Phase 3 of the search is now completed.
It started on 30 Dec. 2025 and finished on 23 Jan. 2026 . No significant finding is reported so far.
Ocean Infinity “Armada 86-05” ship has now scanned the full south-east portion of the search zone outside the Arc 7 as presented in March 2024 during the 10th anniversary ceremony (areas outlined in white) which includes the recommended zone by CAPTION centered on 35.7°S and 93°E (yellow triangle). Phase-3 of the 2025-2026 search campaign resumed where Armada 78-06 stopped in March 2025 and appears to have covered the entire external zone south-east of the Arc 7 .
For complete and real-time data go to VesselFinder and MarineTraffic.
The map above shows the current track of OI “Armada 86 05” ship. By ticking on the option menu, boxes the tracks of previous searches and phases can be displayed as well as several seabed background. Armada 86 05 position is updated at 30 minutes past the hour with 90 minutes behind real time at time of update (in UTC time). Additionally, her stationary positions are indicated by small green rings.
Zoom in, zoom out and display in full screen control buttons are at the top left and the geodetic coordinates of the pointer are shown in the upper right corner. Downloadable track files in GoogleEarth kml file format are also available. Other major analysts’ hot spots are also indicated as well as the search areas.
The inner area outlined by the orange line illustrates the area scanned during the “earlier Phase 2 marine surveys” conducted by the governments of Australia, Malaysia and the People’s Republic of China between September 2014 and January 2017. The area between the orange line and the red line illustrates the Ocean Infinity search in 2018.