25 years ago on October 4th, 1992, an El-Al cargo flight crashed into these buildings in Amsterdam-Bijlmer. Killing 43 people (3 crew, 1 passenger, 39 residents) [1280 x 720]

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image showing 25 years ago on October 4th, 1992, an El-Al cargo flight crashed into these buildings in Amsterdam-Bijlmer. Killing 43 people (3 crew, 1 passenger, 39 residents) [1280 x 720]

nlx78 on October 4th, 2017 at 07:19 UTC »

More info since it had a rough aftermath.

Snippet:

Mental health care was available after the crash to all affected residents and service personnel. After about a year, however, many residents and service personnel began approaching doctors with physical health complaints, which the affected patients blamed on the El Al crash. Insomnia, chronic respiratory infections, general pain and discomfort, impotence, flatulence, and bowel complaints were all reported. 67% of the affected patients were found to be infected with Mycoplasma, and suffered from symptoms similar to the Gulf War Syndrome or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome-like symptoms.

Dutch officials from government departments of transport and of public health asserted that at the time of the crash it was understood that there were no health risks from any cargo on the aircraft; Els Borst, minister of public health, stated that "geen extreem giftige, zeer gevaarlijke of radioactieve stoffen" ("no extremely toxic, very dangerous, or radioactive materials") had been on board. However, in October 1993, the nuclear energy research foundation Laka reported that the tail contained 282 kilograms (622 lb) of depleted uranium as trim weight, as did all Boeing 747s at the time; this was not known during the rescue and recovery process.[16][17]

Edit: Aircrash Investigation docu on it

Edit 2: Thank /u/numerica for pointing out that video had some weird stutter stuff going on after 10 minutes or so.

Old link of that show at the moment that happens has this going on after a while. So once more, thanks for telling me. Didn't realise this post would be this popular and to give the full insight of this tragedy it deserves a proper video, what's available online.

Mr_Marram on October 4th, 2017 at 10:06 UTC »

https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19921004-2

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The design and certification of the B747 pylon was found to be inadequate to provide the required level of safety. Furthermore the system to ensure structural integrity by inspection failed. This ultimately caused - probably initiated by fatigue in the inboard midspar fuse-pin - the no. 3 pylon and engine to separate from the wing in such a way that the no. 4 pylon and engine were torn off, part of the leading edge of the wing was damaged and the use of several systems was lost or limited. This subsequently left the flight crew with very limited control of the airplane. Because of the marginal controllability a safe landing became highly improbable, if not virtually impossible."

Olddirtychurro on October 4th, 2017 at 11:44 UTC »

My Grandma lived in Groeneveen back then and this shit happened on her bday. Rollercoaster of emotions that day i tell ya. It had a huge impact on that neighbourhood aswell.