Vincent Dekker
In 2023 Mr. Henk Pruis, who was an accident investigator in the team of the Dutch Aviation Safety Board in 1992 and 1993 and who publicly testified under oath in the parliament enquiry in 1999, reviewed the 2022 version of Dekker's book. He wrote that Dekker has not seen all the evidences related to the aircraft crash, i.e. all Digital Flight Data Recorder data, the factual finding reports of the damage to all engines and the aircraft and detailed expert analyses and reports. This may have contributed to Dekker's poorly and questionably substantiated conclusion  that there would have been a cover-up at the level of the accident investigation and/or even at government level. He also concluded that Mr. Dekker is very selective in the testimonies of his witnesses and of other events in the aviation history that he uses to substantiate his views. In his opinion Dekker's book is not a balanced review of the accident investigation process and its aftermath. Evenso, essential journalist mistakes have been made working towards the conclusion that the authorities would have covered-up the events (i.e. insufficient checking and not showing respect). The release of all accident files allocated at the National Archives would show that there was nothing to hide.