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Calculated Shard: 84 (from laksa072)

2. Crawled Status Check

Query:

curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa084.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.nytimes.com/article/malaysia-airlines-missing-flight-mh370.html\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.nytimes.com/article/malaysia-airlines-missing-flight-mh370.html\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/article\/malaysia-airlines-missing-flight-mh370.html","crawl_time":1772878069,"first_indexed_time":1740870228,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,nytimes!www,\/article\/malaysia-airlines-missing-flight-mh370.html s443","src_root_hash":"4566504020376537684","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"What Happened to MH370? What We Know About the Malaysia Airlines Flight. - The New York Times","meta_descriptions":["The disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines jet is one of aviation’s greatest mysteries. The search has resumed, Malaysia’s transport minister said."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"Advertisement\nSKIP ADVERTISEMENT\nThe disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines jet is one of aviation’s greatest mysteries. The search has resumed, Malaysia’s transport minister said.\nFamily members and relatives of passengers from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 lit candles during a 10th anniversary event near Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.\nCredit...\nFl Wong\/Associated Press\nFeb. 26, 2025\nOn March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was heading from Kuala Lumpur, the Malaysian capital, to Beijing, when it deviated from its scheduled path, turning west across the Malay Peninsula.\nThe plane, a Boeing 777 carrying 239 people from 15 countries, is believed to have veered off course and flown south for several hours after radar contact was lost. Some officials believe it may have crashed somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean after running out of fuel, but expansive search efforts over years have returned no answers, no victims, and no plane.\nThe reason the plane went off course and its exact location today remains one of aviation’s greatest mysteries. Anthony Loke, Malaysia’s transport minister said in February that ships were being mobilized for a renewed search operation.\nHere’s a brief look at what we know about the plane’s disappearance more than 10 years later.\nImage\nRayan Gharazeddine, of the Royal Australian Air Force, scanning the water in the southern Indian Ocean during a search flight for the missing plane in 2014.\nCredit...\nAssociated Press\nInvestigators searched by air and sea.\nThe first phase of the search lasted 52 days and was conducted largely from the air, covering 1.7 million square miles and involving 334 search flights.\nIn January 2017, the governments of Australia, Malaysia and China officially\ncalled off the underwater search\nfor the plane after combing more than 46,000 square miles of the Indian Ocean floor. That effort cost $150 million.\nThe following January, the Malaysian government\nbegan another search in partnership with Ocean Infinity\nafter receiving pressure from families of the missing passengers and crew. After a few months, the search effort led by Ocean Infinity ended, having found no evidence of the plane’s whereabouts.\nImage\nA submarine built by Bluefin Robotics similar to ones used to search for Flight 370 in 2014.\nCredit...\nAssociated Press\/Associated Press\nWas any debris ever found?\nWhile a wrecked plane was never found, about 20 pieces of debris believed to be from the plane were located along the coasts of the African mainland and on the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion and Rodrigues.\nIn summer 2015, investigators determined that a large object that\nwashed up on the shore of Réunion\n, a French island in the Indian Ocean, was a flaperon that had come from a Boeing 777, making it likely that it was debris from Flight 370.\nAnother piece of debris, a triangular piece of fiberglass composite and aluminum with the words “No Step” written on its side,\nwas found in February 2016\non an uninhabited sandbank along the coast of Mozambique.\nThen, the Australian government confirmed in September 2016 that\na wing flap that had washed onto a Tanzanian island\nwas from Flight 370. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau matched its identifying numbers to those of the missing Boeing 777.\nWhat are the theories around the plane’s disappearance?\nThere are a multitude of theories, ranging from the bizarre to the provocative, about what caused the plane to disappear. In fact, there are too many to name here. The lack of information about what happened to the flight led the public and investigators in several directions.\nSome officials believe that\nthe plane ran out of fuel\n, and one theory holds that the pilots tried to make an emergency landing at sea. Others suggest that one or both pilots lost control of the aircraft, that one was a rogue pilot, or that the plane was hijacked.\nImage\nA collection of photos belonging to Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, the senior pilot of Malaysian Flight 370.\nCredit...\nAssociated Press\nWhat did the official government report say?\nAfter more than four years of searches and investigations,\na 495-page report released in 2018\ngave no conclusive answers as to the fate of the airliner. The lack of concrete answers devastated families of the victims, who had been hoping for some closure.\nKok Soo Chon, the head of the safety investigation team, said the available evidence — including the plane’s manual deviation from its flight course and the switching off of a transponder — “irresistibly point” to “unlawful interference,” which might suggest the plane was hijacked. But there was no evidence of who might have interfered, or why.\nThe report also closely examined all passengers and the pilot, Zaharie Ahmad Shah, and the first officer, Fariq Abdul Hamid. The report looked into the men’s financial statuses, health, tone of voice on radio communications and even their gait as they walked to work that day. No abnormalities were detected.\nImage\nA remembrance event near Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.\nCredit...\nFl Wong\/Associated Press\nWhat happens next?\nNow, more than a decade after the plane’s disappearance with no concrete answers or plane found, a new search is underway.\n“We have given the principal approval for the search to resume,” Mr. Loke, the transport minister of Malaysia, said Feb. 25 in Kuala Lumpur. Ocean Infinity would be looking at an area that they had missed in the past, based on their findings. “We do not want to assume anything right now,” Mr. Loke said.\nThe Armada 7806, a vessel\noperated\nby Ocean Infinity, has been deployed to the South Indian Ocean off the coast of Western Australia, according to a\nmarine traffic site\n. Ocean Infinity said in an email on Feb. 26 that it did not have any more information to share at this stage.\nIn March 2024, the company’s chief executive, Oliver Plunkett, said that it was in a position to search again about six years after its previous effort returned no answers.\nIsabella Kwai contributed reporting.