Malaysia announced a U.S.-based marine robotics firm will spearhead a renewed effort to find a plane that is believed to have crashed in the Indian Ocean over a decade ago.

Malaysian transport ministry officials said Wednesday that Ocean Infinity will search intermittently for Malaysia Airlines flight 370 beginning Dec. 30 for a total of 55 days. The flight, MH370, which carried 239 passengers and crew, mysteriously went off radar in 2014, prompting international scrutiny and speculation surrounding its disappearance.

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