MH370: The Flight That Never Came Back

a public track of what happened, when it happened, and how the story unfolded over time.

by @hamza

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Jan 23, 2026 · 09:00 AM

Still nothing

The latest search concludes without success. No wreckage is found. No final location is confirmed. Twelve years later, MH370 remains the flight that never came back.

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Dec 30, 2025 · 09:00 AM

The hunt resumes

Ocean Infinity returns to the Indian Ocean. A 55-day seabed search begins. The mission is simple: find the wreckage. Find the black boxes. Find the ending.

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Apr 01, 2025 · 09:00 AM

The search is paused

Bad weather forces the new search to stop. The southern Indian Ocean shuts the window again. The mystery survives another season.

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Mar 01, 2025 · 09:00 AM

A new search is approved

Malaysia agrees to restart the search with Ocean Infinity. The target is a new area in the southern Indian Ocean. The deal is again no-find, no-fee. After eleven years, the hunt is not over.

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Mar 08, 2024 · 09:00 AM

Ten years pass

A decade after the disappearance, families still demand answers. Malaysia says the search must go on. The world remembers MH370 not as a crash site. But as an open wound.

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Jun 09, 2018 · 09:00 AM

The second search ends

Ocean Infinity ends its search without finding MH370. The official report remains inconclusive. Investigators cannot say exactly what happened. The aircraft is still missing. So is the truth.

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Jan 03, 2018 · 09:00 AM

Ocean Infinity tries again

A private seabed search begins under a no-find, no-fee deal. New technology scans new areas. Families hope the mystery is finally close to breaking. But the ocean gives nothing back.

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Jan 17, 2017 · 09:00 AM

The official search is suspended

After years of searching, the main underwater hunt is called off. No fuselage. No black boxes. No final answer. The most expensive aviation search in history ends without finding the plane.

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Mar 01, 2016 · 09:00 AM

More debris appears

Aircraft pieces wash up across the western Indian Ocean. Madagascar. Mozambique. Tanzania. South Africa. Each fragment confirms the ocean took the aircraft. None of them explains why.

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Jul 29, 2015 · 09:00 AM

A piece washes ashore

A flaperon is found on Réunion Island. It is later confirmed to be from MH370. For the first time, the world has physical evidence. The plane was real. The crash was real. But the main wreckage is still gone.

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Apr 01, 2014 · 09:00 AM

The underwater hunt begins

Search crews listen for black box pings. Ships, aircraft, and sonar equipment scan the ocean. The area is remote, deep, and brutal. The plane is missing in one of the hardest places on Earth to search.

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Mar 24, 2014 · 09:00 AM

Malaysia says the flight ended

Malaysia announces that MH370 likely ended in the southern Indian Ocean. There are no survivors expected. No wreckage has been found. For families, it is an ending without evidence.

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Mar 15, 2014 · 09:00 AM

The satellite clue changes everything

Inmarsat satellite data suggests the aircraft kept flying for hours. The signal points investigators toward the southern Indian Ocean. The search zone shifts dramatically. The mystery becomes larger than anyone expected.

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Mar 08, 2014 · 09:00 AM

The search begins in the wrong place

Search teams first look in the South China Sea. That is where the aircraft was expected to be. But MH370 was already somewhere else. The world was searching one ocean. The plane had gone toward another.

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Mar 08, 2014 · 01:21 AM

The plane turns back

Military radar later shows the aircraft turned west. It crossed back over the Malay Peninsula. Then it moved toward the Andaman Sea. The flight was no longer going to Beijing.

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Mar 08, 2014 · 01:19 AM

The last words

The cockpit makes its final voice contact. “Good night. Malaysian Three Seven Zero.” Minutes later, the aircraft disappears from civilian radar. No distress call. No warning. Just silence.

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Mar 08, 2014 · 12:41 AM

MH370 takes off

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 leaves Kuala Lumpur. Destination: Beijing. 239 people are on board. It is supposed to be a normal overnight flight. It becomes one of aviation’s greatest mysteries.

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