\nA version of this article appears in print on\nMarch 7, 2024\n, Section A, Page 8 of the New York edition with the headline: New Search Considered to Solve 10-Year-Old Plane Mystery\n.\nOrder Reprints\n|\nToday’s Paper\n|\nSubscribe\nRelated Content\nMore in Asia Pacific\nSovfoto\/Universal Images Group via Getty Images\nvia Former Kagawa Prefectural Gymnasium Rebirth Committee\nFirst Run Features\nAirbus\nEditors’ Picks\nJustin Sullivan\/Getty Images\nDenis Reggie\nTrending in The Times\nMPTV Images, via Reuters Connect\nJeff Roberson\/Associated Press\nJanet Mac\nGraham Dickie for The New York Times\nSalwan Georges for The New York Times\nTarini Sharma\nPhoto illustration by The New York Times; source photograph by Atta Kenare\/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images\nKristian Thacker for The New York Times\nAmanda Shae Home Team Realty Group\nLindsey Whitaker\nAdvertisement\nSKIP ADVERTISEMENT","attrs_markdown":"[Skip to content](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/article\/malaysia-airlines-missing-flight-mh370.html#site-content)[Skip to site index](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/article\/malaysia-airlines-missing-flight-mh370.html#site-index)\n\nSearch & Section Navigation\n\nSection Navigation\n\nSearch\n\n[Asia Pacific](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/section\/world\/asia)\n\n[Log in](https:\/\/myaccount.nytimes.com\/auth\/login?response_type=cookie&client_id=vi&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Fsubscription%2Fonboarding-offer%3FcampaignId%3D7JFJX%26EXIT_URI%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.nytimes.com%252Farticle%252Fmalaysia-airlines-missing-flight-mh370.html&asset=masthead)\n\nSaturday, March 7, 2026\n\n[Today’s Paper](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/section\/todayspaper)\n\n[Asia Pacific](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/section\/world\/asia)\\|MH370 Disappeared More Than a Decade Ago. Here’s What We Know Today.\n\nhttps:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/article\/malaysia-airlines-missing-flight-mh370.html\n\n- Share full article\n\nAdvertisement\n\n[SKIP ADVERTISEMENT](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/article\/malaysia-airlines-missing-flight-mh370.html#after-top)\n\nSupported by\n\n[SKIP ADVERTISEMENT](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/article\/malaysia-airlines-missing-flight-mh370.html#after-sponsor)\n# MH370 Disappeared More Than a Decade Ago. Here’s What We Know Today.\nThe disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines jet is one of aviation’s greatest mysteries. The search has resumed, Malaysia’s transport minister said.\n\n- Share full article\n\n![People lighting candles in the middle of a shopping mall. ](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/03\/06\/multimedia\/06xp-malaysiaflight01-pfjb\/06xp-malaysiaflight01-pfjb-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)\n\nFamily members and relatives of passengers from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 lit candles during a 10th anniversary event near Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.Credit...Fl Wong\/Associated Press\n\n[![Derrick Bryson Taylor](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/03\/16\/reader-center\/author-derrick-bryson-taylor\/author-derrick-bryson-taylor-thumbLarge.png)](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/derrick-bryson-taylor)\n\nBy [Derrick Bryson Taylor](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/derrick-bryson-taylor)\n\nFeb. 26, 2025\n\n[阅读简体中文版](https:\/\/cn.nytimes.com\/asia-pacific\/20240307\/malaysia-airlines-missing-flight-mh370\/ \"Read in Simplified Chinese\")[閱讀繁體中文版](https:\/\/cn.nytimes.com\/asia-pacific\/20240307\/malaysia-airlines-missing-flight-mh370\/zh-hant\/ \"Read in Traditional Chinese\")\n\nOn March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was heading from Kuala Lumpur, the Malaysian capital, to Beijing, when it deviated from its scheduled path, turning west across the Malay Peninsula.\n\nThe plane, a Boeing 777 carrying 239 people from 15 countries, is believed to have veered off course and flown south for several hours after radar contact was lost. Some officials believe it may have crashed somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean after running out of fuel, but expansive search efforts over years have returned no answers, no victims, and no plane.\n\nThe reason the plane went off course and its exact location today remains one of aviation’s greatest mysteries. Anthony Loke, Malaysia’s transport minister said in February that ships were being mobilized for a renewed search operation.\n\nHere’s a brief look at what we know about the plane’s disappearance more than 10 years later.\n\nImage\n\n![A man wearing a headset looking out the window of an airplane over a body of water. ](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/03\/06\/multimedia\/06xp-malaysiaflight-4-zgjk\/06xp-malaysiaflight-4-zgjk-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)\n\nRayan Gharazeddine, of the Royal Australian Air Force, scanning the water in the southern Indian Ocean during a search flight for the missing plane in 2014. Credit...Associated Press\n\n## Investigators searched by air and sea.\nThe first phase of the search lasted 52 days and was conducted largely from the air, covering 1.7 million square miles and involving 334 search flights.\n\nIn January 2017, the governments of Australia, Malaysia and China officially [called off the underwater search](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/01\/17\/world\/asia\/malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370-search.html#:~:text=The%20first%20phase%20of%20the,and%20involving%20334%20search%20flights.) for the plane after combing more than 46,000 square miles of the Indian Ocean floor. That effort cost \\$150 million.\n\nThe following January, the Malaysian government [began another search in partnership with Ocean Infinity](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/01\/10\/world\/asia\/malaysia-airlines-flight-370-ocean-infinity.html) after receiving pressure from families of the missing passengers and crew. After a few months, the search effort led by Ocean Infinity ended, having found no evidence of the plane’s whereabouts.\n\nImage\n\n![A woman on a boat guiding a small yellow tube-shaped submarine into the water. ](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/03\/06\/multimedia\/06xp-malaysiaflight05-gfhv\/06xp-malaysiaflight05-gfhv-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)\n\nA submarine built by Bluefin Robotics similar to ones used to search for Flight 370 in 2014.Credit...Associated Press\/Associated Press\n\n## Was any debris ever found?\nWhile a wrecked plane was never found, about 20 pieces of debris believed to be from the plane were located along the coasts of the African mainland and on the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion and Rodrigues.\n\nIn summer 2015, investigators determined that a large object that [washed up on the shore of Réunion](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/07\/30\/world\/asia\/malaysia-airlines-flight-370-search.html), a French island in the Indian Ocean, was a flaperon that had come from a Boeing 777, making it likely that it was debris from Flight 370.