Danica Weeks on MH370 anniversary: ‘My life stopped on that day’

DANICA Weeks isn’t just a heartbroken wife, she’s also angry. One year after MH370 disappeared with her husband on board, she’s still no closer to answers.

THE heartbroken wife of a MH370 passenger has revealed her devastation and frustration one year after the passenger plane disappeared with 239 people on-board.

Danica Weeks said he has found it difficult to move on without her husband Paul by her side.

Almost one year after the Malaysian Airlines 777 disappeared, the Perth mother-of-two said the pain of the past year has been indescribable and she still had no answers for her sons.

“It feels like yesterday for me,” she said of the last time she saw her husband.

“It feels like yesterday we said goodbye to him because I haven’t moved. My life stopped on that day.”

Paul Weeks with sons Lincoln and Jack.

MH370 was flying on a routine flight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia bound for Beijing, China on March 8 last year when it disappeared from radar.

Despite one of the biggest searches in aviation history, there is still no sign of the missing jet, its passengers or its crew.

Speaking to Dateline tonight, Mrs Weeks reveals her daily struggles and she was forced to tell her son about what has happened to their father.

“I just have to keep telling him that Dad is in his heart and hope that brings some comfort to him but it’s hard to explain something to him,” she said.

“They tell you not to, I’ve asked so many people what do I tell him?”

Paul Weeks was onboard MH370 when it disappeared almost a year ago.

Dateline also tracks the developments, false alarms and disappointments in the 12-month hunt for MH370 as well as portrays the frustration experienced by passengers’ families.

Mrs Weeks tells the show one of the biggest frustrations was dealing with Malaysian authorities who she claims have refused to answer her questions.

“They are wanting to put this aside. In their own words — to move beyond MH370,” she said.

“How do you move? We don’t get to move beyond. We will never get to move beyond. So how can they just move beyond this and forget about it?”

Her comments follow last month’s announcement by Malaysia’s Department of Civil Aviation that the mysterious disappearance of MH370 has officially been declared an accident.

The Weeks, pictured on their wedding day.

A search of the southern Indian Ocean, which is believed to be the final resting place of the Boeing 777, has covered 30 per cent of the “priority” area without any trace of the aircraft.

In October last year, Emirates chief Tim Clark revealed his suspicions over true fate of missing flight MH370.

The Emirates president and CEO told Aviation Week: “Something is not right here and we need to get to the bottom of it.”

He also challenged the Australian Transport Safety Bureau’s conclusion that MH370 flew south over the Indian Ocean on autopilot for five hours until it ran out of fuel and fell out of the sky, forcing 239 passengers into a watery grave.

Danica Week’s full story will air tonight on Dateline, 9.30pm on SBS ONE.