Deep-sea robots resume hunt for missing Malaysian plane after 11 years

The search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which disappeared over the southern Indian Ocean on March 8, 2014, has resumed nearly 12 years later with a new underwater mission beginning on December 30. The Boeing 777 vanished with 239 people onboard after its transponder stopped transmitting about 40 minutes into the flight, and military radar showed it deviated sharply from its planned route, heading into the remote Indian Ocean. Despite the largest and most expensive search in aviation history covering 46,000 square miles, no wreckage was found, and the search was suspended in 2017. Pieces believed to be from the plane have washed ashore in scattered locations, but only three wing fragments have been definitively linked to MH370, and no bodies have been recovered. The renewed search is led by Texas-based marine robotics company Ocean Infinity under a “no find, no fee” agreement, with a potential payout of up to $70 million if the wreckage is located. Unlike previous