\n\nAnother piece of debris, a triangular piece of fiberglass composite and aluminum with the words “No Step” written on its side, [was found in February 2016](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/03\/06\/world\/asia\/malaysia-airlines-mh370-debris-mozambique.html) on an uninhabited sandbank along the coast of Mozambique.\n\nThen, the Australian government confirmed in September 2016 that [a wing flap that had washed onto a Tanzanian island](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/09\/16\/world\/australia\/malaysia-airlines-flight-370.html) was from Flight 370. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau matched its identifying numbers to those of the missing Boeing 777.\n\n## What are the theories around the plane’s disappearance?\nThere are a multitude of theories, ranging from the bizarre to the provocative, about what caused the plane to disappear. In fact, there are too many to name here. The lack of information about what happened to the flight led the public and investigators in several directions.\n\nSome officials believe that [the plane ran out of fuel](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/06\/12\/world\/asia\/australia-mh370-malaysia-airlines.html), and one theory holds that the pilots tried to make an emergency landing at sea. Others suggest that one or both pilots lost control of the aircraft, that one was a rogue pilot, or that the plane was hijacked.\n\n## Editors’ Picks\n[![](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/03\/07\/multimedia\/06cul-kid-harpoon-02-zwpk\/06cul-kid-harpoon-02-zwpk-thumbLarge.jpg)Meet Kid Harpoon, the Architect of Harry Styles’s Sound](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/03\/06\/arts\/music\/kid-harpoon-harry-styles.html)\n\n[![](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/03\/08\/books\/review\/05tbr-bythebook-heughan\/05tbr-bythebook-heughan-thumbLarge.jpg)Sam Heughan Says the ‘Outlander’ Finale Will Surprise Fans of the Novels](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/03\/05\/books\/review\/sam-heughan-outlander-favorite-books.html)\n\n[![](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2026\/03\/05\/fashion\/28ST-SNOAFERS-LOOK-BACK-fhlt\/28ST-SNOAFERS-LOOK-BACK-fhlt-thumbLarge.jpg)The Bizarre Shoe Trend That Failed to Take Off](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/03\/02\/style\/snoafers-sneaker-loafers-trend.html)\n\nAdvertisement\n\n[SKIP ADVERTISEMENT](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/article\/malaysia-airlines-missing-flight-mh370.html#after-pp_edpick)\n\nImage\n\n![Several old photographs and drawings of a man in airline pilot clothes and plain clothes sitting on a quilt. ](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/03\/06\/multimedia\/06xp-malaysiaflight-06-fqjh\/06xp-malaysiaflight-06-fqjh-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)\n\nA collection of photos belonging to Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, the senior pilot of Malaysian Flight 370.Credit...Associated Press\n\n## What did the official government report say?\nAfter more than four years of searches and investigations, [a 495-page report released in 2018](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/07\/30\/world\/asia\/malaysia-airlines-flight-370-report.html) gave no conclusive answers as to the fate of the airliner. The lack of concrete answers devastated families of the victims, who had been hoping for some closure.\n\nKok Soo Chon, the head of the safety investigation team, said the available evidence — including the plane’s manual deviation from its flight course and the switching off of a transponder — “irresistibly point” to “unlawful interference,” which might suggest the plane was hijacked. But there was no evidence of who might have interfered, or why.\n\nThe report also closely examined all passengers and the pilot, Zaharie Ahmad Shah, and the first officer, Fariq Abdul Hamid. The report looked into the men’s financial statuses, health, tone of voice on radio communications and even their gait as they walked to work that day. No abnormalities were detected.\n\nImage\n\n![A close-up of a hand placing a purple candle on a table. The candle is on a holder that says “MH370: 10 Years Gone.”](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/03\/06\/multimedia\/06xp-malaysiaflight-07-vqtb\/06xp-malaysiaflight-07-vqtb-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)\n\nA remembrance event near Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.Credit...Fl Wong\/Associated Press\n\n## What happens next?\nNow, more than a decade after the plane’s disappearance with no concrete answers or plane found, a new search is underway.\n\n“We have given the principal approval for the search to resume,” Mr. Loke, the transport minister of Malaysia, said Feb. 25 in Kuala Lumpur. Ocean Infinity would be looking at an area that they had missed in the past, based on their findings. “We do not want to assume anything right now,” Mr. Loke said.\n\nThe Armada 7806, a vessel [operated](https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/ocean-infinity-llc_oceaninfinity-marinerobotics-armada-activity-7122537759885471744-S3ZC\/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop) by Ocean Infinity, has been deployed to the South Indian Ocean off the coast of Western Australia, according to a [marine traffic site](https:\/\/www.marinetraffic.com\/en\/ais\/details\/ships\/shipid:8005440\/mmsi:563198900\/imo:9924297\/vessel:ARMADA_78_06). Ocean Infinity said in an email on Feb. 26 that it did not have any more information to share at this stage.\n\nIn March 2024, the company’s chief executive, Oliver Plunkett, said that it was in a position to search again about six years after its previous effort returned no answers.\n\nIsabella Kwai contributed reporting.\n\nSearching for Flight 370\n\n[![]()No Plane. No Remains. And Now, No Real Answers on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. July 30, 2018](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/07\/30\/world\/asia\/malaysia-airlines-flight-370-report.html)\n\n[![]()The Search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2014\/03\/28\/world\/asia\/the-search-moves-north.html)\n\n[![]()From Flight 370 Hunt, New Insight Into Indian Ocean’s Unknown Depths March 10, 2017](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/03\/10\/science\/mh370-malaysia-airlines-indian-ocean-seafloor-maps.html)\n\n[Derrick Bryson Taylor](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/derrick-bryson-taylor) covers breaking and trending news and is based in London.\n\nA version of this article appears in print on March 7, 2024, Section A, Page 8 of the New York edition with the headline: New Search Considered to Solve 10-Year-Old Plane Mystery. [Order Reprints](https:\/\/nytimes.wrightsmedia.com\/) \\| [Today’s Paper](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/section\/todayspaper) \\| [Subscribe](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/subscriptions\/Multiproduct\/lp8HYKU.html?campaignId=48JQY)\n\nSee more on: [Malaysia Airlines](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/topic\/malaysia-airlines)\n\n- Share full article\n\n***\n## Around the World With The Times\n### Our reporters across the globe take you into the field.\n***\n- **Deadly Cost of Inaction:** Nigeria has one of the most feared armed forces in Africa, yet within its own borders, [it has repeatedly failed to stop abductions and attacks](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/03\/03\/world\/africa\/nigeria-security-forces-us-intervention.html).