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Company Ocean Infinity wants to help find MH370 almost three years after it went missing

AN UNDERWATER surveying company has reportedly launched a bold bid to find MH370, as a top US investigator says that the Australian-led search was flawed.

Underwater mapping data failed to find Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370

A PRIVATE company has proposed a “no find, no fee” search for MH370, which could start in a matter of weeks.

The Australian reports that Ocean Infinity was briefed in London this week by Australian Transport Safety Bureau leaders who tried to find MH370 for two years after it disappeared on a scheduled flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014.

The MH370 search area that was focused on. Picture: Supplied
The MH370 search area that was focused on. Picture: Supplied

The search scoured 120,000sq km and ended in January with no trace of the plane, at a cost of $200 million to Australian, Malaysian and Chinese taxpayers.

Texas-based Ocean Infinity put a proposal to the Malaysia Government a few months ago that proposed no fee if they don’t find the aircraft and $90 million if the wreckage is located.

A top air crash investigator says the ATSB’s assumptions in the search for MH370 were wrong.  Picture:  ATSB
A top air crash investigator says the ATSB’s assumptions in the search for MH370 were wrong. Picture: ATSB

The company plans to use advanced sonar scanning equipment to find MH370.

It comes as a top air crash investigator, John Cox, said that the ATSB’s “ghost flight” and “death dive” theories are wrong, evidence from recovered wing flaps suggests the pilot was flying the aircraft until the end and ditched it.

Original URL: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/company-ocean-infinity-wants-to-help-find-mh370-almost-three-years-after-it-went-missing/news-story/c0ab87dc9f1dbddd55f69a0f0aa3d55f