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Flight Safety Information - March 9, 2026 No. 048

In This Issue

: Incident: Garuda B738 enroute on Mar 7th 2026, radome damage

: Incident: Atlanta Europe B744 at Hong Kong on Mar 6th 2026, leakage from left wing tip

: Aircraft Cabin Air International Conference - 22-23 September 2026 (London)

: Incident: TAP A339 over Atlantic on Mar 6th 2026, fumes on board

: NTSB member who responded to D.C. midair crash says the White House fired him

: Travelers Evacuated from Kansas City International Airport Due to 'Potential Threat'

: Delta Air Lines Is Reportedly Facing Potentially 'Massive' Fine

: Allergic passenger had ‘near-death experience’ from American Airlines dumpling sauce, lawsuit says

: Jet that crashed in Maine spent more time on runway than typical after de-icing, NTSB says

: How UPS is getting nearly 300 pilots back in the air after November crash

: Renewed search for missing Flight MH370 comes up empty 12 Years later as families press for answers

: TODAY'S PHOTO

Incident: Garuda B738 enroute on Mar 7th 2026, radome damage

A Garuda Boeing 737-800, registration PK-GFF performing flight GA-176 from Jakarta to Pekanbaru (Indonesia), departed Jakarta's runway 25R, climbed to FL340 enroute and landed on Pekanbaru's runway 36 completing a seemingly uneventful flight. A post flight inspection revealed damage to the radome however.

The aircraft is still on the ground in Pekanbaru about 43 hours after landing.

The airlinee reported the cause of the damage is still under investigation.

https://avherald.com/h?article=5364f9bd&opt=0

Incident: Atlanta Europe B744 at Hong Kong on Mar 6th 2026, leakage from left wing tip

An Air Atlanta Europe Malta Boeing 747-400 freighter on behalf of Saudi Arabian Airlines, registration 9H-AKF performing flight SV-3021 from Hong Kong (China) to Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), was lined up for departure from runway 07R when the crew of another aircraft reporting seeing something leaking off their left hand wing tip. The 747 crew stated on ATC query, they were quite fuel heavy but had no indication of any leakage. Another crew chimed in reporting there was fuel leaking from their left wing. The 747 crew stated they were able to vacate the runway and return to the apron normally, there was no indication of any fuel leakage on their side. The aircraft vacated the runway via the first exit and taxied to the apron. A runway inspection commenced. The runway was closed for about 10 minutes.

The aircraft was able to depart 3:45 hours later.

https://avherald.com/h?article=5364be4c&opt=0

Incident: TAP A339 over Atlantic on Mar 6th 2026, fumes on board

A TAP Air Portugal Airbus A330-900, registration CS-TUK performing flight TP-225 from Lisbon (Portugal) to Miami,FL (USA), was enroute at FL370 over the Atlatic Ocean about 90nm northeast of Ponta Delgada, Azores Islands (Portugal) when the crew decided to divert to Ponta Delgada due to an odour/fumes on board. The aircraft landed safely on Ponta Delgada's runway 12 about 30 minutes later.

According to two local media on the Azores Islands 8 people were taken to hospitals, later reports do not mention any hospitalisations.

A replacement A330-900 registration CS-TUR positioned to Ponta Delgada and resumed the journey estimated to reach Miami with a delay of about 18 hours.

https://avherald.com/h?article=5363c52d&opt=0

NTSB member who responded to D.C. midair crash says the White House fired him

National Transportation Safety Board member Todd Inman, who was the NTSB's initial on scene spokesman at the deadly midair collision over Washington, D.C., last January, has abruptly departed the agency two years into what is typically a five-year term.

Days after the NTSB added its fifth board member, Inman was fired by the White House Presidential Personnel Office on behalf of President Trump, he told CBS News in a statement. Aviation news service The Air Current was the first to report on Inman's departure.

"To date, I have not received any reason for this termination," he said.

CBS News has reached out to the Trump administration for comment, and the NTSB referred to the White House for comment.

Inman was appointed by President Biden and confirmed by the Senate in March 2024. He's a former Department of Transportation official during Mr. Trump's first term. While he responded to the crash between a regional American Airlines flight and a Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport — where 67 people aboard both aircraft were killed — Inman became emotional during an interview with CBS News discussing what he saw when he arrived on scene.

