Investigation
MH370 disappearance and search
Ocean Infinity's 2025-26 seabed search ended without finding the plane, but Cabinet renewed its no-find-no-fee contract for 12 months from July 2026, with the search to resume in the November-April calm season.
- Category
- Disaster & safety
- Since
- 8 Mar 2014
- Last update
- 30 Jun 2026
- Next
- Ocean Infinity search window reopens (search window Nov 2026 – Apr 2027)
Timeline
- Flight MH370 vanished on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people aboard.
- Ocean Infinity carried out an unsuccessful search from January to June.
- A new no-find-no-fee search by Ocean Infinity began its first phase.
- The second phase ended, having covered about 7,571 sq km of seabed without locating the wreckage.
- Ocean Infinity confirmed the latest hunt had come up empty.
- Cabinet approved a 12-month extension covering a remaining 7,428 sq km area, with US$70 million payable only on a find.