Eindhoven issues formal apology for the Hercules disaster - DutchNews.nl

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“It was about time,” was emergency worker Carla Auer’s first reaction to Mayor Dijsselbloem’s apology for the aftermath of the Hercules disaster. She heard the apology on Wednesday evening during the commemoration. It has been thirty years since the military transport plane crashed at Eindhoven Air Base. 34 of the 41 occupants did not survive. “We have received recognition from almost no one. They have always said that it is an emergency workers…