Hunt for missing flight MH370 to resume this month

The search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 will resume on Dec.30, Malaysia’s transport ministry said

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 will resume on Dec. 30, Malaysia’s transport ministry said on Wednesday, more than a decade after the Beijing-bound flight disappeared in one of the world’s greatest aviation mysteries.

Flight MH370, a Boeing 777, was carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew when it vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in 2014. Multiple search operations for the plane have been conducted since then but all proved fruitless.

The most recent search in the southern Indian Ocean was suspended in April after just a few weeks due to poor weather conditions. Exploration firm Ocean Infinity has confirmed it would recommence seabed operations for 55 days, conducted intermittently, the transport ministry said.

“The search will be carried out in targeted area assessed to have the highest probability of locating the aircraft,” it said in a statement.

No precise location of the search area has been given.