El Al plane crash in Amsterdam

Title

El Al plane crash in Amsterdam

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop

TX Date

5 Oct 1992

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:01:59

Description

Nicky Broyd reports on the El Al cargo plane crash into an apartment block in Amsterdam after the pilot reported 2 engines on fire. With eyewitness accounts including Inspector Gerald Yonsons(?) on the scene, a mother who was unable to prevent her daughter burning to death; and Al Bremner(?), El Al spokesman on not knowing the cause of the accident.

Contributors

Nicky Broyd; Gerald Yonsons(?); Al Bremner(?)

Keywords

Air accidents; Deaths; Fires; Aeroplanes; Netherlands; Family; Explosions; El Al; Dead bodies; Amsterdam

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