“I think he did everything he could,” said Silene Frederiksz, whose son Bryce was on board MH-17.

That was the case for Australian Hannah Blackiston, who took an MH flight from London back to Adelaide in late 2022.

"But I do remember having a conversation around: 'Oh wow are we actually on a MH numbered flight when we were boarding."

The MH-60 Jayhawk crashed on Read Island, about 80 miles east of Sitka, on Nov. 13.

A fishing vessel reported the crash of an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Sitka on Read Island around 11 p.m.