Mrs Willems, I am going to interrupt you anyway.
We have it all on paper. And we...
I think that's exactly the problem.
Paper. It's not about paper. This is about people.
Bijlmermeer. On the edge of the polder...
the first complexes are already standing.
A satellite city for 110,000 inhabitants.
We want to give people a harmonious living environment.
A house in which you can be born.
Where you can celebrate. And in which you can die.
You met the first blacks in the Bijlmermeer.
The first homosexuals, the first divorced people.
Here I can live my life.
The fun thing that happens in our Bijlmer...
of which so much is said to be so bad...
it's so unsafe. - Everyone knows that story.
If you look around here, you will see what our Bijlmer is like.
How we live together. -Real life.
It's not funny. You should have just kept your mouth shut.
I do not know. Then I'm like that in front of everyone.
Kenneth, please.
Yes. Do you know who you are going to live with?
I'm on duty first, okay?
Struggle.
Asha? Asha.
Come on. -I have a house call. So I actually have to go on.
Then you pass 't Groentje.
I'll take a look, okay? -These kids want to say goodbye.
I know. - Just drop by later.
Please. Do it for them.
Ok�. -Yes, that's a yes? -Yes. -It's a yes. -Yes.
Nice, fine.
Okay guys. We're going to watch football, come on.
Is this all overdue maintenance?
According to the boys nothing dangerous.
Finish up, Yitzhak. We go.
Schiphol, this is El Al 1862 rolling.
El Al 1862, you are cleared to Tel Aviv.
Ready for take-off.
I don't get it, there's nothing wrong with them at all.
Sabrina said they were sick.
Sabrina wanted to get you here...
His whole buttocks are covered in rashes again.
Real? -What did you do to him? -Nothing.
Look, all red spots.
Maybe it's just diaper rash. Can I have a look?
H�, Milton. H�.
Oh, that's just diaper rash.
Have you tried formula food yet?
That is lactose-free, you can get it at the night shop.
Ash.
This is to wish you luck in Antwerp.
Thank you.
I'm going to miss you. Stupid.
Will you say hello to Kenneth?
It does not have engine 3 and 4.
They just don't work? No additional misery? -Not that I know.
Don't exercise outside. -I wasn't allowed in either.
Let d'r. -No one is bothered. -Well, maybe the neighbor?
No, that's fine. -Yes? She's gone for an hour. Ash?
If they cause a nuisance, let me know.
Then they stay inside for a week.
You won't get louder than Schiphol anyway.
I am home.
We're just going to get some milk. He just ate...
so if you stay calm, he will sleep through. -Okay�. Quiet, yes.
There's beer in the fridge. -Joe.
See you soon Milton.
Shit.
I forgot to give the second box of pills.
I really need to bring that one.
And.
See you soon.
He's in big trouble and now also with his control.
Also problems with his control? Check. -Yes.
At the next tone it is 6:36 pm.
It has happened.
There is no point. He crashed, Henk.
Did you see it? -A big cloud of smoke over the city.
Jesus.
Kenneth.
Good day. A plane has crashed.
An explosion. -My God. I heard, I saw it.
A plane has crashed in the Bijlmer. It's very bad.
Yes, we are on our way. -Yes?
Forget the Verrijn Stuartweg. It is in the Bijlmermeer.
Near Kruitberg. -You've never seen anything like it in your life.
Forty, fifty, sixty flats in full glory.
Tering. -Holy shit.
My cats. -William, wait. William. Dad Sem.
So I am.
Go get wet towels.
Dad Sem. Stay down. Help is on the way.
...burning debris. Little is known about the cause of the disaster.
Eyewitnesses said just before the plane crashed...
seen an explosion. The first images of the disaster...
we're getting in now.
Okay folks. Cups together.
I want the guys from the parliamentary editorial office.
Jeff, where's Jeff? -We are in contact with The Hague.
What kind of plane was it? -They don't know.
Okay, Johan, Matthijs. You go that way.
Dekker, you're from aviation, come and join us.
Sit down, guys. come.
He has third degree burns...
a laceration under his right ribcage...
and a wrist fracture on the left. -Okay�.
So I am.
Pa Sem, are you still there?
What's his name? -Willem Seymore but everyone calls him Pa Shem.
William, can you hear me? William? William, are you following me?
Jeroen, Jeroen.
Your box crashed. Beyond Weesp.
What?
Survivors? -No idea.
