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A Perth mother has spoken of how, one year on, after the disappearance of Malaysia Flight MH370, she still struggles with what to tell her sons about where their Daddy is.

One year of questioning. One year of wondering. One year of anguish and heartbreak.

For the families of the 239 passengers aboard missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, the one-year anniversary of the disappearance of the plane is a heartbreaking anniversary.

And yet it looms, just days away.

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Danica Weeks ( Source: Dateline, SBS)

When the plane went missing on March 8 last year, no one ever imagined it would become one of the greatest aviation mysteries in history.

Perth mother Danica Weeks spoke to SBS Dateline saying that she still holds hope her husband will return.

Paul Weeks, from New Zealand, was travelling to Mongolia to work when the plane went missing.

Danica said that one-year on all she wants to know is the truth.

She wrote for SBS, telling of the heartbreak of living with this reality:

“Twelve months on, I know no more of what has happened to my soulmate, best friend, amazing father and husband, than I did on March 8th 2014.

“And the only people, the Malaysian Authorities, who are legally and morally tasked with telling us the truth are either hiding it or don’t know themselves.

“But how do we know as they continue to be non-transparent and treat us as a nuisance, only hoping, it feels, that we will all just go away.”

Danica Weeks has said that the hardest part is when her four-year-old son screams at her “bring my Daddy back.”

“Staring into his eyes full of anger and sadness as your heart breaks, the only words I can conjure up are ‘I’m sorry darling I can’t.’

Danica and Paul:”I know no more of what has happened to my soulmate, best friend, amazing father and husband”

“And I can’t promise him I can, if only to relieve a small portion of his heartbreak, as I’ve tried everything to do that for them both, bring their Daddy home dead or alive, as me more than anyone knows everything they are missing out on.

“But how are they supposed to comprehend or understand that now, they just want him back, the huge void to be filled. And I know they say you should always tell children the truth, but what is the truth here? I wish desperately someone would tell me!”

Danica continues to cope with the day to day realities of life.

She told Dateline she believes someone, somewhere knows something.

“To me it feels like the biggest aviation cover-up of all time,” she said.

While she continues to fight for answers she has to cope with the day-to-day reality of life with two children. Her son started school this year, a milestone for any family, but one Danica had to go through alone.

In a letter published in The New Zealand Herald, she spoke of her heartbreak each and every day.

The search for MH370 — currently being led by Australia — has so far found no traces of the plane. It is the most expensive search and rescue in Australia’s history — costing up to $89.9 million in total.

So far nearly 40 per cent of the search area in the Great Southern Ocean has been scoured, but still the mystery remains.

It is now being discussed how long Australia will continue to support this search.

40 per cent of search area completed.

Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss told Dateline: “We’re determined to put in the maximum, the best possible effort, and if the aircraft is where we think it is, we’re confident we can find it.”

He acknowledges that all the families want is closure.

Danica Weeks told Dateline: “I search on the phone, on the internet, just constantly looking for one piece of information that will tell me where they are. That’s just the most crazy thing of all, is how do you lose a plane? I wake up every day and say, ‘How do you lose a plane?’ They fly past here every day. I think, ah, it’s impossible. It’s truly impossible.”

 To watch Danica Week’s full interview on SBS visit this page here.

To read her letter in The New Zealand Herald visit this page here. 

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