NETHERLANDS: OFFICIAL INQUIRY INTO 1992 EL AL CARGO PLANE CRASH IN AMSTERDAM CRITICIZES DUTCH PRIME MINISTER PRIME MINISTER WIM KOK AND HIS GOVERNMENT

Record ID: 984072

  • Title: NETHERLANDS: OFFICIAL INQUIRY INTO 1992 EL AL CARGO PLANE CRASH IN AMSTERDAM CRITICIZES DUTCH PRIME MINISTER PRIME MINISTER WIM KOK AND HIS GOVERNMENT
  • Date: 22nd April 1999
  • Summary: THE HAGUE AND AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS (APRIL 22, 1999 AND FILE) (REUTERS/AMATEUR VIDEO/NOS - PART NO ACCESS NETHERLANDS) AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS (APRIL 22, 1999) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. WS EXTERIOR OF APARTMENT BUILDINGS TODAY 0.05 2. SLV MEMORIAL TO THOSE THAT DIED 0.10 3. SV/CU JOTIE BUITS, 62, RESIDENT IN AREA FOR 21 YEARS AND WITNESS TO ACCIDENT LIGHTING CANDLE (2 SHOTS) 0.17 4. SV (SOUNDBITE) (Dutch) JOTIE BUITS SAYING: "I feel betrayed by my own government. They should have started their research then and told us to stay away from the crash site." 0.29 5. SCU CUTAWAY TO OLD NEWSPAPER CUTTING AT MEMORIAL 0.32 6. SV (SOUNDBITE) (DUTCH) JOTIE BUITS SAYING: "I think our health minister Borst should resign really." 0.39 7. WS MEMORIAL 0.42 8. SCU/CU VANDALISED NOTICE BOARD/TEDDY BEAR AT MEMORIAL (2 SHOTS) 0.49 9. WIDE OF SCENE 0.57 10. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) ARJHEY THOMAS, 30, AN IMMIGRANT FROM GHANA, WHO HAS LIVED IN AREA SINCE 1989 AND WITNESSED CRASH SAYING: "I think the Minster and the people who handled the case should be fired or should be punished because it's not normal the way they've treated the people around here." 1.13 11. SLV MORE OF MEMORIAL 1.19 THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS (APRIL 22, 1999) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 12. LV EXTERIOR OF PARLIAMENT BUILDING 1.23 13. LV INTERIOR OF COMMITTEE ROOM WITH MEDIA SURROUNDING MEMBERS 1.27 14. SLV HEAD OF COMMITTEE THEO MEIJER HANDS OVER REPORT TO MP JELTJE VAN MIEUWENHOVEN 1.31 15. MV VAN MIEUWENHOVEN HOLDING REPORT/CLOSE UP OF REPORT (2 SHOTS) 1.37 16. SV VAN MIEUWENHOVEN ADDRESSING PRESS/WS PRESS WATCHING (4 SHOTS) 1.58 17. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) THEO MEIJER SAYING: "What we have said in our report is the Dutch Government during the last six years have not done what they had to do. Every minister from ten departments have done their work well or not well but there was no coordination in the total - that's what we say when this happens again - let's hope never. But if it happens there must be much more coordination from environmental health, traffic, etcetera - that was the mistakes they made in the last six years." 2.36 18. SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) BENNO BAKSTEEN HEAD OF DUTCH PILOTS FEDERATION SAYING: "By the way the public hearings were structured - the committee sort of made the excitement larger as this is a bit disappointing to see - there was no need for that and because of the raised excitement it is very hard for people now to really accept the conclusions of the report so I have mixed feelings. 3.04 AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS (OCTOBER 4, 1992) (AMATEUR VIDEO - NO ACCESS NETHERLANDS) 19. GV'S NIGHT SHOTS AMATEUR VIDEO TAKEN FOUR MINUTES AFTER THE CRASH (2 SHOTS) 3.19 AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS (OCTOBER 4, 1992) (NOS- NO ACCESS NETHERLANDS) 20. VARIOUS NIGHTSHOTS OF BURNING APARTMENT BUILDINGS, DEBRIS, FIREFIGHTERS FIGHTING FLAMES, MEDICAL STAFF TREATING VICTIM AT SCENE OF CRASH (13 SHOTS) 4.33 AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS (OCTOBER 5, 1992) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 21. VARIOUS OF SMASHED APARTMENT BLOCKS - WITH PLANE WRECKAGE IN FRONT (4 SHOTS) 4.56 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: THE HAGUE AND AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
  • Country: Netherlands
  • Reuters ID: LVA6H51ETSHIJ88O1ZS8URT7L7ZL
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