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09:50, 03-Aug-2017
US firm offers to resume search for missing MH370
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The US seabed exploration firm Ocean Infinity has offered to take on the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, families of passengers and a Malaysian government minister said on Wednesday, in a bid to unveil one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries.
Malaysian authorities have not yet decided whether or not to accept the offer. The company has offered to resume the search for free and would ask for a reward only if the aircraft is located.
The Boeing 777 disappeared in 2014 in route to Beijing from the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur with 239 people aboard. Analysis of radar and satellite contacts suggested someone on board may have deliberately switched off the plane's transponder before diverting it thousands of kilometers out over the Indian Ocean.
In January, Australia, Malaysia and China called off the two-year search that had cost 160 million US dollars, amid protests from families of those on-board.
(With inputs from Reuters)