TIL in 1992 an Israeli cargo plane crashed in Amsterdam killing 43 people. Israel claimed it was carrying flowers and perfume. It took 6yrs and a Dutch parliamentary inquiry before they admitted it was carrying DMMP, a key component for sarin nerve gas.

http://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/02/world/nerve-gas-element-was-in-el-al-plane-lost-in-1992-crash.html



Submitted March 31, 2015 at 03:24AM by glutencheap http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/30usul/til_in_1992_an_israeli_cargo_plane_crashed_in/