What is Vincent Dekker?
{{Infobox person | name = Vincent Dekker | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | monuments = | residence = | nationality = Dutch | occupation = journalist | known_for = | relatives = | awards = }} '''Vincent Dekker''' is a retired Dutch investigative [[journalist]] of Dutch national newspaper ''[[Trouw]]''. Dekker wrote for newspaper ''Trouw'' for years about [[El Al Flight 1862]]. He wrote the book 'Going down going down' (1995). He participated in the documentary series 'Murky Skies' from Israelian documentary maker Noam Pinchas (2023). He advised and played a major role in the drama series Rampvlucht (2022), documentary Rampvlucht (2022) and podcast series Rampvlucht (2022). In his view many things were wrong in the official investigation of the plane crash. He was opposed and even ridiculed during his research by multiple people and organizations and even colleagues. However, he continued his research on unanswered questions and continued writing about it. Partly because of his works, a [[parliamentary inquiry]] was launched in 1998. Up till now (2023) Dekker has not been able to solve any of the so called 'Bijlmer mysteries' from the past 30 years. Dekker has requested politicians to initiate the release of all files regarding the accident investigation from 1992 to the public, so that further research can be done. ==El Al Flight 1862 investigation== On 4 October 1992, an Israeli cargo plane crashed in the [[Amsterdam Bijlmer]]: [[El Al Flight 1862]]. On the basis of eye witness information Dekker started to reconstruct the crash from the 4th of October 1992. He published several articles in the daily newspaper Trouw. He raised questions about the crash and the investigation. He wrote that a water landing in a lake close to Amsterdam would have been a better decision by the crew that would have resulted in less casualties. He opposed the aviation experts that the main cause of the crash would have been a failure of the engine s