Where is Flight MH-370?

The search for Flight MH-370 looks set to resume 10 years after the aircraft vanished into thin air. 

Officials say they will consider a proposal to restart the search for the Malaysian Airlines plane, which disappeared on March 8, 2014.  

MH-370 was heading from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing when it went off the radar. Nearly 240 people were on board - more than half of them Chinese. 

Malaysian transport minister Anthony Loke this week attended a remembrance event for the victims. Loke said the government was assessing a plan by undersea search operator, Ocean Infinity. 

"They have finalized the proposal, and we are ready to discuss the proposal," said Loke. "As far as the Malaysian government is concerned, we are committed to that search, and the search must go on."

Several search teams have tried to find MH-370 over the past decade. Malaysia, China and Australia led a recovery mission between 2014 and 2017. That search spanned more than 120,000 square kilometers and cost $130 million. 

Ocean Infinity conducted another search in 2018, but failed to find the wreckage after an operation that lasted nearly four months. 

Relatives of some victims gathered outside Malaysia's embassy in Beijing in August 2018. They called on Malaysian authorities to keep searching after the Ocean Infinity mission was called off.  

The victims' families are now hoping they're one step closer to knowing the truth, even though their loved ones are almost certainly dead. VPR Nathan's wife, Anne Daisy, was on Flight MH-370 when it disappeared. He says he's certain the aircraft will be found at some point.  

"It is a matter of time," says Nathan. "There have been lost ships that are found after hundreds of years. So we cannot say that this plane will never be found." 

Jiang Hui's mother was also on the missing plane. He says Malaysian officials must do more to help the victims' loved ones. 

"They must ensure there's always a channel for communication," says Jiang. "As long as there is communication, then we can avoid misunderstanding that accelerates the issue and hatred."

Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Monday that the country could also re-open the probe into the plane's disappearance. 

"We have taken the position that if there's a compelling case, evidence that it needs to be re-opened, we're certainly happy to re-open," said Ibrahim. "Whatever needs to be done must be done."

Nathan has accepted that he may never know what happened to his wife on that fateful flight. But he says it's crucial that authorities don't give up. 

"At some point in time they will find it. But whether it is in my lifetime, we cannot say. We will wait for that option. The only option is to have an active search."

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