#anthony loke

[kazifatagar]

KLIA Aerotrain Project Faces Further Delays Despite Earlier Promises of Completion by January

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 15 — The long-awaited Automated People Mover System (Aerotrain) at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) faces further delays, with no clear completion date, according to Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook. The project, initially scheduled for completion by January 31, 2025, remains in the contractor’s testing phase, which includes dynamic, full-system, and integration…

[head-post]

Malaysia to resume search for missing flight MH370

Transport Minister Anthony Loke announced on Friday that Malaysia intends to resume the search for the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, more than a decade after its disappearance became one of aviation’s most enigmatic mysteries.

The minister also said the new search would cover a 15,000 square kilometre area in the southern Indian Ocean based on fresh data that Kuala Lumpur deemed “credible.”

“We hope everything will be OK this time,” Loke said, adding that the discovery of the wreckage would bring relief to the families of those on board.

The search was proposed by Ocean Infinity, a US-based seabed exploration company. The organisation had already searched for the plane in 2018, but they were inconclusive.

New evidence of MH370 crash found

According to Malaysian media, in March this year Ocean Infinity said it had found new evidence of where the plane may have crashed. The organisation proposed a new 15,000 square kilometre search area in the southern Indian Ocean. Loke said the Ministry of Transport had reviewed the new data provided by the company and found it a ���solid lead.”

Malaysian authorities and Ocean Infinity are now discussing the terms of the contract, which is scheduled to last 18 months. According to Loke, Ocean Infinity will receive $70 million if the plane is found.

Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 Kuala Lumpur-Beijing disappeared from radar on March 8, 2014. It was carrying 227 passengers, including more than 150 Chinese nationals, and 12 crew members.

The plane last made contact about 40 minutes after its departure from the Malaysian capital. The captain switched off as the plane entered Vietnamese airspace. Military radar recorded that the plane veered off course and flew over northern Malaysia and the Andaman Sea before turning south and disappearing. Some wreckage of the aircraft washed up on the coast of Africa and islands in the Indian Ocean.

Read more HERE

[indelen]

he picked a moment when they always feel the closest and most trusting in one another when they understand each other best and because their world sucks it's like the most apocalyptic shit is happening in the background 🥲

Been thinking literally all day abt Lockwood standing in a super duper haunted graveyard on a dangerous mission and being like "now is the perfect time to ask Lucy to rejoin the agency" and honestly if the creeping shadow hadn't interrupted them he probably would have been correct about that.

[godlygivenanxiety]

Tony: look, Lokes, can i be honest? your surname kind of sucks

Loki, choking on his drink: pardon me?

Tony: i mean, Laufeyson? just saying, you can do better here on Earth y'know

Loki: *baffled* do better? are you suggesting i change it? to what exactly?

Tony, nonchalant: Stark

Loki: *watches him walking away* what just— wait, did you just?! DID YOU JUST PROPOSE TO ME?! ANTHONY, COME BACK RIGHT THIS INSTANT—

[hayanwulf]

Ask for the WIP game from @infiniteeight8

I am very curious about AAA soulmates and Anchor of Stability!

aaa soulmates

So this one's frostironstrange. And it is a soulmate AU, however, Loki is not soulmates with either of Stephen or Tony. At least initially.

People are born with the most important title of their soulmate written somewhere on their body. Stephen has the title 'Soul Maker', while Tony has the title 'Keeper of Time'. After a peculiar accident, though, they both acquire this strange title written in a gibberish language neither of them understands... And they start sharing their dreams. Yeah. Can't forget that part.

A snippet under the cut, from Loki's POV.

