Malaysia Airlines' search for MH370 is scheduled to resume on December 30, when Ocean Infinity's specialized ship arrives in Fremantle, western Australia.
Ocean Infinity confirmed that the MH370 search ship had docked at Fremantle port before entering the search area in the Indian Ocean on December 30th.
A spokesman for Ocean Infinity noted that due to the sensitive nature of the operation, the official announcements from this MH370 search will be announced by the Malaysian government.
Fremantle is the starting point to the MH370 search area, the most isolated and harsh marine environment on Earth. The Boeing 777 is believed to have crashed in this area more than a decade ago.
The ship of Ocean Infinity plays the role of a platform to deploy unmanned submarines to map the ocean floor at extremely deep depths.
Underwater self-propelled search vehicles are equipped with advanced sonar technology, capable of mapping seabeds at depths up to several thousand meters.
These unmanned vehicles are capable of operating continuously in harsh ocean conditions for up to several weeks.
Previous MH370 searches focused on the 7th arc area - an area 1,200km from the Australian coast. This area is considered the furthest point where investigators believe that the Malaysia Airlines plane may have crashed.
However, updated analysis based on satellite information, aircraft performance calculations and studies on the drift of MH370 debris compiled over the past 10 years indicates that the search vessel's direction to the newly identified area has not been carefully reviewed in previous searches.
Data collected during this MH370 search was transferred to shore groups for continuous analysis.
Although cautious about the search results, the deployment of more advanced technology and adjusted search criteria leads to more confidence in the ability to find the wreckage, deciphering one of the biggest mysteries of world aviation.
Ocean Infinity will receive $70 million if the plane wreckage is found. This search is conducted according to the principle of "not found, no fee".
When the terms for the new search were agreed upon earlier this year, Malaysia said: "The government is committed to continuing the search operation and bringing peace of mind to the families of passengers on flight MH370.
