Over 12 years ago, Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 vanished on its planned route from Kuala Lumpur to the Chinese capital of Beijing.

The Boeing 777 had 227 passengers and 12 crew members onboard, all of whom have been presumed dead since the aircraft disappeared on March 8, 2014.

It still remains a mystery, as crew onboard didn't send any distress calls despite losing contact with air traffic control at 1:19AM over the South China Sea on that fateful day, before veering off-course and flying an an unknown path for seven hours before vanishing.

Underwater theory on MH370's disappearance

People continue to theorise about the airplane's disappearance and while many think that the truth can be uncovered through the discovery of its black box flight recorders, they remain missing.

But back in 2024, investigators believed that an underwater pressure monitor may help to find the wreckage of the lost aircraft.

Despite it still remaining unconfirmed, the Malaysian government claimed that the flight had "ended in the Southern Indian Ocean."

Hundreds of pieces of underwater audio data were analysed by researchers at Cardiff University from previous aircraft accidents and a submarine disappearance, finding that an underwater signal could have been caused by the impact of the Boeing plane hitting the waves when crashing.

While parts of the lost aircraft have been recovered, the location of the wreckage remains a mystery. Credit: Adli Ghazali/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

How hydrophones could be used to detect MH370

Dr. Usama Kadri, a mathematician and engineer, claimed that a network of hydrophones, which have been used to keep tabs on pressure changes in the ocean as part of a nuclear explosion detection system, could be the key.

After he and his team went through large volumes of data from the time the aircraft was said to have disappeared, the doctor discovered an unidentified event in an area called the Seventh Arc.

Speaking to The Conversation, Dr. Kadri explained: "A 200-tonne aircraft crashing at a speed of 200 metres per second would release the kinetic energy equivalent to a small earthquake. It would be large enough to be recorded by hydrophones thousands of kilometres away.

"Given the sensitivity of the hydrophones, it’s highly unlikely that a large aircraft impacting the ocean surface wouldn’t leave a detectable pressure signature, particularly on nearby hydrophones."

He noted that "unfavourable" ocean conditions could still affect a signal this large though.

The engineer believed that the search would have to be approached with this method to see if these signals were linked to the missing plane, as researchers suggested that a number of controlled underwater explosions be carried out so search teams can finally find the elusive wreckage.

Over the years, many theories have been put forward, whether it be a possible hijacking or the near-impossible chance that the plane was flown into a 'black hole'.

The most recent searches took place in 2025 and 2026. Credit: Mehmet Yaren Bozgun/Anadolu via Getty Images

Latest searches for MH370

Ocean Infinity, a UK-based marine robotics firm, carried out searches for the airplane in both March 25–28 last year and in December 31 to January 23 this year.

Unfortunately, no wreckage was found apart from numerous pieces of marine debris.

The firm splashed $67.2 million on advanced technology and resources, with the search taking place over 7,571 square kilometers on the seabed of the Indian Ocean.

They carried the search out on a no-find, no-fee basis, as Malaysia's Transport Minister, Anthony Loke, had claimed they would have been awarded $70 million if they found the missing aircraft.

Ocean Infinity said in a statement this year: “The search activities undertaken have not yielded any findings that confirm the location of the aircraft wreckage.

“The government pays nothing unless the aircraft is found. Any request by Ocean Infinity to extend the search contract should therefore be granted without hesitation,” they added.

The firm then urged the government to offer the same deal to other "capable deep sea exploration companies.”

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The pilot of doomed Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 deliberately evaded radar for hours to ensure the plane was never found again, aviation experts have claimed.

The fate of the Boeing 777, named as "one of the biggest mysteries in modern aviation history", has puzzled investigators ever since 2014 when it went missing while flying from Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia, to Beijing, China, with 239 people on board.

However, a panel of experts assembled for Australian TV programme 60 Minutes claim to have solved the mystery, saying that Captain Zaharie Amad Shah carried out a "deliberate" and "suicidal" act, executing a series of specific manoeuvres to ensure the plane disappeared forever.

A former Senior investigator with the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, Larry Vance, along with the other experts on the show, stated that Shah was attempting suicide, taking the passenger aircraft to the most remote place possible.

"I think the general public can take comfort in the fact that there is a growing consensus on the plane's final moments," Vance stated. "Unfortunately, he was (also) killing everybody else on board, and he did it deliberately."

According to Simon Hardy, a Boeing 777 pilot and instructor, Shah managed to avoid detection by taking a specific route that skirted across both Malaysian and Thai borders.

"As the aircraft went across Thailand and Malaysia, it runs down the border, which is wiggling underneath, meaning it's going in and out of those two countries, which is where their jurisdictions are," Hardy said.

"So both of the controllers aren't bothered about this mysterious aircraft. If you were commissioning me to do this operation and try and make a 777 disappear, I would do exactly the same thing.

"As far as I'm concerned, it's very accurate flying because it did the job and we know, as a fact, that the military did not come and intercept the aircraft."

In addition, Hardy also attempted to explain the bizarre detour the captain took when he made an unexplained turn to fly over his hometown of Penang.

He said: "So I spent a long time thinking for this about what this could be, what technical reason is there? And after two months of thinking about it, I finally got the answer - somebody was looking out the window. It might be a long, emotional goodbye or a short, emotional goodbye to his hometown."

John Dawson, a lawyer who represented the nine families whose relatives disappeared, agreed that evidence pointed to one of the aircrew being responsible, claiming that it looked like "premeditated murder".

