With massive aircraft moving within a few feet of us, the ramp, or apron, is one of the most dangerous workplaces in the world.

The friends from Ipswich, named as King Edonmi and his 27-year-old pal Mo, had travelled to the resort town of Albufeira earlier this week.

It is now eleven years ago today that Newcastle United fans John Alder and Liam Sweeney so sadly lost their lives, along with hundreds of other people, in the MH17 plane tragedy.

More than 40 years on, families hope a tribute in Christchurch can finally honour New Zealand's worst aviation disaster.

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