After more than a decade, the disappearance of MH370 - the world's biggest aviation mystery - may soon be solved, according to Australia's 9News.
A new search to locate the wreckage of crashed Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 could begin within weeks after the Malaysian government accepted an expert report on the potential location of the wreckage.
MH370 search experts say they are almost certain to have found the location of MH370, just 30km from where the most recent search for MH370 took place.
A Malaysian government minister revealed that Kuala Lumpur is in detailed negotiations with US-based marine exploration company Ocean Infinity about reopening the search for MH370 after a six-year hiatus.
"The latest data from experts and researchers has been consulted by the company. The recommendation for Infinity's search operation is a strong and credible recommendation," said Malaysian Transport Minister Anthony Loke.
Ocean Infinity believes MH370 crashed in the Indian Ocean, 562km west of Perth, Australia.
There were 239 people on board when MH370 went missing on March 8, 2014. The plane's last satellite signals indicate the Boeing 777 may have crashed west of Perth.
The area became the focus of a multinational search for the wreckage of Flight MH370, but in December 2017 the most expensive aviation search in history ended.
Notably, during the search phase, from June 2015, MH370 debris began to drift onto various shores, including Reunion Island, Mozambique, Tanzania and Mauritius.
A year after the first multinational search for MH370 ended, Ocean Infinity began its first underwater search, which lasted six months but yielded no results. More than 200,000 square kilometers of ocean were scoured by the company in the search for MH370.
The new search area proposed by Ocean Infinity in the 2024 search for MH370 is just 30km away from the previous search area.
MH370 experts believe the search could be restarted in this area by the end of November. The search will be based on the principle of "no find, no fee" but if MH370 is found, the fee to be paid to Ocean Infinity is 70 million USD.
