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In Dutch history, the year 1672 is referred to as the Rampjaar (pronounced [ˈrɑmpjaːr] ⓘ; Disaster Year). In May 1672, following the outbreak of the Franco-Dutch War and its peripheral conflict the Third Anglo-Dutch War , France , supported by Münster and Cologne , invaded and nearly overran the Dutch Republic .
Category: Disasters in the Netherlands by year. ... 2024 disasters in the Netherlands (1 P) This page was last edited on 30 October 2022, at 21:40 (UTC). ...
Prime Minister Dick Schoof issued a statement expressing shock at the disaster and extending sympathies to victims and emergency responders. [ 2 ] Mayor of The Hague Jan van Zanen stated that the likelihood of finding additional survivors was minimal following initial rescue efforts, telling the community to be ready for the "worst case scenario".
The accident is known in Dutch as the Bijlmerramp (Bijlmer disaster). Forty-seven [ 1 ] people were killed, including all 4 on board and 43 [ 2 ] on the ground. [ 3 ] : 9 [ 4 ] Eleven people were seriously injured and 15 received minor injuries.
After World War II over 10 military airplanes crashed each year (not that the list is incomplete) in the 1950s. [2] The deadliest accident with a military airplane was the 1946 Apeldoorn aircraft crash with a total of 24 deaths. [3] In 1980 the Dutch army bought their firsts F-16 fifhters. In 1993 the 29th F-16 crashed (note that not all F-16 ...
Initial assessments by experts suggest that the cranes used were adequate for the task, and the disaster was attributed to a broken lifting point. [ 12 ] The victims of the collapse included two individuals not affiliated with the Royal BAM Group, one employed by Belgian construction company Aertssen and the other of Polish nationality.
The highest death tolls were recorded on the islands of Schouwen-Duiveland and Goeree-Overflakkee. 305 people drowned in the village of Oude-Tonge. 20-year-old Jos de Boet from Oude-Tonge lost 42 family members in the disaster. [1] 200,000 animals died, 3,500 houses and farms were lost in the flood, and another 43,000 were severely damaged. [20 ...
Disasters in the Netherlands by year (32 C) * Disasters in the Dutch Caribbean (6 C) E. Emergency management in the Netherlands (1 C, 5 P) F. Fires in the Netherlands ...