When his eyes fluttered open next time, his body was no longer burning, his head no longer aching. He was back inside his brief reprieve; the small, sweet segment of this universe that he could call his, could call home. Their dream realm. He lay sprawled on the bed, eyes staring up at the ceiling’s design, and concluded it was Stephen’s abode. He could hear two familiar, muffled voices from the adjacent room, and exhaled a sigh of relief, for he would be able to see them both tonight. Lately he had been able to see them less and less with how much the Maw strove to keep him awake for their sessions. A few seconds later, he heard footsteps approaching the room followed by the door flying open. He felt more than saw his two beloveds settle themselves on either side of him. Anthony inhaled a sharp breath. Ah, yes.. his dream body must be reflecting his corporeal wounds. He should’ve changed them to appear normal before deciding to rest. “The needles this time,” Stephen said. Loki jerked when a gentle touch grazed the side of his throat, and Stephen retracted his hand as if burned. Loki wanted to kick himself for jumping even at a contact of comfort, on a body that didn’t hurt, no less. “That.. sorry. Christ, it went straight through the mucous membranes of the larynx. Can you even speak?” For the first time, Loki glanced at their faces. What he found there was twin looks of horror and dismay. He sat upright, pressing his back against the headboard, and took account of his injuries. He truly did look like shit. “Worry not, they do not hurt me here,” Loki said and fixed away his injuries and robes with a single thought. It was never much of an effort for him to change things inside their dream realm, unlike his mortals who often needed to be lucid in order to influence their dreamscape. “Tell me about your respective days,” he shifted the topic. They would easily take the bait if not lucid. “Stephen, you had to repair a woman’s spine, yes?” “..That was two weeks ago, Lokes,” it was Anthony who answered. “Ah.. apologies, I must have lost track of time. Then, what other exciting endeavors have you two been up to lately?” Loki asked, wearing a perfect smile on his face. Anthony and Stephen shared a concerned look. Ah. Both lucid, then.

Anchor of Stability

This one's, I suppose, kind of a Time Travel? Also it takes inspiration from Shortsnout's Tether.

Basically it's kind of reverse of what happens in Tether. Tony gets stranded in the past while quantum time traveling, and his quantum GPS breaks. Luckily for him, a certain wizard had installed a failsafe in the event that such a thing happened.

The catch is that Tony can't make big jumps in time, so he's stuck watching Stephen in different points of his life (who is the 'anchor' of the failsafe spell) and also inadvertently influences Stephen's life so much that it would go on to branch out into a different timeline than the timeline Tony came from.

When Tony does finally return home, he feels terrible for having been an asshole towards his timeline's Stephen, since he's clearly learned from his trip that Stephen is nothing like what he had assumed. Oh, and he might also be in love. Just a little.

Have a snippet of Tony interacting with a 6 year old Stephen (and his two farm dogs {the collie is border collie, and shepherd is german shepherd).

“Are you an alien? Do you keep talking to your associates?” Tony decided that he needed to take care of this problem first. In a quick and smooth motion, his quantum suit retracted back to its housing unit. The kid yelped in surprise, staggering backwards as the Shepherd dog tried to help him balance, while Collie jumped with an equal magnitude of surprise, the next moment its ears erect and tail wagging in intimidation. “Please don’t bite me.” Tony pulled himself off the ground, the pain at his side nothing more than a discomfort now. “You’re human!” The boy squeaked; he really did sound like a chipmunk. “You’re a witch! You did magic!” Tony took the moment to just properly take in the boy. He couldn’t be older than 5 or 6, had sleek black hair, and gray-blue eyes that should have looked bland but instead stood out. The eyes. They gave Tony an odd sense of deja vu... “It’s science, Chipmunk. And I’m a mechanic, not a witch. I’m offended that you thought my armor is magic.” Tony wrinkled his nose. Shoving his hands into pockets, he took a step towards the Chipmunk. And stopped when the Collie gave him a low warning growl. “You wanna send your bodyguards away for a moment?” Tony wiggled a hand at their direction. The Collie attentively traced his movements, whereas the Shepherd wagged its tail with relaxed ears. The duality of dogs. Or perhaps they were trained that way. Who knew. “So you can put a curse on me? No! I will go back with them and tell dad! He will bring the witchfinders and then they will—” “Whoa, okay, slow down Chipmunk,” Tony held his hands up in a placating gesture. “I’m not a witch, and definitely not capable of putting curses even if I wanted to. Let’s not be rash and go around telling dads about me.” “My name is not Chipmunk!” He squeaked out exactly in the voice of a chipmunk. “It’s Stephen! And you’re a witch, you just did magic! You even have a glowy thing in your chest!” Tony looked down at his arc reactor, then back up at the boy. “Alright, Stephen, do you wanna see something cool?”

[follow-up-news]

Malaysia has agreed in principle to resume the search for the wreckage of missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370, its transport minister said on Friday, more than 10 years after it disappeared in one of the world’s greatest aviation mysteries. MH370, a Boeing 777 carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew, vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014. Transport Minister Anthony Loke said the proposal to search a new area in the southern Indian Ocean came from exploration firm Ocean Infinity, which had also conducted the last search for the plane that ended in 2018. The firm will receive $70 million if wreckage found is substantive, Loke told a press conference. “Our responsibility and obligation and commitment is to the next of kin,” he said.

