A marine robotics company claims to have new scientific evidence in the search for the MH370 flight which disappeared in March 2014 while flying over South China Sea.
Ocean Infinity has submitted a proposal to the Malaysian government after announcing plans for a new search.
The Texas-based company is offering a a "no-cure, no-fee" search – which involves the client paying for the services if the company secures a positive outcome.
Ocean Infinity say they are now "in a position" to reopen a probe after previously scouring the southern Indian Ocean in 2018.
A marine robotics company claims to have new scientific evidence in the search for the MH370 flight which disappeared in March 2014 while flying over South China Sea
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The company’s chief executive officer Oliver Plunkett said: “We now feel in a position to be able to return to the search for MH370, and have submitted a proposal to the Malaysian government.
"Finding MH370 and bringing some resolution for all connected with the loss of the aircraft has been a constant in our minds since we left the southern Indian Ocean in 2018.
"Since then, we have focused on driving the transformation of operations at sea; innovating with technology and robotics to further advance our ocean search capabilities."
Following the disaster, governments and private companies have carried out searches but the plane has never been found and the fate of its 227 passengers and 12 crew members remains unknown.
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The flight vanished from air traffic control radars while flying over the South China Sea less than an hour after taking off from Kuala Lumpur.
Analysis of a series of satellite "pings" found that the aircraft strayed away from its planned route, heading west across the Southeast Asia peninsula before changing its path southward over the Indian Ocean.
Malaysia’s transport minister Anthony Loke said he has now invited Ocean Infinity to talk about a "no cure, no fee" proposal.
He told reporters: "I am very, very confident that the government of Malaysia and cabinet will approve such a proposal."
Investigators suggest this could have been the final flight path of MH370
WikiCommonsPlunkett said his team have been analysing data in a bid to narrow the search area.
He added: "This search is arguably the most challenging, and indeed the most pertinent one out there.
"We’ve been working with many experts, some outside of Ocean Infinity, to continue analysing the data in the hopes of narrowing the search area down to one in which success becomes potentially achievable.
"We hope to get back to the search soon."