I'm here on behalf of the airline company Boeing.
Yes? - You must have heard that Boeing pays compensation?
No one signs.
These people want to pay us based on our level of education.
The lower your education, the less you get.
Rob van Gijzel. I am a Member of Parliament for the PvdA.
Here citizens are set aside for other interests. I don't like that.
I'm also here to warn you.
You don't smoke, do you?
Where did you get this?
I spoke to dozens of witnesses.
The night of the disaster they saw men in white suits.
They came from cars with French license plates.
So? -The European headquarters of the Mossad is in Paris.
This isn't cat piss.
I have a huge number of Bijlmer residents with medical complaints.
Complaints such as very rare genetic abnormalities...
strikingly many young people with cancer...
Before that disaster I was a healthy boy.
What does this have to do with that plane crash? -It had military cargo in it.
There must be a medical examination from the government.
They're only going to do that if I answer the big mystery.
"What was on the plane?"
Hey Asha, come in. -H�.
Good afternoon. -Hi, good afternoon.
Dag Pa Sem. -Asha.
My beautiful blaka rosoe.
I've looked better before.
Haha, don't you?
Welcome home.
I uh, I made you a cake. -Oh, that's sweet.
You didn't go to his funeral.
Your Kenneth.
Why not, Ash?
Where is Ashe?
Um... Ladies and gentlemen.
Medical examination. Ladies and gentlemen.
I...should have known that...you got sick...
Welcome.
The main thing is a medical examination.
We know that the disaster made you sick. -Don't know, suspect.
These are Vincent Dekker and Pierre Heijboer.
From Trouw and Volkskrant.
They're going to help us prove everything.
That the charge was poisonous. - Well...
We'll try that.
We will try to be as objective as possible...
to establish what happened here in '92.
We're all going to die from that disaster. That's what happens.
I... pain in those lungs and my GP sent me to the hospital.
Because they say: Mr. Mohamed, we can't do anything for you.
We don't know what's in that plane.
At the AMC they don't know anything either. Those are included.
Hey, they're just part of the conspiracy. All.
And that promised help never came.
They just let us down, didn't they?
They did help anyway.
I have a house and good compensation. -They bribed you.
What good are guilders if you are very ill.
Folks, hello.
That thing can fall on your head, but you can't know what's inside.
We do know what's in it. -H�.
I think it's very good that no one else is accepting compensation.
Those amounts really need to go up. Yes?
Until then, it is important that this action group grows...
We, eh...
We're going to find out what was on that plane.
We're going to find out what made you sick.
I hope so.
I have to skip more and more shifts because of my lungs.
We're not that big, are we?
Compensation sounds more and more attractive, Asha.
Even if they offer far too little. -Listen.
Soon Nicky, Nelleke and you will get all the money you need.
We're really going to win this. Please be patient.
Ok�.
"We're going to find out what made you sick."
Damn how?
H�? She promises those people miracles.
And soon we'll be in trouble.
The waybills.
The copies that were on the plane have been burned.
But the original waybills are still with El Al.
At Schiphol, in New York.
In Israel if we're unlucky.
I may know someone who can help us.
Bob. -Bob?
Yes, that's an old classmate of mine. If anyone dares...
Hello Vincent.
Pierre. Do you have a minute?
No. Appointment. Busy busy busy.
Why do you still spend so much time on this nonsense?
Here.
Found at the crash site.
There might have been a kid playing with it that got hit on the head by a Boeing.
You blow up your career.
No. This will be one of my greatest successes. May I pass?
People laugh at you, Heijboer.
You damage your reputation and that of the newspaper.
And that just before you retire. -I'm not retiring.
They are really terrified.
Most Ghanaians live illegally in the Bijlmer; they don't want to talk.
Not as long as they think the government can kick them out of the country.
H�.
are you ok?
I want to show you something.
That's how I found it.
On my roof and also one at my front door.
Maybe it's a joke from your colleague?
