‘MH370 is not history’: 10 years on, Malaysia seeks to revive Ocean Infinity’s jet search

He made the comment at a Kuala Lumpur memorial event where relatives of those missing made an impassioned appeal to officials to restart the lapsed search for their loved ones, which remains one of the biggest mysteries in aviation history.

In the predawn hours of March 8, 2014, flight MH370, which was carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew members, dropped off the radar just over an hour after taking off from Kuala Lumpur International Airport en route to Beijing.

Most of the passengers were Chinese nationals, but also included dozens of Malaysians. Other victims came from Australia, Canada, France, India, Indonesia, New Zealand, Russia, Ukraine, the Netherlands and the United States.

The lack of closure has brought endless heartache to families of the 239 people who disappeared with the airliner – and has spurred a cottage industry in spin-off books, blogs and documentaries, some well-researched, many spurious.

The firm carried out a fruitless three-month search across 112,000 sq km of the Indian Ocean in 2018.

“The Ministry of Transport are ready to invite Ocean Infinity to Malaysia to discuss the ‘no-find, no-fee’ proposal,” Loke said in a speech. “We are waiting for Ocean Infinity to provide suitable dates, and I am ready to meet them anytime that they are ready to come to Malaysia.”

Until today, little is known of what transpired on board the Boeing 777 jetliner. Air crash investigators concluded that the plane’s transponder was turned off manually before it was steered off course.

Ocean Infinity and the families of those on the missing plane have made repeated appeals to the Malaysian government to approve another search attempt.

“And I stand before you, and make this promise, that I will do everything possible to gain