[mischief-and-tea-by-the-sea]

"A place where sinners fall in love" sounds awesome

This is one I'm working on right now for a kiss prompt meme. @scottxlogan gave me two prompts from it (one of them was the Emma/Tony one that's already finished and posted up), but the prompt on this one is "to give up control. (any ship)."

It's a Frostiron fic that's pre-relationship that takes place on Asgard. They're dealing with Amora (Enchantress), who is, of course, on the tear because she heard that Loki and Thor are is back in Asgard with friends from Earth, and she naturally wants another shot at spelling him to fall for her. (She's relentless.) She also doesn't care who else she spells in the process with her love magic, especially as a distraction tool.

I haven't gotten up to the point that he's found Tony yet, but he has run into a spelled Clint and Bucky making out in an alcove (and of course, the results of the spell are going to actually last beyond the spell wearing out for those two). When Loki does find Tony, it's right after Amora's dropped a spell bomb on him, which Loki gets to have the fun time of dealing with.

Snippet:

It hadn’t taken Loki long to track down Clint and Bucky.  He almost missed them, but when he caught movement as he passed in the hall, he paused his single-minded pursuit of rescuing his Earth friends to inspect the alcove in the hall between two display tables bearing relief carvings of Thor’s paternal grandparents. 

“Who’s there?” Loki asked as he cautiously stepped closer to where the sounds – hmm, that sounds like moaning and heavy breathing – his hand raised and ready to strike with seiðr.  “Are you alright?  Are you –“ 

He jumped back, his eyes wide, hands still up but more to shield himself from what – and who – he found. 

“Oh!  Oh...oh I’m sorry,” he muttered at first and half-turned to offer the couple privacy while they...broke apart to face him. 

Clint was the first to open his eyes and speak when he and Bucky came up for air from the heavy kissing they’d been engaged in before the younger prince interrupted them. 

“Lokes?  Z’at you?” he mumbled, his words thick as if the kissing had thickened his tongue. 

“Yes, Clint.  It’s me.  I was looking for you two...and Anthony,” Loki answered and finally turned back as the two stepped from the alcove.  He cleared his throat and then looked closely at them. 

“We uh...we saw Tony a bit ago,” Bucky stumbled over is words, his brain feeling both muddled and on fire, and all he wanted to do was grab Clint again and continue doing what they were doing before Loki found them.  That, too, left him feeling muddled and on fire. 

Loki stepped closer to them, carefully as he could sense the magic still crackling off of them.  It wasn’t his magic, but he knew whose it was. 

“Where is he?  You two were spelled by Amora, and I suspect that’s why you two were lip-locked.  The spell will wear off, but I’m going to,“ Loki touched the both of them and a halo of his own magic surrounded them.  It wouldn’t remove the Enchantress’ magic from their systems; they would have to wait it out as he told them, but this would, at least, protect them from further harm, “there.  You two will be protected while the other magic runs its course.  I suspect you’ll be too distracted to help in the fight, so I’m going to send you to my mother for your safe-keeping.”

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I don't know how long this one's going to be - not terribly long, I don't think. It'll sort of be the start of something for Loki and Tony, but Loki will be terribly worried about Tony's state of mind once the spell wears off.

Thanks for the ask!

[my-chaos-radio]

Release: July 12, 2004

Lyrics:

Oooooh yeah

Looking back,

I know I was walking around in disguise,

In disguise,

I was just as lost and I needed a guide,

And the moment that you came to change my life,

Use life burn my heart and make me smile,

Coz' you and I know that,

I'm a different person,

Yeah,

Turn my world around,

I'm a different person,

Yeah,

Turn my world around,

I'm a different person,

Yeah,

Turn my world around.

Things I had,

All fading away a minute and I,

Feel alive,

You have twisted all of my troubles inside,

And you and I know that

Like a little piece of Heaven Finally found

You rebuilt my heart Up from the ground

Ooooooh

I'm a different person,

Yeah,

Turn my world around,

I'm a different person,

Yeah,

Turn my world around,

I'm a different person,

Yeah,

Turn my world around

(Turn my world around),

I'm a different person,

Yeah,

Turn my world around.

