In early 2014 , Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 crashed under mysterious circumstances . Many nations contributed to the initial SAR effort , which was fruitless . In June 2014 , the Australian Transport Safety Bureau commissioned the MV Fugro Equator to lead a three-month survey of the ocean bed , for which it had budgeted $ 60mn ; at the same time , Malaysia announced it had spent $ 9.3 mn to date on fuel and food in its own effort . The search for Flight 370 has become the largest SAR so far with the largest budget
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Search and rescue