They are much too lazy for that.
I don't quite know what to do with it. I sleep badly.
You shouldn't bleat like that.
I warned you.
Jah... Then we can still find it scary, right?
If he can't handle it, he shouldn't participate. -Let's stop talking about it.
Maybe it was indeed a joke.
It is very far away from the Bijlmer, Pierre.
Are you sure? -Bob is the most honest asshole I know.
Right, yes. In the US your baby would have had at least a million.
And here, how much? 9,000 guilders.
Hm.
I've seen the health minister.
On TV.
To force a medical examination, you must prove that there was no nocebo effect.
Nocebo? -Pierre.
That's Latin. Fear makes you sick.
He means that The Hague will continue to claim that everyone gets sick due to the stress.
So, smart lady this.
And how do we prove it isn't?
Get the papers of the freight on the table.
Or find witnesses to testify under oath...
that the plane was full of junk. - That's never going to work. Everyone is scared.
The aviation world is as closed as an oyster. That's why we're here.
I think it's good that you continue to collect medical data.
The more medical evidence, the stronger the case.
In the meantime I will file a lawsuit against El Al.
To get those cargo papers on the table.
Probably won't do anything. But then they know we're awake.
So, you're going to help us?
"Thus David overpowered the Philistine with a sling and with a stone."
Ah, Peter.
Why, Mr. Chairman, can't we see the waybills?
Then it is clear what was on board.
Mr. Chairman, we know what was on board.
A load of flowers, perfume and computer... -And computer parts.
Mr. Chairman, and yet a consignment note has been found...
showing that military cargo was among the cargo.
Innocent military cargo.
Why can't we simply view the waybills?
Regarding the health issues...
Two.
These are questions for the Minister of Health.
He's after those bills of lading, too.
Ok�. Take a break.
Mr Van Gijzel. -I don't have time for the press right now.
I'm not a journalist.
I work for El Al.
Als cargomanager.
I have info.
About the freight papers.
Shit. Relax, that book can't help it.
Asha and Pierre need a technical expert. I am an amateur.
You are not an amateur. You are frustrated. And scared.
Well, maybe it's in my head too.
Depleted uranium.
That's pretty dangerous stuff, isn't it?
Because it says here that all the El Al planes are flying around...
with depleted uranium as a counterweight in the tail.
It was standard equipment on all Boeing 747s until 1981.
How old was that plane from the Bijlmer disaster?
It was delivered on March 19, 1979.
Here, the US FAA warns back in 1985...
to the dangers of depleted uranium.
I love you.
Shine on.
What are you actually looking for?
How long has it been here?
Since the disaster, h�.
They were supposed to clear that mess weeks ago.
But yeah, looking...
Have you had that long?
That hoe? -Yes.
Yes, that's chronic.
That's why I quit smoking.
Shine on.
Is that the same thing or not?
That's, yes, that's the same thing.
Do you have a toilet around here where I can wash my hands?
Yes, in the back.
Is that mess really that bad?
I do not know yet.
Where was the toilet, did you say?
There, behind.
I'm having this tested in an independent lab.
On radiation hazard. As soon as I know more, I'll call you.
If anyone gets complaints, please contact me.
The end of an era. At least, for me.
Exchanging The Hague for Brussels, my European adventure...
I only dare because I...
know that my successor is someone I trust completely.
I know Annemarie... -So, Bijlmerboy.
Elsa, hello. -You had some questions for me? -Yes.
I have people in the Bijlmer with serious health problems.
Since the plane crash. Could that have something to do with each other? -Oh, sure.
And? -Absolutely.
Trauma can make you very ill. -A trauma?
Could it also have something to do with the load?
That seems strong to me. Flowers and... what was the rest again?
Perfume, computer parts. -Precisely. That won't make you sick.
It's between their ears. -But how do we know that for sure?
Shouldn't we have a medical examination? -What are we talking about?
