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By Chiara Fiorillo & Kelly Williams The haunting final words of a pilot who was aware of the disaster that was unfolding in front of his eyes have resurfaced as people remember the worst aviation disaster to have occurred in the Netherlands. It is estimated that 43 people were killed – including all four on board and at least 39 on the ground – when El Al flight 1862 erupted into a fireball after crashing into a block of flats just 13 minutes after take-off. First officer Arnon Ohad, radioed air traffic control and said: “Going down, 1862, going down, going down, copied, going down.” The Boein…

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