The statement was made after Malaysian Transport Minister Anthony Loke announced in early March, during the 10th anniversary of MH370's disappearance, that a new search could be conducted by the US company Ocean Infinity.
However, Mr Anwar on Friday (March 15) warned against getting his hopes up too high about finding answers to the disappearance after a state-of-the-art robotics company (Ocean Infinity) was able to reopen the search, according to The Star newspaper.
Simulated image of MH370 crashing into the ocean
A total of 239 people, including more than 150 Chinese and 50 Malaysians, were on board the plane that disappeared while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014. It is considered one of the most haunting mysteries in aviation and has undergone the most expensive search operations in the industry's history.
Anwar said a decision would likely be made in the coming weeks, after reviewing the Texas-based company’s proposal. But he warned relatives of the missing should not expect any breakthroughs.
Speaking to the press during his ongoing visit to Germany, the Malaysian Prime Minister said: "I don't want to create false hope that we can get answers. But I want to convince them that we are doing everything possible, even if it costs significant amounts of money."
Previously, the US-based Ocean Infinity Company proposed a search plan to the Malaysian government , saying that there was new evidence of MH370's crash location in the southern Indian Ocean, but did not specify what the evidence was. Ocean Infinity's proposal followed the "no find, no fee" search method.
In 2018, Ocean Infinity searched for MH370 in an area of about 112,000 km2 in the southern Indian Ocean but found no results.
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