...consists of 9 floors. There is a great danger of collapse.
Hey, you're a doctor? Come help, we need everyone.
Um... I'm a vet. - Ma'am, this way. -Hello, huh.
I'm looking for my friend.
Everyone is welcomed in the sports hall.
Yes, this way.
Surinamese to the front bus. Ghanaians to second...
Dutch people to the third bus. -Denise, where are our children?
Calm down. - We're looking for our children? - Everyone to the gym.
The mayor is on his way.
Remove covers, provide food. -Coffee, lots of coffee.
We'll be here for the next few days.
Terrible. I was watching Studio Sport.
Ed, you need to issue a disaster declaration. -Yes.
Then the disaster law comes into effect. -What should I do?
Now say yes to me. -Yes. Certainly. -Good evening, Ed. -Good evening.
Good evening.
Ministry of V and W will give a press conference tomorrow morning.
National Aviation Service is also there.
When the RLD is there I want at least 3 people.
Ehm, you anyway, Jeff. -Fine.
And I want a section devoted entirely to the emergency services.
Fire brigade, erm ambulance personnel, police and how many passengers?
Do we already know that? -It's a Boeing 747, they say...
so that is, what will it be? Take it 300, 400 men?
More than 400 anyway. -It must be full of corpses, there's no other way.
Cargo. -Sorry?
They're just saying it's an El Al plane.
Sorry, wait a minute. I don't quite understand what you're saying.
El Al usually carries cargo.
This was probably a cargo plane.
No people. -How do you know that?
I mean, did you get that from sources or did you just see that on television?
Out of my head. -Out of your mind?
This was the 6:22 pm flight. That was a cargo flight.
Jeff. -Um. - You take Dekker to that press conference tomorrow.
Well, I'm just going with Hieke and Rob.
And with Dekker. - We can do just fine with the three of us, can't we?
Vincent understands planes. And not you. He's coming. -Okay�.
It was a Boeing 747, an El Al cargo plane.
The crash happened here. Close to Kraaiennest metro station.
He clapped on a subway? -Complete route we will get as soon as possible...
from Schiphol. What we know is that the plane...
also flew over the center of Amsterdam. -Jesus.
Thank goodness not on the center.
There must be at least 100 dead. -Much more. It's the Bijlmer, isn't it?
Those flats are packed with illegal immigrants.
...two apartment buildings, Kruitberg and...
That's Heyboer. From the Volkskrant.
Hit behind it.
How the shit did that man get there so fast?
He lives in Gaasperdam. That's a five minute bike ride.
At least forty homes have been completely destroyed.
An initial estimate from my people puts the death toll well above 500.
500. - It's an estimate, so we'll keep it out of the press.
Yes? Ed, I've got the Prime Minister on the phone.
Guys, Schiphol passes on: Four people on board...
only freight. And no hazardous materials.
Thank God. -Yes thank you.
Hello? Anybody here?
Hallo?
Is there anyone? Is there anyone?
Bram, can we continue? -Yes. -Okay�.
Who is the howler monkey?
Keller, aviation detective.
Isn't this ridiculous?
Jeroen. Come and have a look.
He doesn't know about his girlfriend yet.
His wife. They had just married.
And boom, all fire, all fire.
We are looking for our children.
Can I do something for you? I want to help.
Is there anything I can do, I'm trying to help.
Ok�, there should be thermal blankets, interpreters.
Arabic, Turkish, Ghanaian.
A disaster. But, now, a very hard, real disaster.
A drama that, across the country, yesterday...
suddenly awakened and dismayed.
Very intense human suffering with a horrible drama...
not only about the loss but also about uncertainty...
uncertainty and uncertainty.
What we now know is that for reasons that are unclear...
an engine has fallen off. The air traffic controllers knew there...
at the time of guiding the device.
As you can see the plane flew a circle over Amsterdam.
The aircraft departed from runway 1 towards the Gooimeer.
The aircraft then flew back over Amsterdam with a curve...
What are you doing? -Does it make another circle...
and it finally ended in the Bijlmermeer.
About the cargo, it concerns a freighter.
Flowers, perfume, computer parts. - Dekker.
Prefer the questions afterwards. Thank you.
Why was it decided not to let them land on runway 6 but on runway 27?
I don't understand the relevance of your question sir?
On runway 6 the wind was much more favourable.
Then they wouldn't have had to fly straight over the center again.
Why did you give permission to take job 27?
