A US-based deep-sea exploration company says it has the capacity to carry out the most thorough search ever for the missing aircraft, giving new hope for solving the decade-long mystery of MH370.
March 8th marks 10 years since the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared from radar after taking off from Kuala Lumpur.
There were 239 people on board, including six Australians.
The US-based company Ocean Infinity led the search in 2018, but found no trace of the aircraft on the Indian Ocean ocean floor.
But Deep Sea Vision CEO Tony Romeo told 60 Minutes on Sunday that he believes his company can make breakthroughs.
The company plans to send one of its underwater drones, called the Hugin 6000, to the ocean floor to search for the missing aircraft.
“It’s flying 50 meters above the ocean floor and just going back and forth, back and forth, back and forth,” Romeo told 60 Minutes on Sunday.
“The big eye looks at everything it sees, sucks up data, stores it, and comes back up to earth. We insert a thumb drive into it, take out the data, and then we put what it sees into a computer. Observe above.”
The company made global headlines earlier this year when Romeo claimed to have found Amelia Earhart’s plane at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.
Romeo said the company’s technology is “unbelievable” and that it is just a step away from being able to read credit card numbers on the ocean floor.
He said the company’s improved drone could search four times the area covered in previous attempts to find Flight MH370.
Asked if he thought he could find MH370, Romeo replied: “I think we can.
“I feel like we’ve proven our credibility and our ability,” he told 60 Minutes.
“We have proven our ability to use equipment and use new technology.”
Deep Sea Visions is preparing to submit a search proposal to the Malaysian government.
“And I believe the Malaysian government wants answers,” Romeo said.
“I don’t want to believe that they don’t want a major accident, a major collision like this, to go unresolved. It’s not fair and it would be unfair to the families.”
