Ocean Infinity, a UK-based global underwater search company, has three revolutionary high-tech vessels waiting near Malaysia to search for missing flight MH370, AirlineRatings.com reported on October 16.
Two ships Armada 78 04 and Armada 78 06 are anchored at Singapore port.
The remaining ship Armada 78 08 is at coordinates 6.24286 degrees north latitude, 109.68948 degrees east longitude and is stationary in the South China Sea between Vietnam and Borneo island at the edge of the Northwest Borneo Trench.
All three ships are equipped for underwater search.
The third ship (Armada 78 08) is believed to be practicing deep-water operations and the depth at its location is up to 2,000 meters.
Ocean Infinity has presented the Malaysian Government with a “no find no fee” offer to search for MH370, the Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared on March 8, 2014, with 239 people on board, at a new location based on the groundbreaking WSPR work carried out by British aerospace expert Richard Godfrey.
MH370 expert Godfrey asserted that most MH370 analysts agree that, based on satellite data, the Malaysia Airlines plane was near arc number 6 at 00:11 UTC and arc number 7 at 00:19 UTC on March 8, 2014.
Anomalous signals between 00:10 and 00:30 UTC around these arcs in the Indian Ocean were also checked by automated radar. Therefore, Mr. Godfrey concluded that MH370 could not have gone further north or south due to fuel limitations and geography.
The Malaysian government is considering an offer from Ocean Infinity for an estimated $70 million if MH370 is found.
If approved, the new search would begin in November 2024.
Flight MH370 began as normal. However, after the first officer made a final voice check call to air traffic control and said goodbye, the transponder went dead. Malaysian air traffic control lost contact with the plane over the Gulf of Thailand.
Malaysia Airlines declared the plane missing at 2:40 a.m. and issued a red alert code at 3:45 a.m. on March 8, 2014. The plane was scheduled to land in Beijing at 6:30 a.m. the same day but never landed.
Involving multiple countries and covering vast areas of the Indian Ocean, the search for MH370 has become one of the most expensive in aviation history. Despite all the resources devoted to the mission, the search was suspended in 2017.
