Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17/MAS17) was a scheduled passenger flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur that was shot down by Russian forces on 17 July 2014, while flying over eastern Ukraine. All 283 passengers and 15 crew were killed. Contact with the aircraft, a Boeing 777-200ER, was lost when it was about 50 km (31 miles) from the Ukraine–Russia border, and wreckage from the aircraft fell near Hrabove in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, 40 km (25 miles) from the border. The shoot-down occurred during the war in Donbas over territory controlled by Russian separatist forces. The responsibility for investigation was delegated to the Dutch Safety Board (DSB) and the Dutch-led joint investigation team (JIT), who in 2016 reported that the airliner had been downed by a Buk surface-to-air missile launched from pro-Russian separatist-controlled territory in Ukraine. The JIT found that the Buk that was used originated from the 53rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade of the Russian Federation and had be

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was a scheduled international passenger flight operated by Malaysia Airlines that disappeared on the 8th March 2014 while flying from Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia to its planned destination, Beijing Capital International Airport. The crew last communicated with air traffic control around 38 minutes after takeoff when the flight was over the South China Sea. The aircraft was lost from ATC radar screens minutes later, but was tracked by military radar for another hour, deviating westwards from its planned flight path, crossing the Malay Peninsula and Andaman Sea. It left radar range 200 nautical miles (370 km) northwest of Penang Island in northwestern Peninsular Malaysia and is believed hours later to have crashed in the Southern Indian Ocean. This Radio Episode features the 8th Remembrance Event and the guest speakers as part of a case update.  

Blaine Alan Gibson, adventurer and debris finder, joins Radio Espial presenter Mick Rooney for episode 13 to discuss aviation and the latest news on missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. What are the plausible possibilities and how has the media (mainstream and social) dealt with the case?   www.radioespial.com

Michael Glynn, retired Qantas captain, joins Radio Espial presenter Mick Rooney as we approach the 6th year remembrance to discuss aviation and the latest news on missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. What are the plausible possibilities and how has the media (mainstream and social) dealt with the case?   www.radioespial.com

Kristyna Pokorna joins Radio Espial presenter Mick Rooney on the 5th year remembrance to discuss the latest news on missing flight Malaysia Airlines MH370 and her trip to interview eyewitnesses in the Maldives.   www.radioespial.com

Grace Nathan of Voice370 lost her mother Anne Daisy on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. She joined presenter Mick Rooney on Radio Espial to discuss the journey for relatives of passengers and crew of the missing aircraft over the past four years. Last week the Malaysia government announced a renewed search for the seabed wreckage of the aircraft in the South Indian Ocean after it contracted exploration company Ocean Infinity. www.radioespial.com Voice370