New deep-sea search for MH370 begins as families hope for answers

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00:00This morning, the search for one of aviation's greatest mysteries is officially back on.

00:08More than a decade after Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 vanished without a trace,

00:14a new deep-sea search is now underway in the southern Indian Ocean,

00:18renewing hope for answers long denied to families around the world.

00:22The Boeing 777 disappeared on March 8, 2014, just 39 minutes after takeoff from Kuala Lumpur,

00:30bound for Beijing, carrying 239 people.

00:34The last radio transmission, quote,

00:36Good night, Malaysian 370, was the final human contact before the plane fell silent.

00:43This latest effort is being led by Ocean Infinity, a U.S.-based marine robotics firm

00:48operating under a no-find-no-fee agreement with the Malaysian government.

00:53The company will only be paid up to $70 million if searchers find wreckage.

00:58Search vessels are now scanning a newly targeted 15,000-square-kilometer stretch of ocean floor,

01:04believed to offer the best chance yet of locating the aircraft.

01:08The mission is expected to run up to 55 days, weather permitting.

01:13Investigators believe the plane was deliberately diverted after its transponder was shut off,

01:18before flying for hours and eventually running out of fuel somewhere in the remote Indian Ocean.

01:24But what happened inside the cockpit and why has never been answered.

01:28For families, this moment carries both hope and heartbreak.

01:32Many have waited for more than 11 years, not necessarily for blame, but for certainty.

01:38This morning's restart doesn't promise answers,

01:40but it does reopen a door that, for many of them, has been closed for far too long.