Shot down : the powerful story of what happened to MH17 over Ukraine and the lives of those who were on board
Velzen, Marianne van2019
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On 17 July 2014, Malaysian Airlines MH17 was shot out of the sky above Ukraine. Aboard were 298 people, 38 of whom were Australians. 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. The debris from the plane's disintegration was spread over 50 square kilometres, but for weeks rescue teams and investigators were denied access. The Russians have refused to take any responsibility for the deaths. 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.
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Author:
Velzen, Marianne van, author
Imprint:
Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2019.
Collation:
338 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781760875589 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
947.7086947.708 VELZ947.7086 VEL
Language:
English
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BRN:
1167660
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