The search for the wreckage of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean has been paused due to unfavorable weather conditions and will not resume until the end of the year, Transport Minister Loke Siew Fook announced on April 3.
The minister, quoted by state news agency Bernama, did not say why such a prolonged delay was required. In the southern hemisphere, it is now autumn and poor wintry conditions are then expected to predominate for several months.
Flight MH370, a Boeing 777, disappeared in 2014 while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, with 227 passengers and 12 crew members on board, becoming one of the most baffling aviation mysteries in history.
"I think right now it's not the season. I think they have stopped the operation for the time being and will resume the search at the end of this year," Transport Minister Loke was quoted by Bernama as saying.
Last month, Malaysia agreed to terms and conditions of an agreement with Ocean Infinity to resume the search for MH370 in a new location estimated to cover 15,000 sq km in the southern Indian Ocean.
Cabinet ministers agreed to terms and conditions for a 바카라no-find, no-fee바카라 contract with Texas-based Ocean Infinity to resume the seabed search operation at a new 15,000-square-kilometer (5,800-square-mile) site in the ocean, Transport Minister Anthony Loke said in a statement Wednesday. Ocean Infinity will be paid $70 million only if wreckage is discovered.