"Last night being at that debris field, I expected to see plane debris. When you look over and see those bodies laying, that's someone's family, it could be yours," Inman told CBS News at the time.

In his statement on Sunday, Inman said serving on the board of the NTSB was "a great honor."

"Having been the member on scene for two of the largest aviation incidents in the past two decades, working with all of the impacted families and first responders has made me appreciate how the original mission of the NTSB is more crucial now than ever before," he said. "Witnessing these horrible accidents have undoubtedly taken a toll on me and my family and has changed my perspective in a positive way on how we regulate safety for the traveling public."

The NTSB consists of five board members. The independent agency investigates all fatal general aviation accidents, including commercial accidents and incidents, as well as significant accidents across the various modes of transportation and pipeline accidents. The board does not have regulatory authority. Instead, it determines the probable cause of those accidents and makes safety recommendations to avoid similar ones in the future.

In May 2025, the Trump administration fired another Biden-appointed NTSB member, former vice chairman Alvin Brown. Brown joined the five-person board earlier in 2024, being sworn in on the same day as Inman.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ntsb-member-responded-d-c-201644498.html

Travelers Evacuated from Kansas City International Airport Due to 'Potential Threat'

The incident occurred the morning of Sunday, March 8

Portions of Kansas City International Airport (MCI) were evacuated the morning of Sunday, March 8, due to a possible security threat

Airport Police and the FBI investigated the situation, while flights were temporarily grounded and traffic to the airport was diverted

Videos showed hundreds of travelers leaving the terminal with luggage and waiting on the tarmac during the evacuation

Travelers were evacuated from parts of the Kansas City International Airport in Missouri following a possible threat.

“The Kansas City Aviation Department is aware of a situation at Kansas City International Airport (MCI). As a precaution, the department has evacuated sections of the Airport Terminal,” the Kansas City International Airport, which is overseen by the Kansas City Aviation Department (KCAD), shared in a post on X on Sunday, March 8, at around 12:40 p.m local time.

“Airport Police are working with the FBI to substantiate any potential threat,” the airport added.

In an update to PEOPLE later on Sunday, the KCAD said they received a call on Sunday morning "of a potential device" in the airport terminal, as well as in the parking garage.

"Airport police and other law enforcement, including the FBI, worked quickly to evaluate the situation and ensure the safety of everyone," the department continued. "As part of that process, KCAD staff evacuated travelers from the terminal and held inbound flights on the taxiway away from the gates during the event."

"Law Enforcement was able to determine no credible threat to the Airport or those inside the terminal," the KCAD said. "Once that determination was made, KCAD has started working to resume normal operations and minimize disruptions. The evacuation lasted approximately two hours."

The KCAD said that during the sweep of the parking garage, "a vehicle on the top floor was identified by K9 units as suspicious." KCPD Bomb and Arson were called in to investigate, and the garage remained closed for an additional three hours.

"Bomb and Arson investigated the vehicle and was able to determine that there was no threat," the department said.

The FBI Kansas City field office did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

Footage of the evacuation shared by KAKE News showed hundreds of passengers walking away from the airport while wheeling their luggage.

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Additional footage showed travelers waiting on a tarmac.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/travelers-evacuated-kansas-city-international-201931872.html

Delta Air Lines Is Reportedly Facing Potentially 'Massive' Fine

Delta Air Lines faces possible hefty fine from FAA after chaos at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport due to severe storms.

After a bout of hail and harsh winds left its travel operations at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in chaos Friday night, Delta Air Lines is reportedly looking at a possible hefty fine.

Severe storms initially led to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issuing a ground stop at Atlanta on Friday, but Delta eventually had to maintain its own ground stop as over 50 aircraft and various pieces of ground equipment underwent inspection.

Lengthy delays leave customers irate

On social media and Reddit, Delta passengers lamented planes being stuck on the tarmac and flights being delayed, or in some cases, cancelled outright.

"I’ve been stuck on my plane for 11 hours now," one person wrote.

"ATL is an absolute disaster. My flight through ATL tomorrow just got cancelled. Delta support is hours on hold," a second person said.

