Hopes for finding Malaysia Airlines MH370 were boosted when unusual activities of search ships operated by maritime robot company Ocean Infinity in the Indian Ocean were recorded last week.
One of the ships operated by Ocean Infinity seems to have returned to the position it was searching for just a few days ago.
Searchers believe that this move shows that the unit coordinating the new MH370 search has detected some signal.
Therefore, the ship is capable of using remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to sweep underwater to search for MH370 in these areas.
However, scientific journalist Jeff Wise, who specializes in aviation and is one of the leading investigators of MH370, rejected the above hypothesis.
I feel it is necessary to clarify some misinformation spreading on the Internet. There are statements that the ship stopped because it was deploying underwater remote control (ROV) devices to closely observe an object under the seabed.
The reason the ship anchored was explained very clearly by Ocean Infinity itself as to wait for the bad weather period to pass.
In addition, we also know that the ship does not have ROVs on board. That is spreading false information" - he emphasized.
This MH370 expert also added that the devices being monitored are not ROVs but cooling devices.
Why do they have refrigerators? One of their functions is to preserve food. Perhaps the crew wanted to stay for longer than expected, but we really don't know the exact reason," he said.
According to Jeff Wise, although he understood "the desire for the best possible results", some netizens misunderstood the activities in the MH370 search, considering them positive developments.
Flight MH370 went missing in March 2014. To date, the MH370 disappearance is still the biggest mystery in modern aviation history, there is not much information about where the plane crashed. No bodies of the 239 people on board were found.
This MH370 search began on December 30, 2025, in which Ocean Infinity deployed searches under an agreement with the Malaysian Government on the basis of "not finding, no fee".
The online hypotheses surrounding this MH370 search partly arose because the company did not publicly share information about the search process.
A spokesman for Ocean Infinity noted that due to the sensitive nature of the MH370 search, the official announcements from the search were only announced by the Malaysian Government.