Turn my world around, Oh yeah,

Use life burn my heart and make me smile,

And you and I know baby,

Songwriter:

I'm a different person,

Yeah,

Turn my world around,

I'm a different person,

Yeah,

Turn my world around,

I'm a different person,

Yeah,

Turn my world around.

Karen Poole / Max Loke Linus Reich / Gianni Bini / Fulvio Perniola / Simon Lee Marlin / Patrick L Moten

SongFacts:

"Lola's Theme" is the debut single of British house duo the Shapeshifters, featuring soul singer Cookie on vocals. It was released on 12 July 2004 as the lead single from the Shapeshifters' debut album, Sound Advice (2004). The song became the duo's biggest hit, peaking atop the UK Singles Chart and charting highly in Finland, Ireland, the Netherlands, and New Zealand. In Australia, it was the most successful club hit of 2004.

The name "Lola's Theme" was originally a working title for this record; Lola was Simon Marlin's wife, and it was while listening to her record collection that the initial idea for the track was conceived. She appears handing out candy floss in the music video.

"Lola's Theme" features a sample from the introduction of Johnnie Taylor's R&B hit of 1982, "What About My Love", and it was originally released at the end of 2003 on their own Nocturnal Groove label as a mostly instrumental track featuring a vocal sample taken from Anthony White's "Love Me Tonight". Due to its immense popularity, "Lola's Theme" was licensed from Nocturnal Groove to Positiva Records.

At the same time, the sample of "What About My Love" was then completely replayed by Mark Summers at Scorccio Sample Replays, recreating all elements of the sample (strings, brass sections, piano, etc.). The duo then set about finding a vocalist. After a long search they met Cookie, a gospel singer from the London Community Gospel Choir, who recorded the vocals for the full release.

[qwanderer]

The Opposite of Void Character List (With Pictures!)

This will contain spoilers for fics in The (Opposite of) Void series. I wanted to give visual aids for the general ages of the Tony variants, show my fem!Loki face claims for various versions, and generally help people keep track of who I’m talking about.

1) ‘Tron (Ultron variant, 2015, elected to protect humanity) Head of Guard Shift 1

2) Anthony (Anthony Edward Stark variant, 2012, had that drink with Loki) SO of Lokes, Iron Man pilot

3) Lokes (Loki Laufeyson variant, 2012, Incidental to Tony Stark) SO of Anthony

4) Tony, Morrie's Dad (Anthony Edward Stark variant, 2023, buried time travel tech) Husband of Pepper, dad to Morrie and Mogs

5) Morrie, Mors (Morgan Stark variant, 2023, Incidental to Tony Stark) Daughter of Tony and Pepper, chicken keeper

6) Ed, Edwin J Stark (Jarvis Stark variant, 2010, built himself a body) Co-pilot to Anthony

7) Tones (Anthony Edward Stark variant, 2016, refused to sign the Accords) SO of Loki, creator of Fry, Iron Man pilot

8) Ted, Agent, Agent Mandelbrot (Anthony Edward Stark variant, 1993, unknown) Turret 1 Operator, Iron Man pilot, New TVA agent

9) Fry (Friday Stark variant, 2016, Incidental to Tony Stark) Co-pilot to Tones and occasionally Ted

10) Pepper (Virginia Potts-Stark variant, 2024, unknown) Wife of Tony, mother to Morrie and Mogs, Rescue pilot, queen of Stark Fortress

11) Friday (Friday Stark variant, 2024, Incidental to Pepper Potts-Stark) Co-pilot to Pepper

12) Sky, Skynet (Jarvis Stark variant, 2014, went mildly skynet) Head of Guard Shift 2

13) Felix, Teeny, Anthony Felix Stark (Anthony Edward Stark variant, 1987, stole a motorcycle) Turret 2 Operator

14) Mogs (Morgan Stark variant, 2037, tried to go back in time to save Tony) Daughter of Tony and Pepper, creator of Vincent, Rescue pilot

15) Vincent (Vincent Stark [Very Intelligent Networking Consciousness Encompassing Nanoscale Technology] variant, 2037, Incidental to Morgan Stark) Co-pilot to Mogs

16) Howard, Howie (Howard Stark variant, 1976, quit drinking and committed to parenthood) Dad of all Tonies

17) Loki [President Loki] (Loki Laufeyson variant, 2012, ran for US presidency rather than invading) SO of Tones