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He said: "The evidence is so heavily weighted to involvement by one of the aircrew taking this aircraft down. That aircraft has probably de-pressurised, the people died of asphyxiation, it was premeditated murder. It was highly planned. The bodies have never been found.”

However, in spite of 60 Minutes insisting that their panel revealed the "true fate" of the aircraft, many were left unconvinced, arguing that the show had failed to supply viewers with a motive for Shah.

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Many possible motives were theorised after the plane vanished, with claims that Shah brought down the plane in a fit of rage after hearing his wife was leaving him, as well as rumours that he hijacked his own plane in protest of the jailing of then-Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, being floated in the press.

However, Zaharie’s sisters Sakinab Shah and Dah Ah have repeatedly denied both theories, arguing that he simply wasn’t smart enough to evade "all the hi-tech satellites in the world".

A Russian plane has crashed into the sea with 28 people on board after vanishing from radar.

The twin-engine Antonov An-2 aircraft disappeared on Tuesday (July 6) over the country's Kamchatka peninsula, CNN reports.

Rescue teams have now been deployed to the stricken plane after it was discovered in the sea.

The plane was flying from the regional capital Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to the village of Palana, the emergencies ministry confirmed, before contact was lost.

Per ITV News, the plane was carrying six crew members and 22 passengers on board, one of which was reportedly the head of Palana village administration, 42-year-old Olga Mokhireva.

A report stated that the 39-year-old turboprop Antonov got into trouble as it attempted to land, and when contact was lost, the Russian Pacific Fleet, a plane, and two helicopters were called in to search for it.

A local meteorology center reported that the area's weather was cloudy.

Prior to the plane being discovered in the sea, a spokesman for the ministry said: "An An-2 plane has disappeared from radar. We are trying to figure out what happened."

According to News.com.au, the plane was just nine kilometers (5.5 miles) from Palana's airport when it disappeared.

"There is objective evidence that the plane crashed and fell into the sea," a source told Russian news agency TASS.

The Kamchatka Peninsula is a vast area with a small population that is surrounded by the Sea of Okhotsk to the west and the Pacific Ocean to the east, as per The Sun.

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Despite the volcanic peninsula currently being ravaged by wildfires, visibility on the plane's route was reportedly good.

Per The Sun, an emergencies official said: "The duty shift of the crisis management center of the Russian Emergencies Ministry's Main Directorate in Kamchatka region received information that the An-26 aircraft, on a passenger flight from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to Palana, did not get in touch at the specified time."

Regional deputy transport minister Anatoly Bannikov added: "It was supposed to arrive at the Palana airport at 15:05 (local time). The plane did not arrive at the appointed time.

"According to updated data, there were 28 people on board... six crew members and 22 passengers, including one child born in 2014."

The Sun reports that the plane's pilot was Dmitry Nikiforov and his co-pilot was Alexander Anisimov, 27.

A special commission to ascertain what happened to the plane has now been ordered by the Russian prime minister.

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The search for the missing MH370 flight is ready to start after "credible" evidence of its location has been uncovered.

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 disappeared in March 2014 while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

The aircraft, carrying 12 crew members and 227 passengers, veered off course and is believed to have crashed into the Indian Ocean.

Despite extensive search efforts, the plane and those onboard have never been found, fuelling countless conspiracy theories and making MH370 one of the greatest aviation mysteries of the modern era.

Well, we might be about to get some answers.

Underwater robotics company Ocean Infinity has presented a "credible" search proposal to the Malaysian government, igniting hope for closure nearly a decade after the plane’s disappearance, per the Sun.

According to company sources, Ocean Infinity has three robotic vessels standing by, ready to commence the search upon government approval.

The operation, which could launch as early as this month, is anticipated to take three months, targeting a 15,000-square-kilometer search zone off the coast of Western Australia -the last known location of the ill-fated aircraft.

Malaysia’s Transport Minister, Anthony Loke, confirmed "advanced talks" with the U.S.-based marine exploration firm, stating that the proposal, submitted in June, is considered promising.

Loke added: "Based on the latest information and analysis from experts and researchers, Ocean Infinity’s search proposal is credible and can be considered by the Malaysian government as the flight’s official registrar."

The proposed operation involves a "no find, no fee" arrangement. If successful, Malaysia would incur a $70 million bill.

Loke further explained that the draft agreement is currently under review and would require cabinet approval. "Should it be finalized," he noted, "I will make a public announcement."

Ocean Infinity CEO Oliver Plunkett shared his commitment to the search, stating: “We now feel in a position to be able to return to the search for missing aircraft MH370 and have submitted a proposal to the Malaysian government.

"Finding MH370 and bringing some resolution for all connected with the loss of the aircraft has been a constant in our minds since we left the southern Indian Ocean in 2018.”

Among the tools that may play a role in the search is Weak Signal Propagation Reporter (WSPR) technology.

Professor Simon Maskell from Liverpool University, an adviser on the project, and his team have been exploring WSPR’s potential for tracking aircraft.

Additionally, Ocean Infinity is reportedly considering hydrophone data - sounds detected by underwater microphones - adding another layer to their strategy.

Ocean Infinity is ready to deploy its high-tech fleet, currently positioned in Southeast Asia. Three specialized vessels - the Armada 7804 and 7806 in Singapore, and the 7808 in the South China Sea - are poised to begin work in the area.

The vessels can dive to depths of 6,500 feet, with the 7806 reportedly conducting preliminary trials.

The company now awaits the go-ahead from the Malaysian government.

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