\n- **A Soccer Phenom in Afghanistan:** A triumph in indoor soccer has turned Alireza Ahmadi, 17, and other players from the Hazara minority, long marginalized in the country, [into national heroes](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/02\/25\/world\/asia\/afghanistan-futsal-alireza-ahmadi.html).\n- **Brontë Country:** West Yorkshire, where the original “Wuthering Heights” was written, [offers a window into the forces that are disrupting British politics today](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/02\/24\/world\/europe\/bronte-country-haworth-bradford-uk-today.html).\n- **China’s ‘King of Banned Films’:** Acclaimed overseas for defying censors, Lou Ye [is more interested in reaching Chinese audiences](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/02\/20\/world\/asia\/lou-ye-china-film-director.html), as he holds up a cinematic mirror to their lives in modern China.\n\n## Related Content\n### [More in Asia Pacific](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/section\/world\/asia)\n- [From 1991: Suicide of Jiang Qing, Mao’s Widow, Is Reported](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/03\/06\/world\/asia\/jiang-qing-dead.html)\n  \n  ![Jiang Qing in 1945 with her husband, Mao Zedong, the chairman of the Chinese Communist Party. 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The search has resumed, Malaysia’s transport minister said.\n\n![People lighting candles in the middle of a shopping mall. ](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/03\/06\/multimedia\/06xp-malaysiaflight01-pfjb\/06xp-malaysiaflight01-pfjb-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)\n\nFamily members and relatives of passengers from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 lit candles during a 10th anniversary event near Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.Credit...Fl Wong\/Associated Press\n\nFeb. 26, 2025\n\nOn March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was heading from Kuala Lumpur, the Malaysian capital, to Beijing, when it deviated from its scheduled path, turning west across the Malay Peninsula.\n\nThe plane, a Boeing 777 carrying 239 people from 15 countries, is believed to have veered off course and flown south for several hours after radar contact was lost. Some officials believe it may have crashed somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean after running out of fuel, but expansive search efforts over years have returned no answers, no victims, and no plane.\n\nThe reason the plane went off course and its exact location today remains one of aviation’s greatest mysteries. Anthony Loke, Malaysia’s transport minister said in February that ships were being mobilized for a renewed search operation.\n\nHere’s a brief look at what we know about the plane’s disappearance more than 10 years later.\n\nImage\n\n![A man wearing a headset looking out the window of an airplane over a body of water. ](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/03\/06\/multimedia\/06xp-malaysiaflight-4-zgjk\/06xp-malaysiaflight-4-zgjk-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)\n\nRayan Gharazeddine, of the Royal Australian Air Force, scanning the water in the southern Indian Ocean during a search flight for the missing plane in 2014. Credit...Associated Press\n\n## Investigators searched by air and sea.\nThe first phase of the search lasted 52 days and was conducted largely from the air, covering 1.7 million square miles and involving 334 search flights.\n\nIn January 2017, the governments of Australia, Malaysia and China officially [called off the underwater search](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/01\/17\/world\/asia\/malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370-search.html#:~:text=The%20first%20phase%20of%20the,and%20involving%20334%20search%20flights.) for the plane after combing more than 46,000 square miles of the Indian Ocean floor. That effort cost \\$150 million.\n\nThe following January, the Malaysian government [began another search in partnership with Ocean Infinity](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/01\/10\/world\/asia\/malaysia-airlines-flight-370-ocean-infinity.html) after receiving pressure from families of the missing passengers and crew. After a few months, the search effort led by Ocean Infinity ended, having found no evidence of the plane’s whereabouts.\n\nImage\n\n![A woman on a boat guiding a small yellow tube-shaped submarine into the water. ](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/03\/06\/multimedia\/06xp-malaysiaflight05-gfhv\/06xp-malaysiaflight05-gfhv-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)\n\nA submarine built by Bluefin Robotics similar to ones used to search for Flight 370 in 2014.Credit...Associated Press\/Associated Press\n\n## Was any debris ever found?\nWhile a wrecked plane was never found, about 20 pieces of debris believed to be from the plane were located along the coasts of the African mainland and on the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion and Rodrigues.\n\nIn summer 2015, investigators determined that a large object that [washed up on the shore of Réunion](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/07\/30\/world\/asia\/malaysia-airlines-flight-370-search.html), a French island in the Indian Ocean, was a flaperon that had come from a Boeing 777, making it likely that it was debris from Flight 370.\n\nAnother piece of debris, a triangular piece of fiberglass composite and aluminum with the words “No Step” written on its side, [was found in February 2016](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/03\/06\/world\/asia\/malaysia-airlines-mh370-debris-mozambique.html) on an uninhabited sandbank along the coast of Mozambique.\n\nThen, the Australian government confirmed in September 2016 that [a wing flap that had washed onto a Tanzanian island](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/09\/16\/world\/australia\/malaysia-airlines-flight-370.html) was from Flight 370. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau matched its identifying numbers to those of the missing Boeing 777.\n\n## What are the theories around the plane’s disappearance?\nThere are a multitude of theories, ranging from the bizarre to the provocative, about what caused the plane to disappear. In fact, there are too many to name here. The lack of information about what happened to the flight led the public and investigators in several directions.\n\nSome officials believe that [the plane ran out of fuel](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/06\/12\/world\/asia\/australia-mh370-malaysia-airlines.html), and one theory holds that the pilots tried to make an emergency landing at sea. Others suggest that one or both pilots lost control of the aircraft, that one was a rogue pilot, or that the plane was hijacked.\n\nImage\n\n![Several old photographs and drawings of a man in airline pilot clothes and plain clothes sitting on a quilt. ](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/03\/06\/multimedia\/06xp-malaysiaflight-06-fqjh\/06xp-malaysiaflight-06-fqjh-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)\n\nA collection of photos belonging to Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, the senior pilot of Malaysian Flight 370.Credit...Associated Press\n\n## What did the official government report say?