Shot Down: The Powerful Story of What Happened to Mh17 Over Ukraine and the Lives of Those Who Were on Board

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On 17 July 2014 Malaysian Airlines MH17 was shot out of the sky above the Ukraine. Aboard were 38 Australians and 171 others, both airline staff and international travellers. No one survived.Subsequently it was shown that the airliner was almost certainly hit by a Buk surface-to-air missile fired by Ukrainian separatists aided by the Russian military. But from that day to now the Russians have refused to take any responsibility for these deaths, despite Prime Minister Abbott's early threat to 'shirt front' Vladimir Putin.The debris from the plane's disintegration mid-air was spread over 50 square kms, but for days rescue teams and investigators were denied access. Australia contributed personnel to both the body identification team and the crash investigation, which has taken many years.This is the story of some of the people who boarded that fatal flight and the conflict below them that was doomed to destroy their lives and the happiness of the people they left behind them. It is the story of a continuing clamour for justice. It is the fullest account yet published of what happened on that fatal day and subsequent events.