Malaysia's transport ministry on Wednesday said that the deep-sea hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 will resume on December 30, renewing hopes of finally locating the jet that vanished without a trace more than a decade ago.

The Boeing 777 plane disappeared from radar shortly after taking off on March 8, 2014, carrying 239 people, mostly Chinese nationals, on a flight from Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur, to Beijing.