Because we always give the pilot his way.
As of today, engineer Wolfswinkel will...
lead the investigation into the crash.
We are very happy that he is here.
His air traffic controllers did a skilled job.
They will continue to do so.
Sounds like a good listen now...
How can you already say that?
How can you say that they did their job well...
while Mr. Wolfswinkel still has to start his research?
And you are? -Vincent. -Vincent? - Dekker, Vincent Dekker. Fidelity.
Mr Dekker, I have been in this business for almost forty years now.
And I can assure you...
that my people have performed excellently.
Under very tough conditions.
And if Mr. Dekker can exercise a little patience...
then he can read it himself in a few months in our final report.
You will understand that our main concern...
now goes out to the countless victims of this disaster.
That's the most important thing right now.
That's why I'd like to let the floor go...
to Mrs Sarucco from the municipality of Amsterdam.
Have you already slept yourself?
No, but you can do that later. Slightly higher. Sorry.
Mary with her two dogs that...
Where she lived that the plane... -Can you raise your arm?
Ouch. -Sorry.
Are these the lists of the deceased?
Those are lists of names.
Hey, but they live across the street. This. -Sorry, this list is wrong.
These people, Sabrina and Randy, live opposite the crash site.
They do not live in Groeneveen or Kruitberg. They're still alive.
These bodies have been recovered.
These are the people we know died.
Sorry for your loss.
Asha.
It remains strange. That they say right away that everything went well.
Just like runway 27. That's also illogical.
Sorry, kid. I don't mess with competitors.
Hallo?
Hey, I'm the neighbor. I had to watch him for five minutes.
But they are not back yet.
So I don't know if you might know...
God damn it, really?
She...
I'll contact the family.
Yes. They stunk.
We also have that here. That's from the crash site.
Kikkenstein has been in the smoke the entire time that night.
Just for a few hours, though. The wind didn't get it...
Goddamnit. What was on that plane?
Toilet use costs a consumption. -Sorry?
Um, okay, yes. A soda please.
Add a straw? -Good, thank you.
You're not from here. Or do you? -I'm a journalist.
Oh, what are you coming to beat? Tonight's bingo?
The plane crash. In the Bijlmer.
You are about ten kilometers off. -It's about the route.
Did you see it coming over here?
No. Not me. Maybe she knows.
Oh, can I have a few... -Hello? -Gentlemen?
Has anyone seen that Bijlmer-Boeing fly over?
This gentleman is from the newspaper and has some questions.
I've seen it. But not here. -Where is it?
in Naarden. We were standing at the fish stand and that thing came...
so fly over.
That is not possible. -Can not? Do you think I'm retarded or something?
No, but you can't. -Then go ask yourself in Naarden, man.
Everyone who was there saw it.
Those guys from the Bijlegger almost got the debris on their head.
The Beekeeper? That's a pleasure yacht. I know them.
Shall I give them a call?
Yes please. -Yes?
H�, hoi.
H�? Those radar images from the RLD are incorrect.
That's Schiphol, man. That doesn't matter to us.
They only care about money, those guys.
Neel, let the gentleman do his job.
It's always about money. -I still have some receipts from you here.
Do you want to pay it now? -I'm gone for a while. -Precisely.
You must be here. They want to talk to you and are here now.
If you're quick you'll also have the coast guard man there.
Ok�.
Oh, um... -Wat?
I don't have... I'll be back to settle it.
Yes Yes. -No. Real. I'll be back, I promise.
Thank you for this. -Don't mention it.
Vincent Decker.
We've seen it all.
That plane flew in that direction, so to speak.
Just say. -Yes. And the engines? -Yes, the engines.
We sailed just under the Dutch bridge.
Then all of a sudden we saw those two engines crashing down.
It was two engines? Not one, are you sure?
Certainly. You don't forget something like that. -No.
Coast Guard, Coast Guard, here's the Bijlegger, over.
By the way, I passed that on to you as well.
What do you do with such information?
Played immediately. -Passed on to whom?
Schiphol.
Coast Guard IJmuiden, over here.
Schiphol knew that two engines had fallen off?
Of course.
How... What time was this?
Before the crash. Within a minute I was on the phone with them.
Who did you speak to there? -Someone from air traffic control. RLD.
How so?
Schiphol knew. -Vincent, we're just...
Schiphol knew that two engines had failed.
Two. Not one, but two.
The IJmuiden coastguard called it through. Immediately.
