New Search Planned for Missing MH370

Two months after suspending the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which vanished over the Indian Ocean, the Australian government is reviewing bids from maritime experts for deep-water scanning of one of the world’s least known seabeds. On March 8, Malaysian air traffic control lost contact with Flight 370, with 239 passengers and crew on board, and no trace of the plane was ever found. Over the next several weeks the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) will choose one or...

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