Parents of MH17 victim arrive at crash site in Ukraine

  • 10 years ago
The parents of Fatima Dyczynski survey the wreckage of the Malaysian airliner downed last week over eastern Ukraine.

Their daughter is believed to have perished in the crash -- along with 297 other passengers and crew -- en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur.

Fatima's mother, Angela -- who traveled all the way from Australia -- says she thinks her daughter is still alive.

(SOUNDBITE) (English) ANGELA DYCZYNSKI, MOTHER OF FATIMA DYCZYNSKI, WHO IS BELIEVED TO BE A MH17 VICTIM, SAYING:

"Never I was sad, never. Never I had pain. Never ever I had pain. I am wondering, I said to George, why I do not have pain? I have no pain. Just, I don't have. Of course I cry. We thought, how (do) we survive this? We couldn't believe it. But... this all. But the first moment I thought, 'Oh, she is alive'".

International media reports say that twenty-five year old Fatima was a space engineer and aspiring astronaut.

She was reportedly moving from Germany to Perth, after

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