Lithuanian rescuers work next to the wreckage of a cargo plane following its crash near the Vilnius International Airport in Vilnius on November 25, 2024. A cargo plane flying from Germany to Lithuania crashed early on November 25, 2024 near the airport of the capital Vilnius killing one person, firefighters said. Photo by Petras MALUKAS / AFP.
Vilnius: A DHL cargo plane flying from Germany to Lithuania crashed early Monday near the airport of the capital Vilnius killing one person, firefighters said.
"The plane was due to land at Vilnius airport and crashed a few kilometres away," Renatas Pozela, the head of the firefighting and emergency services unit said, adding that one person in the four-member crew died.
Swiftair cargo 737-400 has crashed while on approach to Vilnius International Airport, Lithuania.
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One pilot and one person on the ground were killed. The second pilot and two others survived with unspecified injuries.
The aircraft, operated by a DHL contractor Swiftair, was… pic.twitter.com/FUyexI9ObE
A house caught fire during the crash in unclear circumstances.
Vilmantas Vitkauskas, the head of National Crisis Management Centre, said all the people inside the house had been evacuated.
DHL official Ausra Rutkauskien confirmed the plane belonged to the company.