Rob here is still worried about the cargo.
I could reassure people if I could see the freight documents.
They are in the vault of the RLD, right? in Hoofddorp.
Sure, but that is only allowed with the permission of the Ministry.
Well, I think you're the ministry now, right?
Everything has been checked and is correct, Rob.
Excuse me.
Ladies and gentlemen, I would also like to say something.
I'd like to start by raising my glass.
Hanja, to you.
On Hanja. On Hanja.
This is Vincent Dekker's answering machine.
Dekker. With Rob van Gijzel.
I uh, I want to meet again.
Hallo?
H�.
This is Pierre Heijboer of de Volkskrant.
We are working on this story together.
You don't often see competing newspapers working together. - We'd rather keep that a secret.
Just like this conversation, by the way.
Um, you asked for my help.
Yes. I can put you in touch with a whistleblower.
Eh, how? -How?
I have to ask him if he wants to talk first.
I will only do that after you have helped me out.
I want Annemarie Jorritsma to give me permission...
to enter the vault of the Rijksluchtvaartdienst.
I want to see the freight papers. For now, she refuses.
But a little pressure from the media could help.
A little busy? -A little mess.
Do you have ideas?
I am in contact with forty workers.
In shed eight.
The warehouse at Schiphol where the Boeing cargo is located.
They are sick.
All. -Forty?
Good Lord.
How? -Um, what do you know about depleted uranium?
I just want to know if there are people with complaints.
Physical complaints. -Of course there are physical complaints.
It's not kindergarten. -Come on.
Since the Bijlmer disaster, you also have sick people here.
Everyone should shut up with me. -I'm not talking either.
I'm not a press. I'm a vet. Do you want people to die too?
Missy, dim now. -I'm sick, man.
Please.
I just want to get better.
Jesus.
Here. 'I've been walking around with open blisters on my legs since the extinguishing action.'
I went to the doctor several times…
but...'
Jesus. -Yes.
Yes, it's okay. According to the experts, it's all in my head.
Give it here. -Don't be dirty.
I know someone who might be able to help us.
Outside the official channels.
Give it now.
Please.
What?
Do I have to drive? -I'm sick, not disabled.
I can't immediately find an anomaly, but...
hearing you, it seems like an autoimmune disease.
Autoimmune? -And.
Could that be the result of uranium?
Depleted uranium?
Well, if it's burnt.
When depleted uranium burns, it disintegrates into very small particles.
You really don't want to inhale that.
During the Gulf War, a warehouse of depleted uranium exploded in Iraq.
A lot of grit was released.
In the years that followed, American soldiers suffered from bizarre phenomena.
Lung complaints, skin disorders.
God.
Ash. -Yes I know. I am going already.
I really hope you can officially come by soon.
Real. - Yes.
Me, too.
Annemarie. Do you have a minute?
Not really. -That RLD vault. I'd really like to get into that.
Like I said, I don't see the point in that.
I'm sorry Rob, I have to go on. -The media discovered that the plane contained depleted uranium.
That is potentially dangerous. -Potential?
And where does this speculation come from?
Vincent Dekker, surely?
Rob, you really need to come up with better arguments.
Why are you biting yourself so hard at this?
Do you know what they call you behind your back? -Yes.
Bijlmerboy.
And you think that's a nice name to see?
It was just an innocent flight.
What is this?
That's all the people who've been working between the cargo pieces of your innocent flight for a year.
They all got sick, Annemarie.
Shall I go to the press with them?
Or are we going to solve that differently?
Veen.
So you're talking to other corps now?
And with a journalist? -Asha is not a journalist. -You can pack your things.
You're out.
It also takes way too long. She can't help that.
She told us not to take that money.
However? And now we are a month further.
My company is bankrupt, completely screwed up.
You've been bankrupt for thirteen years. Which company?
Whitney, please.
I don't know what I'm still doing here, Asha.
We're just mad at each other.
