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In the vastness of the Southern Indian Ocean, another all-out search may soon begin for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. After first searching in 2018, American company Ocean Infinity says it wants to try again, using autonomous drones to find the plane and the 239 people on board. The Prime Minister of Malaysia says he's open to a new search, with Ocean Infinity only getting paid if it finds the plane.

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Whatever needs to be done must be done.

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It was on March eighth, 2014, that the Boeing 77 disappeared on the red eye from Kuala Lampur to Beijing.

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Radar and satellite data suggested the plane made a mysterious U-turn flew back over Malaysia and eventually headed towards the Southern Indian Ocean, the search zone 1,500 miles south of Australia.

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The leading theory is that one of the pilots hijacked the plane, flying it into the ocean. While When small pieces of the plane have washed ashore, experts believe the plane itself could be miles underwater.

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It's what we wanted to hear.

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In Malaysia, talk of a new search brought relief to families gathered to mark 10 years. Sarah Bontchik lost her boyfriend, Philip Wood. She has since married and runs a resort in Panama.

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I don't know if it was intentional or accidental, but errors had to have occurred for this to happen.

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One day, today. There'll be someone will come forward and tell us what really going on. The truth. That's all we want. Until we're longing for that. Until today.

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Ocean Infinity says it has been innovating and enhancing its technology and its robotics, analyzing MH37's flight data to try to once again narrow down the potential crash zone for a new surge.

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