"The problem isn’t that it hailed for 10 minutes, 10 hours ago. It’s that airport ops and delta ops have woefully dropped the ball on handling the aftermath,” a third customer commented. “There are no ramp workers to move planes, no agents at the desks, no jetway drivers to actually let people out of the planes even once a gate finally opens up."

“I’ve now been on the plane for a total of 8 hours…I wish they had just cancelled our flight,” a fourth passenger wrote.

Delta apologizes for the mess

Delta eventually issued an apology via statement. The airline also reportedly cited several factors, including safety protocols, staffing constraints and gate constraints, as reasons for the issues, per Fox 5 Atlanta.

"We apologize to our customers, as we know that a delay on the tarmac waiting for an arrival gate is frustrating," Delta said. "Delta people worked through severe weather challenges in ATL that drove gating constraints overnight. The safety of our customers and crew is our highest priority."

Why is Delta potentially facing a large fine?

No penalty has been officially announced, but Paddle Your Own Kanoo's Mateusz Maszczynski writes that a seven-figure punishment is possible because of airline regulations.

"U.S. law requires airlines to have contingency plans in place for lengthy tarmac delays, and in most cases, airlines are required to allow passengers the opportunity to deplane once the delay has hit a certain length," Maszczynski said.

"In the case of domestic flights, passengers must be given the opportunity to deplane after a tarmac delay of three hours or more, and for international flights, a tarmac delay of four hours should trigger the opportunity for passengers to deplane."

The only exceptions, Maszczynski states, occur when the airline "can prove that allowing passengers to deplane would jeopardize safety or security or if air traffic control tells the pilot that deplaning passengers would significantly disrupt airport operations."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/delta-air-lines-reportedly-facing-162237341.html

Allergic passenger had ‘near-death experience’ from American Airlines dumpling sauce, lawsuit says

Heather Wing is suing American Airlines after experiencing a life-threatening allergic reaction to a nut-containing dipping sauce served on a flight, despite multiple warnings about her severe nut allergy.

A Texas woman with a purported life-threatening tree nut allergy is suing American Airlines after she “narrowly survived” a light snack aboard a transatlantic flight last fall, according to a federal lawsuit obtained by The Independent.

Heather Wing says in her complaint that flight attendants twice tried to serve her items containing nuts, “despite multiple warnings” she was deathly allergic. Wing, 48, eventually accepted a plate of chicken-and-vegetable gyoza that had no allergen warning on the menu and that she was assured was nut-free.

However, the complaint alleges, the dipping sauce wasn’t – something Wing discovered only after she began to go into anaphylactic shock.

Wing’s husband Brent, an Army veteran who now runs an environmental nonprofit for service members transitioning back into civilian life, “directly witnessed Heather’s life-threatening anaphylaxis,” according to the complaint. In addition to Wing’s acute physical symptoms, Brent “experienced extreme emotional distress and continues to suffer mental anguish as a direct result of witnessing his wife’s near-death experience.”

The couple were on their way back to the U.S. from Paris, where they had gone to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary, Wing told The Independent.

“When I hit the flight attendant button, no one came to help me for what seemed like four or five minutes, and my throat was swelling shut,” Wing said. “I couldn’t reach my handbag, as I was running out of breath, and my EpiPen was in my handbag.”

She described the experience as “the most terrifying allergic reaction I had ever had.”

Brent, who was in the next seat over, remembers feeling helpless as he watched Wing’s face turn blue.

“I never thought I was going to ever lose her more than I did that day,” he said.

Severe food allergies are generally considered disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Wing’s complaint accuses American of not only violating the ADA by failing to accommodate her disability, it also says the carrier “subjected Heather to unsafe conditions in violation of the Air Carrier Access Act,” a 1986 law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in air travel.

American Airlines did not respond on Friday to a request for comment.

Wing, who has a deadly tree nut allergy, was trying to get home to Dallas with her husband when she was served a plate of dumplings with a dipping sauce that could have killed her, according to legal filings (AFP via Getty Images)

On August 26, 2025, Wing and her husband flew from Paris Charles de Gaulle International Airport to London Heathrow Airport for a connection home to Dallas-Fort Worth, according to their complaint, which lists them both as co-plaintiffs.

Wing has “a medically documented, life-threatening tree nut allergy, constituting a disability under federal law because it substantially limits major life activities including breathing and eating,” the complaint states.

