A DHL cargo plane flying from Germany to Lithuania crashed early Monday near the airport of the capital Vilnius killing one person, firefighters said.
A Lithuanian medic takes a photo on his mobile phone of the wreckage of a cargo plane following its crash near the Vilnius International Airport in Vilnius on November 25, 2024. – A DHL 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.
“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.
Local residents stand with a Lithuanian rescuer and a policeman at the crash site of a cargo plane 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.
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.
This photograph taken on November 25, 2024 shows the wreckage of a cargo plane in the courtyard of a house following its crash near the Vilnius International Airport in Vilnius. – 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.
DHL official Ausra Rutkauskien confirmed the plane belonged to the company.
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