The Aviation Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) under the Malaysian Ministry of Transport (MOT) issued a statement on March 8, 2026 about the latest MH370 search.
The announcement said that the Malaysian government officially signed an agreement with Ocean Infinity on March 25, 2025 to conduct a search operation for MH370 in a new area of 15,000km2 in the southern Indian Ocean.
The search for MH370 is conducted according to the principle "not found, no fee" in two phases: From March 25 to 28, 2025 (Phase 1) and from December 31, 2025 to January 23, 2026 (Phase 2).
In total, 28 days of search have been carried out in both phases after the agreement was signed, thereby surveying about 7,571km2 of seabed in the identified search area. Ocean Infinity said that additional survey activities have been carried out in the wider search area before the official agreement was signed in March 2025, to support search operations" - the statement stated.
AAIB notes that operations have been periodically interrupted due to unfavorable weather and sea conditions, with Phase 2 ending on January 23, 2026.
As of this update, the search operations carried out have not yet yielded any findings confirming the location of the plane wreckage" - the Aviation Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) under the Malaysian Ministry of Transportation stated.
The agency said that Malaysia remains committed to keeping in touch with the families and will continue to provide updated information as appropriate.
At 1:19 AM on March 8, 2014, air traffic control recorded a short response from the cockpit of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370: "Good night, Malaysia 370".
No one could have imagined that those words would become the final message from the plane carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew members on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, China before going missing.
As one of the largest search operations in aviation history, searches led by Malaysia, Australia and China have been launched but have not found the wreckage in the main search area in the southern Indian Ocean.
In recent years, a number of plane debris, confirmed or suspected to be MH370 debris, have been found along the coast of the western Indian Ocean, including Mozambique, Madagascar and Réunion Island.
Currently, the disappearance of the Boeing 777 remains the biggest mystery in modern aviation history and leaves a profound impact on the global aviation industry, promoting efforts to strengthen aircraft tracking systems and improve flight data sharing to prevent a similar tragedy from happening again.
For the past 12 years, the hopes of the victims' families have never faded. For the victims' families, the international community and the global aviation community, that question has always existed since that fateful night: What really happened after the last words in the cockpit?
Perhaps one day the answer will be found. But currently, the tragedy on March 8, 2014 - when flight MH370 disappeared - is still an unsolved mystery.