Boy oh boy.
People...
Yes, we can if we have just a little patience.
Good news, doc.
She has given permission. To enter the vault.
We can see the freight papers.
Well, we don't...
From Gijzel. -Hello, hello.
asha. -Rob van Gijzel. -Hi.
Hello all.
Um...
These people from Schiphol are all sick too.
Do you know what to look for in the vault? Take Vincent with you.
That's the expert here. -No.
I don't want the media involved. Then we'll never get into the vault.
Goddamn, we had a deal.
Yes, that I would put you in touch with my whistleblower.
There is nothing in the media that you or I do not want, Jeroen.
Not your name anyway, absolutely not.
Right, gentlemen? That's the deal?
And if Schiphol recognizes information that only I know?
If something comes in that you don't want mentioned...
then we take it out.
Let's start simple.
By crew.
Did you know that well?
I know the captain very well.
Fuchs. It was a friend of mine.
Great pilot.
Years of experience.
Is it true that there was only one passenger on board?
Anat Solomon.
She had just married our head of security.
He had bought her a present.
Funny how some details stick.
What can you say about the position of El Al at Schiphol?
They can do whatever they want.
It is a piece of Israel in the Netherlands.
A state within a state.
Import, export, nothing is checked by Dutch authorities.
The Mossad and El Al have total power.
And poorly maintained crates leave.
How often?
A few every month.
Was the disaster flight also poorly maintained?
That box had over 25 pages of overdue maintenance.
They should never have left.
Was there anything dangerous on board?
There was a folder.
At headquarters.
A few months after the disaster.
Didn't happen often, but now I was all alone in the office.
So I went to look.
There were waybills in it. A few were missing.
What are you sniffing?
What have you found? -I could only look into that thing for a second.
I knew enough.
Could it be that bills of lading have been collected by the RLD for their investigation?
If so, they're in a vault right now.
So it's good that you're going to look at it that way.
What can I find next?
In that vault. What should I look for?
In any case, the NOTOC.
De Notification to Captain.
That is a list of hazardous substances that go with a flight.
I had that list signed by Fuchs, the pilot.
That list was retrieved from my office after the disaster.
By the Aviation Investigation Service. That should definitely be in the job.
NOTOC. - It is important that you have a signed copy.
So no copy. That's no use to you.
Then the Load Message, showing the position of the pallets in the aircraft.
The original bills of lading from New York to Tel Aviv.
Oh, and the fuel slip from BP with the number of liters of kerosene.
That the plane refueled. -Why is that important?
It is important to load...
and add the fuel properly.
Only then can you compare the number of tons with the weight that El Al released after the disaster...
through the loading instructions.
Can't come?
I can never do this alone.
Take it to the RLD.
If they find out I am who I am, they'll call El Al right away.
And then I'm the asshole. -What if you come along as my assistant?
If you are not known by name and surname?
Do you dare?
John, I need you.
Gentlemen.
Siep Hessen. Welcome.
The minister had already informed us of your arrival.
Which of you is Van Gijzel? -Yes.
And this is my assistant.
We don't have a lot of time, which way should we go? -Follow me.
How did you get my name then?
And my address.
Does that matter? -Yes.
I'm not in the phone book, so someone sent you.
Ferry, cunt. That costs a fortune, asshole.
Sorry. -Sorry?
We especially want to know something about the cargo papers of the flight.
Why? There was nothing dangerous in that.
Don't you watch the news? You shouldn't always believe what is said on the news.
I've seen that cargo with my caps.
That was just perfume. Flowers.
And depleted uranium? -Ah.
Another airplane nerd. Nice.
All El Al crates fly around with depleted uranium by default.
Nothing wrong. -Even if it burns and falls apart like grit?
grit? Well, man.
It wasn't hot enough for that disaster.
Two. -Rather.
Two.
Jeroen sent you. Or not?
Jeroen Plettenberg. Because it's really crazy.