“I have been deathly allergic to tree nuts since I was a toddler and have to carry an EpiPen with me at all times,” Wing told The Independent.

Although Wing’s traveler profile notes her allergy, she said the flight attendant brought her a bag of mixed nuts anyway, a detail echoed in the complaint, filed February 6 in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Wing refused the nuts, reminding the flight attendant of her allergy, she went on.

Still, a short time later, the same flight attendant brought Wing a mixed salad with walnuts, which she also refused, according to the complaint.

“The last meal of the flight, I asked him if either of the items had any nuts because there was nothing denoting tree nuts on the menu,” Wing told The Independent. “He said I was going to be fine with the dumplings.”

Wing says there was no allergen warning on the in-flight menu (Provided)

Yet, the complaint alleges, “The dumplings contained ground tree nuts in the sauce. Heather consumed them, triggering a severe anaphylactic reaction.”

Wing “activated her seat call button to request immediate assistance,” the complaint continues. “Flight attendants failed to respond in a timely manner. Brent frantically attempted to summon help as Heather’s condition worsened. His distress was heightened by the crew’s lack of urgency.”

In the meantime, Wing was able to get to her EpiPen, but said “it was not enough to help,” and that her Benadryl was in her carry-on, which the airline had forced her to check. One of the cabin crew members finally got on the PA and asked if there was a doctor onboard.

“Ultimately, fellow passengers – a retired physician and a current physician – intervened,” the complaint states. “They provided emergency care and administered Benadryl from their personal supplies.”

Last September, the Wings – who say their luggage was lost for nearly a week, on top of everything else – served American with a demand letter to make up for its “catastrophic mishandling of their anniversary trip,” according to the complaint. It says they asked to be reimbursed for their costs and $50,000 cash, which the carrier allegedly countered with an offer of 30,000 miles for their delayed bags and a $775.59 refund.

When the two sides couldn’t come to an agreement, the Wings filed suit – initially on their own, but the pair have since retained an attorney.

The complaint against American contends the airline demonstrated a “pattern of negligence and egregious errors,” and that the pair were owed “a duty of care… to provide safe service and respond to foreseeable medical emergencies.”

Heather Wing, according to the complaint, “suffered physical injury, emotional trauma, and ongoing medical complications.”

It says Brent, who suffered a stroke in 2023, remains extremely shaken by the experience and has been deprived of the “companionship, support, and intimacy of his spouse.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/allergic-passenger-had-near-death-212523869.html

Jet that crashed in Maine spent more time on runway than typical after de-icing, NTSB says

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A private jet that crashed in Maine in January, killing all six people aboard, spent more than the standard amount of time on a runway after de-icing before takeoff, according to a preliminary report issued Friday by the National Transportation Safety Board.

The plane should have waited no more than nine minutes from the start of when the de-icing treatment began before taking off, according to Federal Aviation Administration guidelines. But the NTSB report said 17 minutes passed before takeoff.

The pilot commented that it was "standard" to have 14 to 18 minutes and that if the wait was more than 30 minutes, they would return to the ramp to deice again, and the copilot concurred, the report states.

The report does not point to a probable cause, which is expected in a final report. The final NTSB report on the investigation likely won't be published for more than a year.

A spokesperson for NTSB declined to comment further on the report.

"There were multiple airport CCTV cameras that captured the airplane during the takeoff," the report states. "Several of these cameras showed the airplane impact the ground followed by multiple explosions as the impact sequence progressed."

The plane landed upside down on the runway and burst into flames. The airport remained closed for several days afterward.

The luxury jet that was owned by a Texas law firm had stopped in Bangor to refuel en route to Paris amid light snow, mild winds and near-zero temperatures as a massive storm began to reach Bangor. Another plane had just aborted takeoff, radioing to the tower that they chose not to fly because visibility wasn't great and they would need another application of de-icing fluid.

The snow would eventually accumulate to about 9.5 inches (24 cm), but it was only beginning at the time of the crash. Investigators, who were initially hampered by the extreme weather conditions, recovered the cockpit voice and data recorders for analysis.

The Bombardier Challenger 600 had gone through a standard de-icing process before proceeding to the runway, the airport director has said. If the calculated holdover time on a deicing treatment expires, a pilot is expected to go back for another treatment.

