity to continue searching for MH370.
However, on April 2, he said that although the search agreement for MH370 had been completed, the search was suspended due to unfavorable weather conditions. Secretary Anthony Loke said the search would resume by the end of the year.
They have stopped searching for now and will continue searching for the end of this year. This is not the right time, AFP quoted Transport Minister Anthony Loke as saying at an event at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on April 2.
"Whether it is found or not will depend on the search, no one can predict" - Minister Anthony Loke added.
The Malaysian Transport Minister's comments came more than a month after Malaysia said the search for MH370 had resumed.
The Boeing 777 carrying 239 people disappeared from radar screens on March 8, 2014, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
The largest search in aviation history has been launched but the whereabouts of the missing plane have not yet been found.
The first Australian search for MH370 has searched an area of 120,000 square kilometres in the Indian Ocean for more than three years, but has found little trace of the plane other than a few pieces of debris.
Maritime exploration company Ocean Infinity launched a second search for MH370 in 2018 and has just agreed to conduct a third search this year.
Founded in 2017, Ocean Infinity is headquartered in Austin, USA and Southampton, UK. Ocean Infinity uses robots to collect data from the ocean and the seabed.
The new search area covers an area of 15,000 square kilometres in the southern Indian Ocean. This search for MH370 is also being conducted by Ocean Infinity on a "no find, no fee" basis.
The disappearance of MH370 has long been the subject of many theories, including the possibility that MH370 pilot Zaharie Ahmad Shah was the culprit.
The final report on the MH370 tragedy released in 2018 pointed out errors in air traffic control and said the plane's route had been changed manually.
In a 495-page report, investigators of the missing MH370 case are still uncertain as to why the plane disappeared and do not rule out the possibility that others besides the pilot controlled the plane.