Did you know? Says about all his colleagues.
Puts everything together. Nobody likes that guy.
Jeroen Plettenberg, you said?
Do you have a number... -Ferry, hurry up.
Hurry up. In with that box.
Lamlul.
I only have copies of the Amsterdam-Tel Aviv shipments.
Nothing about the transit cargo. -The what?
The cargo left on the plane from New York.
Of the 42.8 tons of cargo here, at most...
6 tons of papers present.
Wait, so 36 tons of cargo is unknown?
And.
There are no papers to be found. -Gentlemen.
Are you getting out a bit?
Hmm? To ask?
Yes, absolutely, yes. How could you last a year that that cargo was safe and controlled?
Sorry? I don't know... - You don't even have the freight papers.
Maybe I can help?
Mr Van Gijzel, welcome.
And sir?
This is my assistant.
Plettenberg.
That's it right?
I think we're done here. I know enough.
Copies from the vault.
Just released.
They just yelled.
Flowers, perfume, innocent military cargo.
From 36 tons they don't even know what it was.
36 tons? -I.
And you, Bob?
Well, threatening summary judgment has paid off.
A week before the trial, El Als headquarters in Tel Aviv faxes...
suddenly this.
Disaster flight waybills.
And is there also 36 tons missing?
We're going to see that now. Shall we compare the sets?
Um... -Where's Plettenberg?
At home. Terrified.
For El Al.
Pierre. Maybe they're watching us too.
What are you talking about?
Vincent becomes a little paranoid.
Apparently he can't handle the workload well.
Yes what? -Guys.
Um, it's not right.
The bills of lading from Israel do not match those from the RLD safe. -No.
36 tonnes are lost.
Well, there's more to it. Watch.
H�? - There is a difference between the sets.
These number combinations are different, the pallets are numbered differently.
They are completely different waybills. With the same number above.
Godsame.
Is that possible?
Nee.
A waybill is like a ticket.
There cannot be different versions of it in circulation.
Well, that proves the cover-up.
Above all, it proves that we still have no idea.
What was on that plane.
Hey guys, I was just thinking.
Maybe we should stop calling our landlines.
But via a phone booth or meet live.
To be sure.
Vincent, I have an appointment with Els Borst through a D66 contact.
Oh, okay, okay. When? -No, I'm going with Asha.
I feel like it's getting a little too much for you.
Rest up Vincent.
Serious.
No, but I get it, I understand he's scared.
Don't know. I don't give a shit about him.
It'll be fine. I'll talk to him.
Oh wow. -What?
She's here. Hey Nancy.
You have Pierre.
You're a sweetheart.
Five minutes. Mrs. Borst then has to go to a lecture again.
Miss Breast.
Very nice of you to come.
Five minutes doesn't give much time for friendly socializing.
Good.
You want to talk about the cargo of the Bijlmer disaster. -Yes.
We discovered, um...
that um... 36 tons of that cargo is not known.
Flowers and perfume, that is really no longer sustainable.
You have no idea what was on board that box.
Ah, and what do you want me to do with that?
A medical examination.
For the Bijlmer, rescue workers and people who got even more sick.
Go ahead. -A large-scale medical examination.
That's what we ask.
Yes or no? -Then it's a no.
After all, we don't know what was on the plane.
You just said that yourself.
Ha, yes but...
We know that depleted uranium has been on board.
If, if counterweight... if that...
until it becomes grit... -I've had that checked by my experts.
Depleted uranium...
only burns above 1,200 degrees Celsius.
The disaster fell far short of those temperatures.
Good. Ehm, she said it already: a lecture. Good afternoon.
Miss Breast.
I have more than 300 people in the Bijlmer who are sick.
Kadir Mohammed. Kofi Akayeboh.
Brad Veen. There must be a medical examination.
I will see what I can do. -Yes?
When?? -As quickly as possible. -When, Mrs. Borst?
Like this. Fast. Possible.