18) Rhodey (James Rhodes variant, 2014, hooked up with Bruce Banner) SO of Bruce, War Machine pilot

19) Bruce (Bruce Banner variant, 2014, incidental to James Rhodes) SO of Rhodey

20) Lokka [Kid Loki] (Loki Laufeyson variant, 980, claims to have killed Thor) BFF of Keeter

21) Keeter [Alligator Loki] (Loki Laufeyson variant, ~1600, ate the Flerken ambassador) BFF of Lokka

22) Sylvie Laufeydottir [Sylvie] (Loki Laufeyson variant, 974, unknown)

23) Minnie, Miss Minutes [Miss Minutes] (n/a )

24) Aethel Laufeybarna, Agent Loki [Loki] (Loki Laufeyson variant, 2012, stole the tesseract and escaped to Mongolia) New TVA agent

25) Mobius, Agent Mobius M. Mobius [Agent Mobius] (Maxwell Meyer variant, unknown) New TVA agent

31) Locutus [~Classic Loki] (Loki Laufeyson variant, n/a) New TVA coordinator

26) Ravonna, Judge Renslayer (pre-variance-based split) New TVA agent

27) Luke [Mustache Loki] (Loki Laufeyson variant, unknown)

28) Lop [Pokey Loki] (Loki Laufeyson variant, unknown)

29) Silvertongue [Boastful Loki] (Loki Laufeyson variant, 2012, pursued Infinity Stones rather than invading)

n/a) Joshua, Rhea, Midnight Mystery (Loki Laufeyson variant, unholy timeline [Hela Odindottir never existed]) Father to Hel and Mica, spouse of Tony Albastru-Stark

n/a) Tony Albastru-Stark, Joshua’s Tony (Anthony Edward Stark variant, unholy timeline [Hela Odindottir never existed]) Husband of Joshua, Dad to Mica, Stepdad to Hel

n/a) Hel Lokadottir (unholy timeline [Hela Odindottir never existed]) Queen of Niflheim (MM), Daughter of Joshua Albastru-Stark

n/a) Hela Odindottir (Hela Odindottir variant, pre-variance-based split) Queen of Niflheim (TVA)

n/a) Mica Albastru-Stark (unholy timeline [Hela Odindottir never existed]) Child of Joshua and Tony Albastru-Stark

30) Minuet, Mint Chip (Miss Minutes variant [sort of],) Co-pilot to Ted

I was thinking of doing actual armor pictures of Vincent and Minuet, but I didn’t want to draw anything specifically for this, so a lot of these that aren’t existing characters or fancasts are just old drawings or lightly manipulated images. Minuet being a color-shifted version of Minnie is mostly a joke, I don’t think she appears as a holographic clock very often! She’s mostly armor. However, Vincent’s image just being a cozy sweater is very serious. Vincent prefers being a cozy sweater to being armor.

[allthenewzworld]

Malaysia has approved a $60 million initiative to resume the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which disappeared in March 2014 with 239 people on board.

Transport Minister Anthony Loke announced that the exploration firm Ocean Infinity will lead an 18-month underwater expedition in a newly identified 15,000 square kilometer area of the southern Indian Ocean.

This renewed effort was started to provide closure for the families by potentially locating the wreckage, following previous unsuccessful searches. Relatives of the passengers have welcomed the decision, hoping that broader participation and advanced technology will finally resolve this mystery.

[kazifatagar]

Anthony Loke Reveals Upgraded Speed Trap System

Transport Minister Anthony Loke announced a new point-to-point speed trap system to replace the old one, making it easier to catch speeders. The system tracks drivers’ speeds over a set distance, penalizing those who exceed limits.  Anthony Loke Reveals Upgraded Speed Trap System It will be introduced in high-risk areas like the Kuala Lumpur-Karak Expressway and Menora Tunnel by the third…

[newtras]

Malaysia agrees to resume the hunt for flight MH370, 10 years after the plane disappeared.

