With the threat of conflict resuming at any moment, AFP investigators were racing against time to recover the last remaining MH17 victims and any clues that would bring them closer to the truth of exactly what happened... and who was responsible. At the crash site, investigators uncovered a bow-tie-shaped fragment of what appeared to be shrapnel, embedded in the plane’s fuselage. It would be a critical discovery in the MH17 investigation.

With the threat of conflict resuming at any moment, AFP investigators were racing against time to recover the last remaining MH17 victims and any clues that would bring them closer to the truth of exactly what happened... and who was responsible. At the crash site, investigators uncovered a bow-tie-shaped fragment of what appeared to be shrapnel, embedded in the plane’s fuselage. It would be a critical discovery in the MH17 investigation.

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.

With the threat of conflict resuming at any moment, AFP investigators and their JIT partners were desperate to secure evidence that would help identify the last remaining MH17 victims and bring them closer to the truth of exactly what happened... and who was responsible.