Chair.
Of 390 kilograms of depleted uranium, only 163 kilograms have now been recovered.
If the minister claims uranium couldn't have been burned...
where did the other 227 kilos go?
Removed maybe?
To a landfill?
Chair. The people in the Bijlmer are getting sicker and sicker.
This cabinet continues to dismiss that as psychological. And now this again.
That uranium just dissolves into nothing.
Does the minister really believe this? -It's not about what I believe.
It's about facts.
And the facts are that uranium...
according to Dutch research only burns at...
1,200 degrees.
Is there nobody else at all?
But they practice, practice.
Jimmy was crazy about her.
So she started performing.
And was she good?
Vals.
It's good to keep thinking about the good things.
That keeps them alive.
It feels really good to be able to talk about them again.
Asha.
Jesus.
H�. -What are you doing here?
We missed you.
With the group recently.
Listen, Brad. We have made really good progress.
We're almost on their knees.
Just a little while and... Hey, Nel.
Just a little while and then we can finally... Wait a minute, Nel. Nell.
Eh, hello, this is Vincent Dekker.
Oh wow.
H�, eh, Vincent.
What are you going... Hey, what are you going to do?
Vincent? Listen up.
I spoke to Greven.
And he thinks it's time we put an end to the Bijlmer disaster.
Fuses? No man.
Not after this scoop.
Which scope? -I sent a lump of uranium to America.
To have investigated. That took a while.
But they just called.
Depleted uranium is already burning...
in a normal fire. Not until 1,200 degrees.
As the government and the RLD have been claiming all along. Do you understand?
Gravel.
There is in the disaster...
evaporated grit released.
And when you breathe that in...
Well, come on then. -Sorry?
Yes, then you can see for yourself that I'm not crazy.
H�.
Heijboer.
We'd do this under the radar and you bring your boss? -Listen.
Depleted uranium already decomposes at 500 degrees.
And that's why you let me come here?
It's Friday night, Vincent. I was in the pub.
Grit. The whole warehouse is full of them. -Yes. Fuck it...
I had it measured for radiation.
Depleted uranium dust.
Dangerous if you inhale it.
You and Asha can persuade her now, the minister.
That's great.
Remarkable new developments about the presence of depleted uranium on the El Al plane...
that crashed into the Bijlmer.
As a result, the emergency services and the residents ran great risks in the first hours after the crash.
Unacceptable, especially the people who were left with lasting grief after the crash.
From the beginning, the RLD knew that depleted uranium...
was used as a counterweight in the tail sections of the Boeings.
This is evident from the research of the aviation specialist of Trouw.
The discussion about the dark consequences of the disaster...
has erupted again.
Depleted uranium grit in shed eight. Original waybills are missing.
Residents have complaints. It is enough.
An inventory medical examination...
led by the AMC now seems desirable to me.
I just gave permission for that.
Madam Chairman, a lot of people in the Bijlmer will be very happy about that.
Oh, Vin, no. I want to bring it to someone personally.
H�. It worked.
An investigation is coming.
What is?
He is dead.
There was a letter after he...
He did it for us.
For life insurance.
For the money.
Are you a little careful, Jeroen?
Nee.
I have something to celebrate.
I quit.
I'm rid of them.
I'm off everything.
But they get away with everything.
I'd like to report a crime.
From uh...
forgery.
Against airline El Al.
Vincent Decker?
That's how I found it.
On my roof. And also one at my front door.
I warned you.
We can still find it scary.
How, how is it?
What?
Who is this?
Fin? -They've, they've got me... They're eavesdropping on me.
I just don't know where.
Who is.... Leave us alone.
Is this Vincent Dekker, the journalist? -Yes.
What?
Who is this?
I'm not getting into this.
Were the medical complaints of residents and emergency workers related to the crash?
You could say: Jorritsma was lax about the freight documents.
But Borst was not very active when it came to people.
For their health.
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