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60 Minutes: Aug 9

This Sunday 60 Minutes revisits the tragedy of MH370 and recent news from Reunion Island.

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This Sunday 60 Minutes revisits the tragedy of MH370 and recent news from Reunion Island.

It’s a late 9pm start -expect coding to show 60 Minutes: Late on Monday, so it doesn’t drag down annual averages.

MH370
517 days ago Perth man Paul Weekes boarded flight MH370 to fly to Beijing. It was a routine flight on one of the world’s safest planes, yet he and the 238 other passengers and crew have not been heard from since. What happened to the jetliner that fateful night is now one the biggest aviation mysteries of all time. Was there a catastrophic mechanical failure? Was it an act of terrorism? Or did a suicidal pilot deliberately crash into the ocean? Despite an enormous search, it wasn’t until two weeks ago that a part of a plane’s wing was discovered on a beach on Reunion Island in the western Indian Ocean. That part has now been identified as being from the Malaysian Airlines plane. For Paul’s wife Danica and her two young sons Lincoln and Jack, it’s the final realisation that he’s never coming home.
Reporter: Charles Wooley
Producer: Gareth Harvey

Stop the Killing
It is the most “unjust” law in the land. In some states, it is still possible for violent men to kill their wives or girlfriends and then use the unbelievable excuse that she provoked them, when just over the border the same crime would attract a murder charge. It is the archaic law of provocation, where a woman is blamed for her own death because she drove the man she loved to take her life, provoking them to kill. In court, murder charges are downgraded to manslaughter and prison sentences are drastically reduced, in some cases to just a few years. It’s as close to a licence to kill as there is, and it has to stop.
Reporter: Allison Langdon
Producer: Rebecca Le Tourneau

Terry Terrific
Terry Vo was just 10 years old when a seemingly harmless game of backyard basketball almost turned deadly. A devastating freak accident while attempting a slam dunk saw the hoop, backboard and part of a brick wall collapse on top of him, completely severing both his hands and left foot. Terry’s story and the skill of medical teams in saving his hands made headlines around the world. When 60 Minutes met Terry just days after the horrific accident it was clear there was something special about this boy. And nearly a decade later Terry’s unflappable attitude continues to inspire. He has never complained or felt sorry for himself. And you won’t believe what he’s doing now.
Reporter: Tara Brown
Producer: Steven Burling

9pm Sunday on Nine.

2 Responses

  1. Wonder if channel 9 are going to advertise that they are going to prove how and where MH370 disappeared as they always seem to advertise that they have the answers to all these events even though the experts that have been researching things for months are not able to give that information.

  2. I wonder if 60 Minutes will also examine the effect of the provocation law on the victims of gay hate crimes. There have been several cases of gay men being murdered, the murderer’s lawyer trotting out the provocation defence in court and the murderer being acquitted. It should be abolished everywhere.

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