Malaysia's cabinet has approved a 12-month extension of its search agreement with Ocean Infinity, effective 1 July 2026 through 30 June 2027.
The extension maintains all original terms and conditions of the existing agreement, including the "no find, no fee" principle under which the Malaysian government pays nothing if no aircraft wreckage is located. The $70 million USD reward for discovery of major wreckage remains in place.
The extension was approved to allow Ocean Infinity to complete the remaining 7,428.54 square kilometres of the defined search zone that was not covered during the 2025–2026 operational window. Ocean Infinity's primary survey vessels are currently fulfilling other commercial contracts and are expected to be redeployed to the MH370 mission between November 2026 and April 2027, during the calmer sea conditions of the southern hemisphere summer.
Since first beginning work on the MH370 case in 2018, Ocean Infinity has spent over 150 days at sea and mapped more than 140,000 square kilometres of seafloor without locating the aircraft.
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