Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The deep-sea search specialists at Ocean Infinity resumed their search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 on Tuesday, nearly 12 years after the aircraft vanished and became an aviation mystery.
Experts believe MH370 crashed in the Indian Ocean when it disappeared from radar on March 8, 2014. U.S.-based marine robotics firm Ocean Infinity is undertaking a search of the ocean's bed over the next 55 days after securing a $70 million contract that pays only if the aircraft is located.
Ocean Infinity plans to use advanced sonar scanning technology, deep-sea drones and underwater vehicles to search a 6,000-square-mile area of the Indian Ocean's bed, NBC News reported.
The firm ended a 22-day search in April due to poor weather and postponed additional efforts until the end of the traditional storm season in the North Indian Ocean, which runs from April through December.
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