Families of MH370 victims push for another search as technology firm says it has new evidence

The families of those lost on board the Malaysia Airlines flight 370 are calling on the Malaysian government to give the green light to another search for the aircraft, which disappeared nine years ago.

The disappearance of the plane, carrying 12 Malaysian crew members and 227 passengers from 14 different nations, became the biggest mystery in aviation after it disappeared while over the South China Sea during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on 8 March 2014.

After a three-year hunt coordinated by Malaysia, China and Australia ended in January 2017, no conclusion was drawn about what happened to flight MH370.

The US marine robotics company Ocean Infinity conducted an unsuccessful second search for the aircraft in the Indian Ocean in 2018, but says it now has new evidence that could lead to the discovery of the plane.

Voice370, a group of relatives of the people on board, are urging Malaysian authorities to back another search by Ocean Infinity.

The Malaysian government has repeatedly said it would not support another search unless there was compelling new evidence.

Since MH370 went missing, more than 20 pieces of debris believed to be from the aircraft has washed up along the African coast and on islands in the Indian Ocean.