\nAfter more than four years of searches and investigations, [a 495-page report released in 2018](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/07\/30\/world\/asia\/malaysia-airlines-flight-370-report.html) gave no conclusive answers as to the fate of the airliner. The lack of concrete answers devastated families of the victims, who had been hoping for some closure.\n\nKok Soo Chon, the head of the safety investigation team, said the available evidence — including the plane’s manual deviation from its flight course and the switching off of a transponder — “irresistibly point” to “unlawful interference,” which might suggest the plane was hijacked. But there was no evidence of who might have interfered, or why.\n\nThe report also closely examined all passengers and the pilot, Zaharie Ahmad Shah, and the first officer, Fariq Abdul Hamid. The report looked into the men’s financial statuses, health, tone of voice on radio communications and even their gait as they walked to work that day. No abnormalities were detected.\n\nImage\n\n![A close-up of a hand placing a purple candle on a table. The candle is on a holder that says “MH370: 10 Years Gone.”](https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/03\/06\/multimedia\/06xp-malaysiaflight-07-vqtb\/06xp-malaysiaflight-07-vqtb-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale)\n\nA remembrance event near Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.Credit...Fl Wong\/Associated Press\n\n## What happens next?\nNow, more than a decade after the plane’s disappearance with no concrete answers or plane found, a new search is underway.\n\n“We have given the principal approval for the search to resume,” Mr. Loke, the transport minister of Malaysia, said Feb. 25 in Kuala Lumpur. Ocean Infinity would be looking at an area that they had missed in the past, based on their findings. “We do not want to assume anything right now,” Mr. Loke said.\n\nThe Armada 7806, a vessel [operated](https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/ocean-infinity-llc_oceaninfinity-marinerobotics-armada-activity-7122537759885471744-S3ZC\/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop) by Ocean Infinity, has been deployed to the South Indian Ocean off the coast of Western Australia, according to a [marine traffic site](https:\/\/www.marinetraffic.com\/en\/ais\/details\/ships\/shipid:8005440\/mmsi:563198900\/imo:9924297\/vessel:ARMADA_78_06). Ocean Infinity said in an email on Feb. 26 that it did not have any more information to share at this stage.\n\nIn March 2024, the company’s chief executive, Oliver Plunkett, said that it was in a position to search again about six years after its previous effort returned no answers.\n\nIsabella Kwai contributed reporting.\n\nA version of this article appears in print on March 7, 2024, Section A, Page 8 of the New York edition with the headline: New Search Considered to Solve 10-Year-Old Plane Mystery. [Order Reprints](https:\/\/nytimes.wrightsmedia.com\/) \\| [Today’s Paper](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/section\/todayspaper) \\| [Subscribe](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/subscriptions\/Multiproduct\/lp8HYKU.html?campaignId=48JQY)\n\n## Related Content\n[More in Asia Pacific](https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/section\/world\/asia)\n\n- ![Jiang Qing in 1945 with her husband, Mao Zedong, the chairman of the Chinese Communist Party. 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Boilerpipe Text	Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT The disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines jet is one of aviation’s greatest mysteries. The search has resumed, Malaysia’s transport minister said. Family members and relatives of passengers from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 lit candles during a 10th anniversary event near Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. Credit... Fl Wong/Associated Press Feb. 26, 2025 On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was heading from Kuala Lumpur, the Malaysian capital, to Beijing, when it deviated from its scheduled path, turning west across the Malay Peninsula. The plane, a Boeing 777 carrying 239 people from 15 countries, is believed to have veered off course and flown south for several hours after radar contact was lost. Some officials believe it may have crashed somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean after running out of fuel, but expansive search efforts over years have returned no answers, no victims, and no plane. The reason the plane went off course and its exact location today remains one of aviation’s greatest mysteries. Anthony Loke, Malaysia’s transport minister said in February that ships were being mobilized for a renewed search operation. Here’s a brief look at what we know about the plane’s disappearance more than 10 years later. Image Rayan Gharazeddine, of the Royal Australian Air Force, scanning the water in the southern Indian Ocean during a search flight for the missing plane in 2014. Credit... Associated Press Investigators searched by air and sea. The first phase of the search lasted 52 days and was conducted largely from the air, covering 1.7 million square miles and involving 334 search flights. In January 2017, the governments of Australia, Malaysia and China officially called off the underwater search for the plane after combing more than 46,000 square miles of the Indian Ocean floor. That effort cost $150 million. The following January, the Malaysian government began another search in partnership with Ocean Infinity after receiving pressure from families of the missing passengers and crew. After a few months, the search effort led by Ocean Infinity ended, having found no evidence of the plane’s whereabouts. Image A submarine built by Bluefin Robotics similar to ones used to search for Flight 370 in 2014. Credit... Associated Press/Associated Press Was any debris ever found? While a wrecked plane was never found, about 20 pieces of debris believed to be from the plane were located along the coasts of the African mainland and on the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion and Rodrigues. In summer 2015, investigators determined that a large object that washed up on the shore of Réunion , a French island in the Indian Ocean, was a flaperon that had come from a Boeing 777, making it likely that it was debris from Flight 370. Another piece of debris, a triangular piece of fiberglass composite and aluminum with the words “No Step” written on its side, was found in February 2016 on an uninhabited sandbank along the coast of Mozambique. Then, the Australian government confirmed in September 2016 that a wing flap that had washed onto a Tanzanian island was from Flight 370. