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New bid approved to find Malaysia Airlines flight believed to have crashed a decade ago
A Malaysian boy wipes his tears during a special prayer for the ill fated Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 at a church in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March 8, 2016

MALAYSIA’s  government gave a marine robotics company final approval on Wednesday to renew the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which is believed to have crashed in the southern Indian Ocean more than a decade ago.

Cabinet ministers agreed to terms and conditions for a “no-find, no-fee” contract with Texas-based Ocean Infinity to resume the seabed search operation at a new 5,800-square-mile site in the ocean, Transport Minister Anthony Loke said in a statement. 

Ocean Infinity will be paid $70 million (around £54m) only if wreckage is discovered.

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