MH370

Firm to receive up to $70 mn if MH370 found

Kuala Lumpur - Muslimchronicle

Malaysia signed a deal with an American firm on Wednesday to resume the search for MH370 almost four years after the plane disappeared, with the company to receive up to $70 million if successful. The new hunt, which will last 90 days, is expected to start in mid-January when a high-tech vessel leased by the seabed exploration firm, Ocean Infinity, reaches a newRead more

Malaysia Airlines picks new CEO

Kuala Lumpur - Muslimchronicle

Malaysia Airlines on Friday named veteran senior executive Izham Ismail as its new CEO after his predecessor's shock departure dealt a fresh blow to the struggling carrier. Izham, currently Malaysia Airlines chief operating officer, will be the carrier's fourth chief executive since 2014 when the company was plunged into crisis by the disappearance of flight MH370 and the downing ofRead more

MH370 search reveals hidden undersea world

Sydney - Muslimchronicle

The painstaking search for missing flight MH370 has uncovered a previously unknown undersea world of volcanoes, deep valleys and soaring ridges, according to detailed maps released by Australia. Although no trace of the Malaysia Airlines plane was found during the search in the southern Indian Ocean – the most expensive ever of its kind – large volumes of data showingRead more

Families aim to raise $15m to search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Arab Today

The families of those onboard missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 launched efforts Saturday to raise at least $15 million to fund a private search as they marked the third anniversary of the plane’s disappearance. Malaysia, Australia and China suspended a nearly three-year search in the southern Indian Ocean on Jan. 17 after it failed to find any trace of theRead more

Aussie, Malaysian ministers thank MH370 search crews in Australia

Canberra - ArabToday

Australia's Transport Minister Darren Chester has on Monday thanked the crew of the Fugro Equator -- the vessel which, for three years, was searching for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. Following the suspension of the deep-sea ocean search for the aircraft last week, Chester and Malaysian counterpart, Minister Liow Tiong Lai met with the crew of the search vessel inRead more

Suspended search for MH370 can restart with new evidence

Canberra - ArabToday

The Australian government has not ruled out a future underwater search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 so long as "credible new evidence" arises, Australia's Transport Minister Darren Chester said on Wednesday. Following Tuesday night's joint statement from China, Australia and Malaysia that the "largest search in aviation history" had been suspended following the completion of the official 120,000 square-kilometerRead more

MH370 plunged into ocean at high speed

Sydney - Arab Today

MH370 plunged into the ocean at high speed -- up to 20,000 feet a minute -- reinforcing analysis that the missing Malaysia Airlines jet crashed in the current search zone, a report said Tuesday. The Boeing 777 disappeared on March 8, 2014 en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people onboard. An extensive underwater hunt in the southernRead more

Hopes new wing part could reveal MH370 clues

Sydney - Arab Today

Australian MH370 search authorities are hopeful a wing part found in Tanzania will shed light on how the flight crashed, amid a lack of public information on debris found a year ago. As the underwater hunt far off Australia's west coast draws to a close without any sign of the plane, there has been speculation the flight's final resting placeRead more