The four passengers and two pilots had stopped to refuel in Bangor as they traveled from Houston to France on Jan. 25. The passengers included Houston lawyer Tara Arnold, 46, and three people who worked for her luxury travel company.

The other victims were event planner Shawna Collins, 53, of Houston; chef Nick Mastrascusa, 43, and sommelier Shelby Kuyawa, 34, both of Hawaii; and pilots Jacob Hosmer, 47, of Pearland, Texas, and Jorden Reidel, 33, of Texas.

The international airport in Bangor, about 235 miles (378 kilometers) north of Boston and 130 miles (210 kilometers) north of Portland, is one of the closest in the U.S. to Europe and is often used to refuel private jets flying overseas. The Bombardier was headed for the Champagne region of France when it crashed.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/jet-that-crashed-in-maine-spent-more-time-on-runway-than-typical-after-de-icing-ntsb-says

How UPS is getting nearly 300 pilots back in the air after November crash

UPS retired its MD-11 fleet following a deadly crash in Louisville.

Roughly 275 pilots previously assigned to the MD-11 are now undergoing retraining for different aircraft.

The transition process involves bidding for new aircraft assignments based on seniority and completing eight 10 weeks of training.

Four months after the deadly plane crash of UPS Flight 2976 in Louisville, some UPS pilots have still not resumed flying.

Following the Nov. 4, 2025 crash, which left 15 people dead, including the three person UPS pilot crew, UPS decided to retire its entire fleet of MD-11 planes, the company announced in January.

Now, roughly 275 pilots at UPS that were assigned and qualified to fly the MD-11 are in the process of getting assigned to new plane fleets, updating their training for new planes and preparing to return to the skies.

"Our pilots are the most professional in the world," Bob Travis, the president of the Independent Pilots Association, the Louisville-based union representing roughly 3,500 UPS pilots, told the Courier Journal. "There's no concern of pilots moving from one fleet to another. That's a common occurrence in the industry."

Travis added that since the crash, the majority of UPS MD-11 pilots have not been flying for the shipping company, but that none of the pilots were furloughed or laid off.

"Everybody's pay protected, so they're continuing to get paid their guarantee while they are waiting their turn to go to training," Travis said.

How are UPS pilots trained?

Travis said pilots are typically assigned to one type of aircraft at a time and if for any reason they need to change the type of plane they fly, the pilot must go back for training on the new aircraft.

"It's not unusual for our pilots, for a variety of reasons, to switch domiciles, to switch aircraft types, to, multiple times throughout their career, switch from one aircraft to another when a vacancy bid comes open," Travis said.

In the case of MD-11 pilots, the process has already started for at least 90 of the affected pilots. As for selecting what type of aircraft the pilots will transition to, Travis said it comes down to company seniority, and the pilots will use that to place bids to get onto another fleet.

International Airport in Louisville, Kentucky Nov. 6, 2025. A UPS MD-11 crashed shortly after takeoff Nov. 4 at the airport, killing the three crew members and nine more people on the ground. More than a dozen were injured.

"Fleet transitions, the bid process and pilot training are a routine part of airline operations. UPS has established processes to support our experienced flight crews," a UPS spokesperson said in an email to The Courier Journal. "MD‑11 pilots will receive appropriate training as they move to a new fleet, while UPS continues to serve customers safely and efficiently."

Travis said he expects there to be roughly three bid periods for the MD-11 pilots and that this training process could "bump" some pilots who have less seniority from other aircraft as MD-11 pilots matriculate into the remaining fleet.

"There's not a difficulty for our pilots as commercial airline pilots to switch aircraft," Travis said. "It's just really a time commitment that they're going to have to go back through training to learn a new aircraft."

How does the UPS pilot bid process work?

In addition to seniority, pilots have to take into consideration numerous lifestyle factors, such as willingness to fly almost exclusively international flights or domestic flights, and which UPS pilot domicile they want to be based in, including Louisville, Miami, Anchorage, Alaska or another hub.

The MD-11, for example, was domiciled in Louisville and did mostly domestic flights in recent years.