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau matched its identifying numbers to those of the missing Boeing 777. What are the theories around the plane’s disappearance? There are a multitude of theories, ranging from the bizarre to the provocative, about what caused the plane to disappear. In fact, there are too many to name here. The lack of information about what happened to the flight led the public and investigators in several directions. Some officials believe that the plane ran out of fuel , and one theory holds that the pilots tried to make an emergency landing at sea. Others suggest that one or both pilots lost control of the aircraft, that one was a rogue pilot, or that the plane was hijacked. Image A collection of photos belonging to Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, the senior pilot of Malaysian Flight 370. Credit... Associated Press What did the official government report say? After more than four years of searches and investigations, a 495-page report released in 2018 gave no conclusive answers as to the fate of the airliner. The lack of concrete answers devastated families of the victims, who had been hoping for some closure. Kok Soo Chon, the head of the safety investigation team, said the available evidence — including the plane’s manual deviation from its flight course and the switching off of a transponder — “irresistibly point” to “unlawful interference,” which might suggest the plane was hijacked. But there was no evidence of who might have interfered, or why. The report also closely examined all passengers and the pilot, Zaharie Ahmad Shah, and the first officer, Fariq Abdul Hamid. The report looked into the men’s financial statuses, health, tone of voice on radio communications and even their gait as they walked to work that day. No abnormalities were detected. Image A remembrance event near Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. Credit... Fl Wong/Associated Press What happens next? Now, more than a decade after the plane’s disappearance with no concrete answers or plane found, a new search is underway. “We have given the principal approval for the search to resume,” Mr. Loke, the transport minister of Malaysia, said Feb. 25 in Kuala Lumpur. Ocean Infinity would be looking at an area that they had missed in the past, based on their findings. “We do not want to assume anything right now,” Mr. Loke said. The Armada 7806, a vessel operated by Ocean Infinity, has been deployed to the South Indian Ocean off the coast of Western Australia, according to a marine traffic site . Ocean Infinity said in an email on Feb. 26 that it did not have any more information to share at this stage. In March 2024, the company’s chief executive, Oliver Plunkett, said that it was in a position to search again about six years after its previous effort returned no answers. Isabella Kwai contributed reporting. A version of this article appears in print on March 7, 2024 , Section A, Page 8 of the New York edition with the headline: New Search Considered to Solve 10-Year-Old Plane Mystery . 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Markdown	[Skip to content](https://www.nytimes.com/article/malaysia-airlines-missing-flight-mh370.html#site-content)[Skip to site index](https://www.nytimes.com/article/malaysia-airlines-missing-flight-mh370.html#site-index) Search & Section Navigation Section Navigation Search [Asia Pacific](https://www.nytimes.com/section/world/asia) [Log in](https://myaccount.nytimes.com/auth/login?response_type=cookie&client_id=vi&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Fsubscription%2Fonboarding-offer%3FcampaignId%3D7JFJX%26EXIT_URI%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.nytimes.com%252Farticle%252Fmalaysia-airlines-missing-flight-mh370.html&asset=masthead) Saturday, March 7, 2026 [Today’s Paper](https://www.nytimes.com/section/todayspaper) [Asia Pacific](https://www.nytimes.com/section/world/asia)\\|MH370 Disappeared More Than a Decade Ago. 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The search has resumed, Malaysia’s transport minister said. - Share full article ![People lighting candles in the middle of a shopping mall. ](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/03/06/multimedia/06xp-malaysiaflight01-pfjb/06xp-malaysiaflight01-pfjb-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale) Family members and relatives of passengers from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 lit candles during a 10th anniversary event near Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.Credit...Fl Wong/Associated Press [![Derrick Bryson Taylor](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/03/16/reader-center/author-derrick-bryson-taylor/author-derrick-bryson-taylor-thumbLarge.png)](https://www.nytimes.com/by/derrick-bryson-taylor) By [Derrick Bryson Taylor](https://www.nytimes.com/by/derrick-bryson-taylor) Feb. 26, 2025 [阅读简体中文版](https://cn.nytimes.com/asia-pacific/20240307/malaysia-airlines-missing-flight-mh370/ "Read in Simplified Chinese")[閱讀繁體中文版](https://cn.nytimes.com/asia-pacific/20240307/malaysia-airlines-missing-flight-mh370/zh-hant/ "Read in Traditional Chinese") On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was heading from Kuala Lumpur, the Malaysian capital, to Beijing, when it deviated from its scheduled path, turning west across the Malay Peninsula. The plane, a Boeing 777 carrying 239 people from 15 countries, is believed to have veered off course and flown south for several hours after radar contact was lost. Some officials believe it may have crashed somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean after running out of fuel, but expansive search efforts over years have returned no answers, no victims, and no plane. The reason the plane went off course and its exact location today remains one of aviation’s greatest mysteries. Anthony Loke, Malaysia’s transport minister said in February that ships were being mobilized for a renewed search operation. Here’s a brief look at what we know about the plane’s disappearance more than 10 years later. Image ![A man wearing a headset looking out the window of an airplane over a body of water. ](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/03/06/multimedia/06xp-malaysiaflight-4-zgjk/06xp-malaysiaflight-4-zgjk-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale) Rayan Gharazeddine, of the Royal Australian Air Force, scanning the water in the southern Indian Ocean during a search flight for the missing plane in 2014. Credit...Associated Press ## Investigators searched by air and sea. The first phase of the search lasted 52 days and was conducted largely from the air, covering 1.7 million square miles and involving 334 search flights. In January 2017, the governments of Australia, Malaysia and China officially [called off the underwater search](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/17/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370-search.html#:~:text=The%20first%20phase%20of%20the,and%20involving%20334%20search%20flights.) for the plane after combing more than 46,000 square miles of the Indian Ocean floor. That effort cost \$150 million. The following January, the Malaysian government [began another search in partnership with Ocean Infinity](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/10/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-flight-370-ocean-infinity.html) after receiving pressure from families of the missing passengers and crew. After a few months, the search effort led by Ocean Infinity ended, having found no evidence of the plane’s whereabouts. Image ![A woman on a boat guiding a small yellow tube-shaped submarine into the water. ](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/03/06/multimedia/06xp-malaysiaflight05-gfhv/06xp-malaysiaflight05-gfhv-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale) A submarine built by Bluefin Robotics similar to ones used