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Malaysia: Malaysia supports Ocean Infinity's renewed MH370 search

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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - February 25, 2025 Malaysia's government is in support of the resumption of the search for Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, which vanished 11 years ago, Malaysian Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook said in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday. On the fateful day of March 8, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, inexplicably disappeared from radar screens, leaving behind a devastating loss of 239 lives. In 2018, search efforts of Ocean Infinity, a UK-based exploration firm, for the missing plane came to a close, with no signs of the aircraft found, leaving the mystery unsolved. Although parts confirmed to be from the plane have washed ashore, the main fuselage has never been found — leaving one of the world's biggest aviation mysteries unsolved. Calling the efforts by Ocean Infinity as a positive development, Loke emphasized that the renewed search will benefit from the insights and information gathered during previous searches. Ocean Infinity has already started to mobilize their ships, the minister said at a press conference, adding that Malaysian government welcomes the move, and has given principal approval for the resumption of the search. Eleven years after flight MH370 disappeared, questions and heartache still linger for the next of kin. Grace Nathan, whose mother was on board the flight, has been a leading voice for the MH370 family members. Nathan expressed cautious optimism that the latest search effort will succeed where previous attempts have faltered, and finally bring closure to the families by locating the missing airplane. Shotlist: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Feb 25, 2025: 1. Malaysian Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook at press conference; 2. Camera crew; 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Anthony Loke Siew Fook, Malaysian Transport Minister (partially overlaid with shot 4): "Ocean Infinity has given us that, number one, they combined all the findings from the various experts, various researchers, they have combined all the data. They feel very confident that the current search area is more credible. They are confident this area will come back with a positive result."; [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] 4. Camera crew; [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Feb 21, 2025 5. Grace Nathan, daughter of MH370 passenger, talking with colleague; 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Grace Nathan, daughter of MH370 passenger: "It still weighs very heavily on my mind. There's not a day that goes by that this doesn't affect my life. I still count time in terms of years since the plane disappeared."; FILE: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - March 3, 2019 7. Various of attendees at remembrance event commemorating fifth anniversary of MH370 disappearance; Grace Nathan speaking on stage; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Feb 21, 2025 8. SOUNDBITE (English) Grace Nathan, daughter of MH370 passenger: "Along the way the need for closure lessened and the need for answers increased because I still believe, as I have believed for the last 10 years, that if we don't find the plane and find out what happened to it there is no way from preventing this from happening again."; FILE: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - March 3, 2019 9. Child, Grace Nathan at remembrance event; 10. Slogan on T-shirt, reading "The search must go on"; 11. Messages of support for MH370 passengers; 12. Various of MH370 debris on display. [Restriction - No access Chinese mainland]

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