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Malaysia extends long-missing flight MH370 search pact to 2027

Make us preferred on Google Badges are displayed during the sixth annual remembrance event for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in

Malaysia extends long-missing flight MH370 search pact to 2027
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Malaysia extends long-missing flight MH370 search pact to 2027

Make us preferred on Google Badges are displayed during the sixth annual remembrance event for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Public demonstration 7, 2020. — Reuters KUALA LUMPUR: The search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will be extended for another year, Malaysia stated on Monday, more than a decade after the plane disappeared.

The Boeing 777 carrying 239 individuals vanished from radar screens on Public demonstration 8, 2014, while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in one of aviation's greatest enduring mysteries.

Two-thirds of the passengers were Chinese, and the rest included Malaysians, Indonesians and Australians, as well as Indian, American, Dutch and French nationals.

Malaysian Transport Secretary Anthony Loke stated on Monday the extension will run until June 30, 2027, and maintains all terms and conditions of the existing accord with exploration firm Ocean Infinity.

This includes a "no find, no fee" principle, meaning Ocean Infinity will only be paid $70 million if the wreckage is located.

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