Official Victim Count
1500 people were considered missing immediately after the crash. The Dutch government originally estimated a death toll of over 200. In the end, the official death toll on the ground stood at 47, considerably lower than expected. The plane carried only the flight crew and one non-revenue passenger, thus the total number of deaths is 51. At the time of the crash many potential victims were not at home, possibly because of the pleasant weather on the evening of the crash. Twenty-six victims were found. Eleven of these had been taken to the hospital.
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