[ventus45]

I find it odd, very odd, that given that this is publicly, supposedly, a "no find - no pay" deal, that apparently, conditions imposed by Malaysia included that:-
(a) an operations room be set up in Malaysia, and that all data is to be fed directly to the Malaysians, in real time, and:
(b) that two Royal Malaysian Navy Officers, are apparently embarked on Seabed Constructor, as "official observers".

It begs the question, if they don't find it, why should Malaysia get anything else, like sea bed data, for free ? Why have "official observers" at all, let alone naval officers, for what is supposedly, a "search" for a "civil" aircraft ?

Ocean Infinity has sprung up out of nowhere for this job. Why ? It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma, but perhaps there is a key. What is the key ?

One can't help wonder if there are shades of something else behind the scenes. Is thsi all a cover story, for something out of the cold war history books, like Global Marine Development Inc, the research and development arm of Global Marine Inc, a pioneer in deepwater offshore drilling operations, which was contracted by the CIA to design, build and operate the Hughes Glomar Explorer, in order to secretly salvage the sunken Soviet submarine K129 from the ocean floor ?

See:
Project Azorian, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Azorian
Glomar Explorer, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glomar_Explorer
https://www.pri.org/stories/2015-09-07/s...-scrapyard
https://maritime-executive.com/features/...r-explorer
https://www.maritime-executive.com/featu...rer-part-2
And a VERY interesting video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK9KpGO3ClM