AIR CRASH INVESTIGATIONS INFERNO IN AMSTERDAM The Crash of El Al Flight 1862

On 4 October 1992 El Al Israel Airlines Flight 1862 a Boeing 747-200 Freighter departed from Schiphol Airport Amsterdam on its way to Tel Aviv Israel. Seven minutes after take-off the plane lost engine no. 3 and 4 and crashed in an apartment block just outside Amsterdam killing 43 people. The investigation concluded that the design and certification of the B 747 pylon was inadequate to provide the required level of safety. Furthermore the system to ensure structural integrity by inspection failed.