The latest search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been postponed, 11 years after the Boeing 777 aircraft vanished
Malaysia’s transport minister, Anthony Loke, said: “They have stopped the operation for the time being, they will resume the search at the end of this year,” in a voice recording sent to AFP on Thursday.
On 8 March 2014, the Malaysia Airlines flight with 239 passengers and crew onboard fell off air traffic control radars 40 minutes into its six-hour journey from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
The Malaysian government announced it had reached an agreement with British marine robotics firm Ocean Infinity to recommence the search for the wreckage last month.
However, during an event at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Wednesday (2 April), Mr Loke said, “Right now, it’s not the season”.
The new search is focused on a 15,000sq km arc off the coast of Perth, Australia in the southern Indian Ocean, based on data including satellite signals and disrupted radio transmissions Kuala Lumpur found to be “credible”.
Under the “no-find, no-fee” deal, Ocean Infinity will get paid a fee of $70m (£54m) only if the wreck is discovered.
The initial underwater search by Malaysia, Australia and China covered a 120,000 sq km area of the southern Indian Ocean, finding little but debris.
“Whether or not it will be found will be subject to the search, nobody can anticipate,” added the transport minister.
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