Once pilots have bid onto a different aircraft fleet, such as the Boeing 767 or Airbus A300, they then undergo anywhere from eight to 10 weeks of training for that specific aircraft, which includes ground school and simulator training. The majority of pilots are trained in Louisville where UPS has its main training center, though some pilots may be trained in Anchorage, Alaska depending on the plane.

During this portion of training, pilots are not flying revenue, meaning actual packages, for UPS.

More: 'Most people know somebody at UPS:' Why the UPS plane crash feels different for Louisville

After training, pilots then enter the operating portion of the transition where they "actually go out into the airplane." During this phase of the transition, the pilots return to flying revenue for UPS alongside an instructor pilot.

"I've flown and have been qualified on every aircraft we have in our inventory right now," Travis said. "The differences from one wide body commercial aircraft to the others as far as physically flying them are not significantly different."

Is this a normal process for UPS?

Travis said initially after the crash, and before grounding of the MD-11 fleet at the recommendation of Boeing, the operator responsible for the planes, there was an assumption the planes would return to flying. At that time, pilots were still required to do simulator training to stay current on certain technicalities.

But once the fleet retirement announcement was made, pilots were released from their UPS training responsibilities as they waited for the bid process to begin.

UPS had been working to retire the MD-11 fleet since at least 2022, with plans for the fleet to be ultimately replaced by more modern Boeing planes. An original retirement date for the full fleet was never disclosed by UPS.

However, following the crash in Louisville, the company expedited the retirement of its remaining 26 owned and/or operated MD-11 planes to be replaced with new, more efficient Boeing 767 aircraft, company executives said in January. Over the next 15 months, UPS expects to get 18 new Boeing 767 planes, with 15 of them expected for 2026.

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/money/companies/2026/03/09/ups-pilots-to-retrain-after-md-11-fleet-retirement/88648860007/

Renewed search for missing Flight MH370 comes up empty 12 Years later as families press for answers

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Twelve years after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 vanished with 239 people aboard, a renewed deep-sea search in the southern Indian Ocean has so far failed to locate the missing aircraft, Malaysian authorities said Sunday, as families pressed for the effort to continue.

The Air Accident Investigation Bureau said in a statement that a seabed search conducted by marine robotics company Ocean Infinity between March 2025 and January 2026 surveyed thousands of square kilometers of ocean floor but has not produced any confirmed findings of the aircraft wreckage.

Malaysia gave the nod to the Texas-based company last year to renew the search for Flight 370 under a "no-find, no-fee" contract at a new 15,000-square-kilometer (5,800-square-mile) site in the southern Indian Ocean where it was believed to have crashed. Ocean Infinity will be paid $70 million only if wreckage is discovered.

The search was carried out for 28 days in two phases — March 25–28 last year and Dec 31, 2025, to Jan 23 this year, covering about 7,571 square kilometers (2,923 square miles) of seabed, the bureau said. Weather periodically disrupted operations, it said.

"The search activities undertaken have not yielded any findings that confirm the location of the aircraft wreckage," it said in a statement. It didn't give details on when the search will resume.

The Boeing 777 plane vanished from radar shortly after taking off on March 8, 2014, carrying 239 people, mostly Chinese nationals, on a flight from Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur, to Beijing. Satellite data showed the plane turned from its flight path and headed south to the far-southern Indian Ocean, where it is believed to have crashed.

An expensive multinational search failed to turn up any clues to its location, although debris washed ashore on the east African coast and Indian Ocean islands. A private search in 2018 by Ocean Infinity also found nothing.

Voice 370, representing the families of some of those aboard the missing plane, urged the government to extend Ocean Infinity's contract and to consider similar arrangements with other deep-sea exploration companies.

Although Ocean Infinity's contract runs until June, the group said the company's vessel has been redeployed for other work and is unlikely to return soon to complete the remaining search areas due to the approaching winter months and deteriorating sea conditions.

"The government pays nothing unless the aircraft is found. Any request by Ocean Infinity to extend the search contract should therefore be granted without hesitation," it said in a statement. "If the present search is unsuccessful, we would also urge Malaysia to kindly consider extending similar no find, no fee opportunities to other capable deep sea exploration companies."

The group vowed to "continue the fight for answers. We will never give up!"

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/renewed-search-for-missing-flight-mh370-comes-up-empty-12-years-later-as-families-press-for-answers

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