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Update: Apparently the answer is yes -


Via the ABC news:

MH370: Malaysia decides on US company Ocean Infinity to resume search for missing aircraft
By South-East Asia correspondent Adam Harvey
Updated about an hour ago
[b]PHOTO:[/b] The initial search of the ocean floor was suspended in January. (Reuters: Andrew Winning, file)
[b]RELATED STORY:[/b] Malaysia considers authorising new search for MH370
[b]RELATED STORY:[/b] MH370 search narrows further to area along 'the seventh arc'
[b]MAP: [/b]Malaysia

The Malaysian Government has confirmed it has chosen a company to begin a new search for MH370 and is now negotiating the terms of the deal.

It has notified the families of the 239 people lost aboard MH370 that it is negotiating the terms and conditions of the search with US company Ocean Infinity.

The seabed exploration company had offered to look for the missing Boeing 777 aircraft on a no-find, no-fee basis.

What we know about MH370

Mystery still surrounds the case of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 with investigators still to determine how the plane ended up in the Indian Ocean.

MH370 disappeared over the southern Indian Ocean in March 2014 while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

The initial search of the ocean floor was suspended in January after no trace of the plane was found on the ocean floor.

Advice sent today to MH370 families states that the MH370 Response team, "received several proposals from interested parties to search for MH370. This include an offer by a company known as Ocean Infinity on a No Cure No Fee basis".

"These offers have been thoroughly assessed by the team and the Governments of Australia and China have been informed of this in line with the spirit of tripartite cooperation.

"In this regard, the Government of Malaysia has given the permission for the response team to proceed negotiating the terms and conditions with Ocean Infinity."

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