to search for Flight 370 in 2014.Credit...Associated Press/Associated Press ## Was any debris ever found? While a wrecked plane was never found, about 20 pieces of debris believed to be from the plane were located along the coasts of the African mainland and on the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion and Rodrigues. In summer 2015, investigators determined that a large object that [washed up on the shore of Réunion](https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/30/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-flight-370-search.html), a French island in the Indian Ocean, was a flaperon that had come from a Boeing 777, making it likely that it was debris from Flight 370. Another piece of debris, a triangular piece of fiberglass composite and aluminum with the words “No Step” written on its side, [was found in February 2016](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/06/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-mh370-debris-mozambique.html) on an uninhabited sandbank along the coast of Mozambique. Then, the Australian government confirmed in September 2016 that [a wing flap that had washed onto a Tanzanian island](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/16/world/australia/malaysia-airlines-flight-370.html) was from Flight 370. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau matched its identifying numbers to those of the missing Boeing 777. ## What are the theories around the plane’s disappearance? There are a multitude of theories, ranging from the bizarre to the provocative, about what caused the plane to disappear. In fact, there are too many to name here. The lack of information about what happened to the flight led the public and investigators in several directions. Some officials believe that [the plane ran out of fuel](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/12/world/asia/australia-mh370-malaysia-airlines.html), and one theory holds that the pilots tried to make an emergency landing at sea. Others suggest that one or both pilots lost control of the aircraft, that one was a rogue pilot, or that the plane was hijacked. ## Editors’ Picks [![](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/03/07/multimedia/06cul-kid-harpoon-02-zwpk/06cul-kid-harpoon-02-zwpk-thumbLarge.jpg)Meet Kid Harpoon, the Architect of Harry Styles’s Sound](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/arts/music/kid-harpoon-harry-styles.html) [![](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/03/08/books/review/05tbr-bythebook-heughan/05tbr-bythebook-heughan-thumbLarge.jpg)Sam Heughan Says the ‘Outlander’ Finale Will Surprise Fans of the Novels](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/books/review/sam-heughan-outlander-favorite-books.html) [![](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/03/05/fashion/28ST-SNOAFERS-LOOK-BACK-fhlt/28ST-SNOAFERS-LOOK-BACK-fhlt-thumbLarge.jpg)The Bizarre Shoe Trend That Failed to Take Off](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/style/snoafers-sneaker-loafers-trend.html) Advertisement [SKIP ADVERTISEMENT](https://www.nytimes.com/article/malaysia-airlines-missing-flight-mh370.html#after-pp_edpick) Image ![Several old photographs and drawings of a man in airline pilot clothes and plain clothes sitting on a quilt. ](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/03/06/multimedia/06xp-malaysiaflight-06-fqjh/06xp-malaysiaflight-06-fqjh-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale) A collection of photos belonging to Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, the senior pilot of Malaysian Flight 370.Credit...Associated Press ## What did the official government report say? After more than four years of searches and investigations, [a 495-page report released in 2018](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/30/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-flight-370-report.html) gave no conclusive answers as to the fate of the airliner. The lack of concrete answers devastated families of the victims, who had been hoping for some closure. Kok Soo Chon, the head of the safety investigation team, said the available evidence — including the plane’s manual deviation from its flight course and the switching off of a transponder — “irresistibly point” to “unlawful interference,” which might suggest the plane was hijacked. But there was no evidence of who might have interfered, or why. The report also closely examined all passengers and the pilot, Zaharie Ahmad Shah, and the first officer, Fariq Abdul Hamid. The report looked into the men’s financial statuses, health, tone of voice on radio communications and even their gait as they walked to work that day. No abnormalities were detected. Image ![A close-up of a hand placing a purple candle on a table. The candle is on a holder that says “MH370: 10 Years Gone.”](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/03/06/multimedia/06xp-malaysiaflight-07-vqtb/06xp-malaysiaflight-07-vqtb-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale) A remembrance event near Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.Credit...Fl Wong/Associated Press ## What happens next? Now, more than a decade after the plane’s disappearance with no concrete answers or plane found, a new search is underway. “We have given the principal approval for the search to resume,” Mr. Loke, the transport minister of Malaysia, said Feb. 25 in Kuala Lumpur. Ocean Infinity would be looking at an area that they had missed in the past, based on their findings. “We do not want to assume anything right now,” Mr. Loke said. 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Readable Markdown	Advertisement [SKIP ADVERTISEMENT](https://www.nytimes.com/article/malaysia-airlines-missing-flight-mh370.html#after-top) The disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines jet is one of aviation’s greatest mysteries. The search has resumed, Malaysia’s transport minister said. ![People lighting candles in the middle of a shopping mall. ](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/03/06/multimedia/06xp-malaysiaflight01-pfjb/06xp-malaysiaflight01-pfjb-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale) Family members and relatives of passengers from the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 lit candles during a 10th anniversary event near Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.Credit...Fl Wong/Associated Press Feb. 26, 2025 On March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was heading from Kuala Lumpur, the Malaysian capital, to Beijing, when it deviated from its scheduled path, turning west across the Malay Peninsula. The plane, a Boeing 777 carrying 239 people from 15 countries, is believed to have veered off course and flown south for several hours after radar contact was lost. Some officials believe it may have crashed somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean after running out of fuel, but expansive search efforts over years have returned no answers, no victims, and no plane. The reason the plane went off course and its exact location today remains one of aviation’s greatest mysteries. Anthony Loke, Malaysia’s transport minister said in February that ships were being mobilized for a renewed search operation. Here’s a brief look at what we know about the plane’s disappearance more than 10 years later. Image ![A man wearing a headset