Just four months after the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines flight over the Indian Ocean, there was another tragedy: MH17, shown down over eastern Ukraine on June 17, 2014. All of the almost 300 passengers and crew on board were killed, including 38 Australians.
Now, ten years on, the families of those lost on the flight are gathering to commemorate the tragedy, as authorities continue to seek justice for their loved ones.It was in mid June of 2014 that an unenviable task fell to then Prime Minister Tony Abbott: delivering terrible news to Australia about the downing of a commercial passenger plane.
"Of course, the state over which this tragedy took place is responsible for this terrible tragedy. I have already given the appropriate instructions to the military departments to provide all necessary assistance in investigating this crime.” “Over the last 15 years we've seen the rise of smartphone technology, so there's lots of people on the ground taking photographs, sharing them on social media, which becomes a really big source of information... We were able to show definitively that the missile launcher came from Russia, the specific brigade it came from in Russia, when it was transported. But alongside that we were able to show different aspects.
"What are the grounds to be assured of the impartiality of such an investigation? Can this investigation resist the aggressive propaganda backdrop in the media? Can it resist pressure of clear political origin when the causes for the disaster and those who are guilty of the disaster are named in advance and such statements are made by a number of leaders of certain states which form part of the JIT?”Then Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said it was about justice.
Canadian Michael Bociurkiw was one of the first international observers at the crash site, and told CBS News the verdict was important, despite that being the case. Families of the victims will also be at the official commemoration, including Pieter Ploig, who lost his brother on the flight.“We look back on ten years of MH-17. Ten years of grief for the next of kin; ten years of lonely Christmases; ten years of wistful anniversaries; ten years of endless legal proceedings - and ten years of Russia obstructing all the proceedings.”
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