Government of Malaysia agreed in principle to accept a second “no money, no fee” offer from a US company to resume the hunt for flight MH370, which is believed to have crashed in the southern hemisphere of the Indian Ocean more than 10 years ago, Transport Minister Anthony Loke said. Friday. Loke said Cabinet ministers agreed at their meeting last week for the Texas-based marine robotics firm…

[newsclickofficial]

The Malaysian government says it has agreed in principle to resume the search for a passenger jet that vanished 10 years ago in one of aviation's greatest mysteries.Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 disappeared in March 2014 while on its way to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur with 239 people on board.Efforts to locate the wreckage of the Boeing 777 have sputtered over the years and hundreds of families of those on board remain haunted by the tragedy.On Friday, Malaysia's transport minister Anthony Loke said the cabinet approved in principle a $70m (£56m) deal with US-based marine exploration firm Ocean Infinity to find the aircraft.Under a "no find, no fee" arrangement, Ocean Infinity will get paid only when the wreckage is found.A 2018 search by Ocean Infinity under similar terms ended unsuccessfully after three months.A multinational effort that cost $150m ended in 2017 after two years of scouring vast waters.While the government has "in principle" accepted Ocean Infinity's offer, Loke said negotiations over specific terms of the deal were still ongoing and would be finalised early next year.The new search will cover a 15,000 sq km patch in the southern Indian Ocean, based on new data that Kuala Lumpur found to be "credible", the minister said."We hope this time will be positive," Loke said, adding that finding the wreckage would give closure to the families of those on board.Relatives of passengers on MH370 welcomed the Malaysian government's approval of a new search."I am so happy for the news... Feels like the best Christmas present ever," Jacquita Gonzales, the wife of MH370 inflight supervisor Patrick Gomes, told the New Straits Times."This announcement stirs mixed emotions - hope, gratitude, and sorrow. After nearly 11 years, the uncertainty and pain of not having answers have been incredibly difficult for us," Intan Maizura Othaman also told the papers. Her husband, Mohd Hazrin Mohamed Hasnan, was a member of the cabin crew.Jiang Hui, whose mother was on the plane, told Reuters news agency the Malaysian government must have a "more open approach" to the search to allow more players to take part.In a statement, Ocean Infinity CEO Oliver Plunkett said the Malaysian government's decision was "great news", adding: "We look forward to sharing further updates in the new year once we've finalised the details and the team gets ready to go."Flight MH370 took off from Kuala Lumpur in the early hours of 8 March 2014. It lost communication with air traffic control less than an hour after take-off and radar showed that it deviated from its planned flight path.Investigators generally agree that the plane crashed somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean - though it is unclear as to why it happened.Pieces of debris, believed to be from the plane, have washed up on shores of the Indian Ocean in the years after the disappearance.A host of conspiracy theories have sprouted around the aircraft's disappearance, from speculation that the pilot had deliberately brought down the plane to claims that it had been shot down by foreign military.A 2018 investigation into the aircraft's disappearance found that the plane's controls were likely deliberately manipulated to take it off course, but drew no conclusions about who had been behind it.Investigators said at the time that "the answer can only be conclusive if the wreckage is found".

[satrthere]

The Malaysian government agrees in principle to resume the search for the wreckage of plane MH370

The Malaysian government has agreed in principle to accept a second “no find, no charge” proposal from a US company to resume the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which is believed to have crashed in the southern Indian Ocean more than 10 years ago, Transport Minister Anthony Loke said on Friday. Loke said cabinet ministers at their meeting last week gave the nod to Texas-based marine…

[travelinfo120]

