The deep-sea search for the wreckage of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 will resume on Dec 30.

The Transport Ministry said marine robotics company Ocean Infinity will search the seabed for a total of 55 days intermittently.

“The search will be conducted in a targeted area assessed to have the highest probability of locating the aircraft, in accordance with the service agreement entered into between the government and Ocean Infinity on March 25,” it said in a statement.

It added that the latest development underscores the government’s commitment to providing closure to the families affected by the tragedy.

The airliner with 239 people on board went missing on March 8, 2014, while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

Analysis of satellite signals emitted from the aircraft has led authorities to believe that the plane diverted from its flight path and ended up in the southern Indian Ocean.

Finding the wreckage and the flight data recorder is believed to be vital to solving one of aviation’s greatest mysteries.

On Feb 25, British newspaper The Telegraph reported that Ocean Infinity’s deep-water support vessel, Armada 7806, had arrived in a new search zone in the southern Indian Ocean, roughly 1,931km off Perth, Australia.

The cabinet had approved, in principle, Ocean Infinity’s proposal to resume the search for the wreckage in December last year.

However, the MH370 Families group said operations were suspended just three days after the agreement was signed with the Transport Ministry on March 25.

On April 3, Transport Minister Anthony Loke confirmed the suspension, explaining that weather conditions were unsuitable, and said the search would resume at the end of the year.