Tearful mum whose three young kids were killed in flight MH17 crash reveals she and husband considered suicide
THE parents of three children who died during the tragic Malaysian Airlines crash in 2014 have admitted they "considered suicide" after they heard the news.
Otis, 8, Evie, 10, and Mo Maslin, 12, were on their way home to Perth, Australia, when they boarded the doomed MH17 flight with their grandfather Nick Norris, 68.
“Where we are now is a different place, and what we feel we owe to the Australian public is to let you know how we got to where we are now.”
CONSIDERING SUICIDE
In a heartbreaking on-camera interview that will air on Australian television this week, the pair said they were leaning out the window of their Amsterdam apartment in the early hours of the morning after the crash.
They deliberated whether or not to jump together, but ultimately decided not to, because didn't want to inflict the pain they were feeling on anybody else.
WHAT WAS THE MH17 CRASH?
- Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was a scheduled passenger flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur that was shot down shortly after take-off
- All 283 passengers and 15 crew on board were tragically killed during the disaster
- The plane took off on schedule at 12.31pm local time on July 14, 2014
- About an hour and a half later, radar lost contact with the plane somewhere over Eastern Ukraine
- It later eventuated that the plane was shot down and had crashed in a sunflower field in the Ukranian village of Hrabove
Maslin also said that he woke during the night to his phone flashing with missed calls.
He looked at the news and saw many articles about the flight, then checked his booking to confirm the flight number his children were on.
CITIZENS OF THE WORLD
Maslin said: “Our kids were citizens of the world."
“They were really open-minded and really welcoming to all people."
Marite added: “When their innocent bodies were shot out of the sky I stretched my arms as high as I could and screamed for them."
“The love in my heart will always be open for them.
"My arms will always be reaching for them.”
While other family members of the people who died during the crash were contacted by Malaysian Airlines, Maslin and his wife were not.