"Good night"—Search Resumes for Passenger Jet Missing for 11 Years After Last Communication

[Financial News] The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370), which mysteriously disappeared 11 years ago, is set to resume.
According to AFP and other sources on the 3rd (local time), the Ministry of Transport Malaysia announced that the American marine exploration company Ocean Infinity will intermittently restart the search for up to 55 days beginning on the 30th.
The Ministry of Transport Malaysia stated, "This demonstrates the government's commitment to bringing peace of mind to the families affected by this tragedy." However, the exact search location has not been disclosed.
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370) disappeared over the Indian Ocean on March 8, 2014, after taking off from Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) en route to Beijing.
At the time, there were 227 passengers and 12 crew members on board.
Malaysian authorities organized a joint search team and combed an estimated 120,000 square kilometers of the presumed crash area over three years, but no clues were found.
Ocean Infinity, having been promised a reward of $70 million, launched two search operations starting in 2018, but suspended efforts after failing to achieve significant results.
The final report released in 2018 revealed errors by air traffic control and noted that the flight path had been manually altered.
The aircraft lost contact with air traffic control 38 minutes after takeoff. As the plane entered Vietnamese airspace, Malaysian air traffic controllers instructed the crew to switch to the Vietnamese frequency. However, the captain of MH370 left a final message—"Good night, Malaysia 370"—before the aircraft vanished.
Initially, the plane was heading toward Vietnam, but it reportedly deviated from its planned route and turned back toward Malaysia. It continued flying for about seven hours and was last detected 370 kilometers northwest of Penang Island before disappearing completely from radar.
The cause of the disappearance remains undetermined.
In December of last year, Ocean Infinity proposed to the Malaysian government a new search covering 15,000 square kilometers in the southern Indian Ocean. The authorities accepted, and the search has resumed.
Ocean Infinity resumed the search this March, but operations were halted after a month due to severe weather conditions.
newssu@fnnews.com Kim Su-yeon Reporter