The Hague - Seven years after an El-Al cargo plane plunged into an Amsterdam suburb, a parliamentary committee will publish today a potentially explosive report on the crash, El-Al's role and the Dutch response.
At least 43 people were killed when the Boeing 747 ploughed into the impoverished Bijlmer district on October 4th, 1992. The real toll from the crash and inferno may never be known because many Bijlmer residents were illegal immigrants.
Rescue workers and hundreds of local people have reported chronic health complaints ranging from neurological disorders to nausea that they have linked to the plane and its load.
Last year, a Dutch newspaper unearthed freight papers that listed DMMP, a component of sarin nerve gas, in the cargo. Israel confirmed the shipment of 190 litres (42 gallons) of DMMP, but said the material was non-toxic.