Just after midnight on March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 took off from Kuala Lumpur International Airport heading to Beijing. It was a routine red-eye route for the Boeing 777, but what started as a commonplace flight soon became one of the biggest mysteries in aviation history. Less than an hour after takeoff, MH370 lost radar contact as it crossed into Vietnamese-controlled airspace. The plane and all 239 people on board were never seen or heard from again. Experts believe the plane continued flying for hours before crashing into a remote section of the southern Indian Ocean. No one has been able to determine why this course change was made or if it was purposeful. Some wreckage has been found, including a wing flaperon and confirmed pieces of debris that washed up along the east coast of Africa. With questions mounting and answers in short supply, the strange disappearance has fueled speculation and conspiracy theories, ranging from mechanical failure to remote-controlled hijacking to a suicidal pilot. Now, more than a decade later, the story has resurfaced as a new deep-sea search kicked off on Dec. 30, 2025. Texas-based marine robotics firm Ocean Infinity will target a 5,800-square-mile area of the Indian Ocean, using improved technology and software, as well as autonomous underwater vehicles. If successful in locating the wreckage, Ocean Infinity will receive $70 million. From that wreckage, families hope to finally understand what happened to their loved ones.
