Five years on, missing MH370 remains a mystery

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Five years on, missing MH370 remains a mystery
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A look back on various search efforts over the years.

The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 five years ago with 239 people on board remains one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries.Satellite data analysis showed the plane likely crashed somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean, off the coast of western Australia. Here are some details of the search for MH370.Malaysia, Australia and China launched an underwater search in a 120,000 sq km area in the southern Indian Ocean based on the satellite data.

The search, which cost about A$200 million , was called off after two years in January 2017 with no traces of the plane found." offer from US exploration firm Ocean Infinity for a three-month search, meaning the company would only get paid if it found the plane.in May 2018.More than 30 pieces of suspected aircraft debris have been collected along the Indian Ocean coastline, but only three wing fragments were confirmed to be from MH370.

Most of the debris were used in drift pattern analysis in the hopes of narrowing down the aircraft's possible location.A 495-page report into MH370's disappearance, published in July 2018, said the Boeing 777's controls were likely deliberately manipulated to take it off course, but investigators could not determine who was responsible.

The report also highlighted mistakes made by the Kuala Lumpur and Ho Chi Minh City air traffic control centres and issued recommendations to avoid a repeat incident. Investigators stopped short of offering any conclusions about what happened to MH370, saying that depended on finding the plane's wreckage.The Malaysian government has said it will consider resuming the search only when credible new evidence is found.authorities to consider offering a reward, launch a new search, or accept other offers from private companies to find MH370.For almost 20 years, Malaysiakini has stayed true to the cause of providing the Malaysian public with the truth.

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