In the days after MH17 came down, unarmed AFP officers were deployed into an active conflict zone patrolled by Russia-backed separatists. Their mission involved recovering the remains of the MH17 victims. What confronted them was a horrifying scene - bodies, personal belongings and children’s toys lay alongside smoking debris as far as the eye could see. As evidence began to be uncovered, the downing of MH17 was looking more like a criminal act... and the crash site had just become the world’s biggest crime scene.

In the days after MH17 came down, unarmed AFP officers were deployed into an active conflict zone patrolled by Russia-backed separatists. Their mission involved recovering the remains of the MH17 victims. What confronted them was a horrifying scene - bodies, personal belongings and children’s toys lay alongside smoking debris as far as the eye could see. As evidence began to be uncovered, the downing of MH17 was looking more like a criminal act... and the crash site had just become the world’s biggest crime scene.

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.

Unarmed AFP officers were dispatched into an active conflict zone patrolled by Russia-backed separatists. Their mission: recovering the remains of the MH17 victims in what had quickly become the world’s biggest crime scene.

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