So if Schiphol knew that the engines had fallen off...
they sent a broken coffin over densely populated area.
Up to three times.
Right across the center of Amsterdam. Right across the Bijlmer.
And the route is wrong.
No one in Muiden saw the disaster flight fly over.
But in Naarden? -I just don't understand.
Why is that relevant?
If they tampered with the radar images, that's world news.
They're holding something back. -Why would they.
Precisely. Why would they?
I want to publish.
Do you have witnesses? -I spoke to 16 people in Naarden...
they all saw the plane.
Who want with name and surname on the front page?
Because you say quite a lot, don't you?
Tampering with radar images. Such a thing does not happen in the Netherlands.
What will they say, our readers? What are you going to do?
Just call the coast guard.
Yes, hello, this is Saskia Kant from newspaper Trouw.
We would like to verify a story.
That your employees told one of our reporters today...
I saw... - That's why we don't make any announcements.
So I don't know what kind of story your reporter wants to publish.
But it doesn't come from us.
So you've put a gag order on the Coast Guard people?
We are not cooperating. We have no contact. -That's a gag order.
Who imposed that on you? -This is Vincent Dekker.
I spoke to one of your colleagues less than an hour ago.
That one said...
Jan, this is at least page 3.
Well. But for God's sake keep the tone careful.
Hai. - Hi.
I'm coming to pay.
Good piece. Too bad I'm not in it.
You wouldn't have had your story without me, right?
Oh yeah. Thank you. Thank you.
I found it a bit complicated, at times.
All those technical explanations, those different routes.
Route. There is only one route.
Here are two.
Yes, the route flown according to the RLD.
And the route that eyewitnesses saw on the ground.
It's not difficult at all. -Then you should explain it better.
And.
Ok�. This is Amsterdam. Yes?
This is the Gooimeer. Yes? Wait a second.
This is runway 27. Yes? This is runway 6.
This is runway 1. - Yes. -Yes?
Um... -What are you looking for? -A plane.
Here they rise. -Yes. -According to Schiphol they flew this route.
So with a curve along the Gooimeer and back to Amsterdam.
Yes? But eyewitnesses say that route was much further north.
So like that. You see?
And here it really flew. You see?
Why would the RLD lie about this?
And one more thing: The Coast Guard was called from here.
By two men on 't Gooimeer from a boat. Dirk and Joop.
You know that one. -Yes.
You approved this?
I had to re-read this three times before I understood what he meant.
He's a bit rusty, but his story is convincing.
I vouch for it. -Oh, congratulations. You vouch for me.
Well, Saskia, then you can take the punches when the complaints come in.
Yes. -Saskia? I'm looking for Jan. Is he with you?
Yes, it's here. It's for you.
Yes? -Jan, I have Mr. Wolfswinkel on line 2.
Who? -Mr. Wolfswinkel of the RLD. -Awesome. It begins.
Engineer Wolfswinkel, what can I do for you?
Apparently someone is walking around in your editorial office...
who thinks he knows something about aeronautical engineering.
You are referring to our aviation journalist from the economy editorial?
It doesn't matter who it is. It is too little for that.
But little of it is true. - Do you have any complaints?
I just want to warn you. -Mister Wolfswinkel...
I can assure you that our journalists...
always rely on sources. -Who are those sources?
Someone in your position needs to understand that we use our sources...
protect at all costs.
Just like our journalists.
If you want to leave a comment, we will of course also post it.
A reaction? No thank you. Good afternoon.
So Schiphol knew about those dropped engines...
and they still sent that box all the way over the Bijlmer.
About densely populated area. Do you understand?
What do you think?
Well, it's a very cumbersome way to ask me out.
No, but...
No, I'm not saying that. I'm not asking you...
No? -Yes. -Well? -No.
Well, that is. At least you're beautiful.
We can also just start with a sandwich from the house.
Spicy chicken? -Oh, no, I'm a vegetarian.
So cheese. -Yes.
Shouldn't you go there anyway? You're a journalist, aren't you?
My article is about the route.
I think this disaster is about people.
Instead of coasters and peanuts.
...with relatives and friends and acquaintances.
That is true today. May it also be so tomorrow.
And the day after tomorrow.
Thus the accident, the disaster is also a writing on the wall.
So that we share the sorrows and concerns of our compatriots.
Keep sharing.
Journalist Vincent Dekker stuck for years...
in file Bijlmer disaster.
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