As debris from MH17 smouldered across the fields of eastern Ukraine, families and next of kin were thrust into a new reality – one of profound loss and unimaginable grief. While the world around them moved forward, their lives had been forever altered and they wanted someone held responsible. Justice would be an arduous 8-and-a-half-year journey and the AFP would not let them go through it alone. The AFP’s Family Investigative Liaison Officers (FILOs) would become a lifeline for grieving Australian families, providing support and a single point of truth against a background of complex misinformation.

As debris from MH17 smouldered across the fields of eastern Ukraine, families and next of kin were thrust into a new reality – one of profound loss and unimaginable grief. While the world around them moved forward, their lives had been forever altered and they wanted someone held responsible. Justice would be an arduous 8-and-a-half-year journey and the AFP would not let them go through it alone. The AFP’s Family Investigative Liaison Officers (FILOs) would become a lifeline for grieving Australian families, providing support and a single point of truth against a background of complex misinformation.

A gripping new documentary podcast from the Australian Federal Police featuring remarkable first-hand accounts and heart-breaking personal recollections that take you right to the heart of the AFP’s wide-reaching and compassionate response to one of the world’s worst aviation tragedies.

A gripping new documentary podcast from the Australian Federal Police featuring remarkable first-hand accounts and heart-breaking personal recollections that take you right to the heart of the AFP’s wide-reaching and compassionate response to one of the world’s worst aviation tragedies.

Remarkable first-hand accounts take you inside the AFP’s wide-reaching and compassionate response to one of the world’s worst aviation tragedies. This is an emotional story of unwavering dedication in the pursuit of justice for victims of crime… and the families left behind.

Search Among The Sunflowers

On the 17th of July 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was shot down by a surface-to-air missile in the skies above eastern Ukraine. As the commercial passenger jet disintegrated, fiery debris and personal effects plunged into a sea of sunflowers and agricultural fields, sending plumes of thick smoke into the northern summer sky. 298 people, including 38 people who called Australia home, were on board. None survived.

Recovering and identifying victim remains would quickly become an unprecedented operation for the Australian Federal Police and their international counterparts. It would also become a complex mission to find the truth about what happened to MH17, with investigators driven by an unwavering dedication to seek justice for the families left behind.

Remarkable first-hand accounts and heart-breaking personal recollections will take you inside the AFP’s wide-reaching and compassionate response to one of the world’s worst aviation tragedies.

On the 17th of July 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, was shot down by a surface-to-air missile in the skies above eastern Ukraine. As the commercial passenger jet disintegrated, fiery debris and personal effects plunged into a sea of sunflowers and agricultural fields, sending plumes of thick smoke into the northern summer sky. 298 people, including 38 people who called Australia home, were on board. None survived.
Recovering and identifying victim remains would quickly become an unprecedented operation for the Australian Federal Police and their international counterparts. It would also become a complex mission to find the truth about what happened to MH17, with investigators driven by an unwavering dedication to seek justice for the families left behind.
Remarkable first-hand accounts and heart-breaking personal recollections will take you inside the AFP’s wide-reaching and compassionate response to one of the world’s worst aviation tragedies.

Justice for the families of those on board MH17 would be an arduous 8-and-a-half-year journey and the AFP would not let them go through it alone. The AFP’s Family Investigative Liaison Officers (FILOs) would become a lifeline for grieving Australian families, providing support and a single point of truth against a background of complex misinformation.

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