Search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 search may be used for oil, gas, and mineral exploration. Two features within the search area—Broken Ridge and the Kerguelen Plateau—potentially contain oil and gas deposits, while a field of manganese nodules—which also contain iron ore, nickel, copper, and cobalt—on the seafloor could also be exploited. Geoscience Australia published some of the underwater survey data in March 2017. Search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 The disappearance on 8 March 2014 of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, a scheduled international passenger flight from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport, prompted a large, multinational search in Asia and the southern
Malaysia Airlines fleet years back to 2009. Malaysia Airlines and Airbus agreed on compensation and a new schedule for the deliveries on 31 March 2008, considering new overall plans of the airline, with the deliveries to be made in 2011. However, Airbus postponed the delivery of the first A380 for the second time. The first A380 was delivered in June 2012 and featured an all-new livery to highlight the airline's 'wau' kite design element. The first A380 commercial flight commenced on 1 July 2012 flying from Kuala Lumpur to London, with Kuala Lumpur - Sydney flights following on 25 September 2012. The airline