The Crash

In Rampvlucht, a drama series, documentary, podcast and digital reconstruction take a new look at one of the most controversial air disasters of the 20th century: the Bijlmervliegramp. The drama series is a thriller about the disaster, and the many questions and mysterious events that gripped the Netherlands afterwards. When a Boeing 747 of Israeli airline El Al crashes into a block of flats in Bijlmermeer on 4.10.1992, the Netherlands is world news. An investigation reveals that a safety pin on one of the engines had come loose. Just bad luck. Fortunately, it was a cargo plane with only perfume, flowers and computer parts on board, says Hague. The black box is untraceable. After a period of national mourning, the country returns to business as usual. But in the following months, pets fall ill, residents develop medical complaints. Was there more on that plane, is someone holding something back? A young veterinarian and two journalists search for answers, starting a six-year battle with the aviation world, the government and secret services. Their search leads to a parliamentary inquiry in 1998. What went wrong? Who failed? What had to be kept secret? The series was aired at 9.30 p.m. daily on NPO 1 or bingeable on NPO Plus. The final episode was broadcast exactly 30 years after the disaster.