this particular airspace? it was because of weather. that was a question. absolutely. a couple of hundred miles difference from where they were supposed to take versus the route they were taking. is this particularly dangerous, this route? with hindsight, yes. but at the time, no. the airspace from ground to 32,000 had been closed by the ukrainians. above 32,000 was open. this plane was not doing anything wrong being where it was. we can argue and discuss in the future whether with all these other incidents restrictions should have been placed. but when that pilot flew that route this morning, there was nothing wrong with doing so. all right, nic robertson, jim sciutto, everyone stand by. richard is going to come back with me a little later on in the show. right now i want to tell you a bit about one of the 283 passengers on malaysia airlines flight 17. gweneth thomas was a former journalist for the bbc who got