looking out the window of an airplane over a body of water. ](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/03/06/multimedia/06xp-malaysiaflight-4-zgjk/06xp-malaysiaflight-4-zgjk-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale) Rayan Gharazeddine, of the Royal Australian Air Force, scanning the water in the southern Indian Ocean during a search flight for the missing plane in 2014. Credit...Associated Press ## Investigators searched by air and sea. The first phase of the search lasted 52 days and was conducted largely from the air, covering 1.7 million square miles and involving 334 search flights. In January 2017, the governments of Australia, Malaysia and China officially [called off the underwater search](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/17/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370-search.html#:~:text=The%20first%20phase%20of%20the,and%20involving%20334%20search%20flights.) for the plane after combing more than 46,000 square miles of the Indian Ocean floor. That effort cost \$150 million. The following January, the Malaysian government [began another search in partnership with Ocean Infinity](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/10/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-flight-370-ocean-infinity.html) after receiving pressure from families of the missing passengers and crew. After a few months, the search effort led by Ocean Infinity ended, having found no evidence of the plane’s whereabouts. Image ![A woman on a boat guiding a small yellow tube-shaped submarine into the water. ](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/03/06/multimedia/06xp-malaysiaflight05-gfhv/06xp-malaysiaflight05-gfhv-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale) A submarine built by Bluefin Robotics similar to ones used to search for Flight 370 in 2014.Credit...Associated Press/Associated Press ## Was any debris ever found? While a wrecked plane was never found, about 20 pieces of debris believed to be from the plane were located along the coasts of the African mainland and on the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion and Rodrigues. In summer 2015, investigators determined that a large object that [washed up on the shore of Réunion](https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/30/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-flight-370-search.html), a French island in the Indian Ocean, was a flaperon that had come from a Boeing 777, making it likely that it was debris from Flight 370. Another piece of debris, a triangular piece of fiberglass composite and aluminum with the words “No Step” written on its side, [was found in February 2016](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/06/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-mh370-debris-mozambique.html) on an uninhabited sandbank along the coast of Mozambique. Then, the Australian government confirmed in September 2016 that [a wing flap that had washed onto a Tanzanian island](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/16/world/australia/malaysia-airlines-flight-370.html) was from Flight 370. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau matched its identifying numbers to those of the missing Boeing 777. ## What are the theories around the plane’s disappearance? There are a multitude of theories, ranging from the bizarre to the provocative, about what caused the plane to disappear. In fact, there are too many to name here. The lack of information about what happened to the flight led the public and investigators in several directions. Some officials believe that [the plane ran out of fuel](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/12/world/asia/australia-mh370-malaysia-airlines.html), and one theory holds that the pilots tried to make an emergency landing at sea. Others suggest that one or both pilots lost control of the aircraft, that one was a rogue pilot, or that the plane was hijacked. Image ![Several old photographs and drawings of a man in airline pilot clothes and plain clothes sitting on a quilt. ](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/03/06/multimedia/06xp-malaysiaflight-06-fqjh/06xp-malaysiaflight-06-fqjh-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale) A collection of photos belonging to Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, the senior pilot of Malaysian Flight 370.Credit...Associated Press ## What did the official government report say? After more than four years of searches and investigations, [a 495-page report released in 2018](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/30/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-flight-370-report.html) gave no conclusive answers as to the fate of the airliner. The lack of concrete answers devastated families of the victims, who had been hoping for some closure. Kok Soo Chon, the head of the safety investigation team, said the available evidence — including the plane’s manual deviation from its flight course and the switching off of a transponder — “irresistibly point” to “unlawful interference,” which might suggest the plane was hijacked. But there was no evidence of who might have interfered, or why. The report also closely examined all passengers and the pilot, Zaharie Ahmad Shah, and the first officer, Fariq Abdul Hamid. The report looked into the men’s financial statuses, health, tone of voice on radio communications and even their gait as they walked to work that day. No abnormalities were detected. Image ![A close-up of a hand placing a purple candle on a table. The candle is on a holder that says “MH370: 10 Years Gone.”](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/03/06/multimedia/06xp-malaysiaflight-07-vqtb/06xp-malaysiaflight-07-vqtb-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale) A remembrance event near Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.Credit...Fl Wong/Associated Press ## What happens next? Now, more than a decade after the plane’s disappearance with no concrete answers or plane found, a new search is underway. “We have given the principal approval for the search to resume,” Mr. Loke, the transport minister of Malaysia, said Feb. 25 in Kuala Lumpur. Ocean Infinity would be looking at an area that they had missed in the past, based on their findings. “We do not want to assume anything right now,” Mr. Loke said. The Armada 7806, a vessel [operated](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ocean-infinity-llc_oceaninfinity-marinerobotics-armada-activity-7122537759885471744-S3ZC/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop) by Ocean Infinity, has been deployed to the South Indian Ocean off the coast of Western Australia, according to a [marine traffic site](https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:8005440/mmsi:563198900/imo:9924297/vessel:ARMADA_78_06). Ocean Infinity said in an email on Feb. 26 that it did not have any more information to share at this stage. In March 2024, the company’s chief executive, Oliver Plunkett, said that it was in a position to search again about six years after its previous effort returned no answers. Isabella Kwai contributed reporting. A version of this article appears in print on March 7, 2024, Section A, Page 8 of the New York edition with the headline: New Search Considered to Solve 10-Year-Old Plane Mystery. 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