The Malaysian government says it has agreed in principle to resume the search for a passenger jet that vanished 10 years ago in one of aviation's greatest mysteries.Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 disappeared in March 2014 while on its way to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur with 239 people on board.Efforts to locate the wreckage of the Boeing 777 have sputtered over the years and hundreds of families of those on board remain haunted by the tragedy.On Friday, Malaysia's transport minister Anthony Loke said the cabinet approved in principle a $70m (£56m) deal with US-based marine exploration firm Ocean Infinity to find the aircraft.Under a "no find, no fee" arrangement, Ocean Infinity will get paid only when the wreckage is found.A 2018 search by Ocean Infinity under similar terms ended unsuccessfully after three months.A multinational effort that cost $150m ended in 2017 after two years of scouring vast waters.While the government has "in principle" accepted Ocean Infinity's offer, Loke said negotiations over specific terms of the deal were still ongoing and would be finalised early next year.The new search will cover a 15,000 sq km patch in the southern Indian Ocean, based on new data that Kuala Lumpur found to be "credible", the minister said."We hope this time will be positive," Loke said, adding that finding the wreckage would give closure to the families of those on board.Relatives of passengers on MH370 welcomed the Malaysian government's approval of a new search."I am so happy for the news... Feels like the best Christmas present ever," Jacquita Gonzales, the wife of MH370 inflight supervisor Patrick Gomes, told the New Straits Times."This announcement stirs mixed emotions - hope, gratitude, and sorrow. After nearly 11 years, the uncertainty and pain of not having answers have been incredibly difficult for us," Intan Maizura Othaman also told the papers. Her husband, Mohd Hazrin Mohamed Hasnan, was a member of the cabin crew.Jiang Hui, whose mother was on the plane, told Reuters news agency the Malaysian government must have a "more open approach" to the search to allow more players to take part.In a statement, Ocean Infinity CEO Oliver Plunkett said the Malaysian government's decision was "great news", adding: "We look forward to sharing further updates in the new year once we've finalised the details and the team gets ready to go."Flight MH370 took off from Kuala Lumpur in the early hours of 8 March 2014. It lost communication with air traffic control less than an hour after take-off and radar showed that it deviated from its planned flight path.Investigators generally agree that the plane crashed somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean - though it is unclear as to why it happened.Pieces of debris, believed to be from the plane, have washed up on shores of the Indian Ocean in the years after the disappearance.A host of conspiracy theories have sprouted around the aircraft's disappearance, from speculation that the pilot had deliberately brought down the plane to claims that it had been shot down by foreign military.A 2018 investigation into the aircraft's disappearance found that the plane's controls were likely deliberately manipulated to take it off course, but drew no conclusions about who had been behind it.Investigators said at the time that "the answer can only be conclusive if the wreckage is found".

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The Malaysian government says it has agreed in principle to resume the search for a passenger jet that vanished 10 years ago in one of aviation's greatest mysteries.Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 disappeared in March 2014 while on its way to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur with 239 people on board.Efforts to locate the wreckage of the Boeing 777 have sputtered over the years and hundreds of families of those on board remain haunted by the tragedy.On Friday, Malaysia's transport minister Anthony Loke said the cabinet approved in principle a $70m (£56m) deal with US-based marine exploration firm Ocean Infinity to find the aircraft.Under a "no find, no fee" arrangement, Ocean Infinity will get paid only when the wreckage is found.A 2018 search by Ocean Infinity under similar terms ended unsuccessfully after three months.A multinational effort that cost $150m ended in 2017 after two years of scouring vast waters.While the government has "in principle" accepted Ocean Infinity's offer, Loke said negotiations over specific terms of the deal were still ongoing and would be finalised early next year.The new search will cover a 15,000 sq km patch in the southern Indian Ocean, based on new data that Kuala Lumpur found to be "credible", the minister said."We hope this time will be positive," Loke said, adding that finding the wreckage would give closure to the families of those on board.Relatives of passengers on MH370 welcomed the Malaysian government's approval of a new search."I am so happy for the news... Feels like the best Christmas present ever," Jacquita Gonzales, the wife of MH370 inflight supervisor Patrick Gomes, told the New Straits Times."This announcement stirs mixed emotions - hope, gratitude, and sorrow. After nearly 11 years, the uncertainty and pain of not having answers have been incredibly difficult for us," Intan Maizura Othaman also told the papers. Her husband, Mohd Hazrin Mohamed Hasnan, was a member of the cabin crew.Jiang Hui, whose mother was on the plane, told Reuters news agency the Malaysian government must have a "more open approach" to the search to allow more players to take part.Flight MH370 took off from Kuala Lumpur in the early hours of 8 March 2014. It lost communication with air traffic control less than an hour after take-off and radar showed that it deviated from its planned flight path.Investigators generally agree that the plane crashed somewhere in the southern Indian Ocean - though it is unclear as to why it happened.Pieces of debris, believed to be from the plane, have washed up on shores of the Indian Ocean in the years after the disappearance.A host of conspiracy theories have sprouted around the aircraft's disappearance, from speculation that the pilot had deliberately brought down the plane to claims that it had been shot down by foreign military.A 2018 investigation into the aircraft's disappearance found that the plane's controls were likely deliberately manipulated to take it off course, but drew no conclusions about who had been behind it.Investigators said at the time that "the answer can only be conclusive if the wreckage is found". https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/b7bf/live/0efedc00-bebb-11ef-addc-4536c4252544.jpg 2024-12-20 11:12:52