By Admin 
That night of March 8, 2014 is still the biggest wound in the world of aviation. Malaysia Airlines’ Boeing 777 flight MH370, which flew from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, disappeared from radar in such a way that even after 12 years, no definite trace of it was found. The 239 people aboard that plane seemed lost somewhere in the air. This puzzle remains the same even today. Although the ocean may not have revealed its secrets yet, the searchers have not given up.
Now the Malaysian government has extended the mission to find this missing plane by one more year. British company Ocean Infinity, which is searching for debris in the deep sea, will now continue this work till June 2027. Transport Minister Anthony Lok gave this information on Monday (June 29, 2026) and said that the Cabinet approved this decision last Friday.
The thing to note is that this search is not starting from zero. Ocean Infinity is already exploring the southern Indian Ocean under a new agreement signed last year. Now its deadline has been extended from 1st July 2026 to 30th June 2027.
Why did the search time have to be extended?
There are two simple reasons behind this, first – there is still an area of about 7,428 square kilometers in the ocean floor which is yet to be completely scanned.
Second- Ocean Infinity also has to fulfill some of its other commercial commitments. Due to this, its main ships and equipment will be sent elsewhere for some time between November 2026 and April 2027.
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According to the government, these months are the season of calm seas when searching is safest and most effective. This extension has been given to compensate for this gap in between. The most interesting part of the whole deal is its terms. The Malaysian government has made it clear that this deal is on no find, no fee basis.
That means, Ocean Infinity will get a huge payment of around Rs 580 crore only when it brings out the debris of MH370 from the depths of the sea. If your hands remain empty, you will not get a single penny. Minister Lok also said that in the extension, all the conditions of the old agreement will remain the same.
It is important to know that the company had recently conducted a search between March 2025 and January 2026, but in that too no concrete evidence of the wreckage of the plane was found. This is why the families had requested the government to take the agreement forward to fully explore the remaining area.
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That last message still haunts me today
Good night, Malaysian three seven zero… This was the last message from the pilot received by air traffic control. After this the plane changed its planned route and turned towards the wilderness of the Southern Indian Ocean where it is not easy to find.
Did the plane suffer from some technical fault, was it hijacked or did someone deliberately divert the path? These questions remain unresolved even today. The families of the passengers on board the plane are still waiting for a closure. Now it remains to be seen whether this one-year extension and Ocean Infinity’s advanced robotic technology will finally solve this 12-year-old puzzle.