At the very least one particular person was killed when a DHL cargo aircraft crashed right into a home in Lithuania this morning.
One different particular person was taken to hospital after the plane smashed right into a two-storey residence close to Vilnius Airport round 5.30am native time (3.30am UK time), Lithuania’s public broadcaster mentioned.
The entire residents in the home survived.
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The cargo aircraft, which was operated by Madrid-based contractor Swiftair, was flying from Leipzig in Germany, the Lithuanian airport authority mentioned.
It posted on X that metropolis companies together with a hearth truck had been on website and didn’t instantly provide a trigger for the crash.
Flight-tracking knowledge from FlightRadar24 confirmed the plane made a flip to the north of the airport, lining up for touchdown, earlier than crashing a couple of mile wanting the runway.
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A big police and ambulance presence was seen close by, and a number of other close by main streets had been cordoned off.
The pinnacle of the nation’s police, Renatas Pozela, mentioned: “It fell a few kilometres before the airport, it just skidded for a few hundred metres, its debris somewhat caught a residential house.
“Residential infrastructure round the home was on fireplace, and the home was barely broken, however we managed to evacuate folks,” he mentioned.
Climate at Vilnius Worldwide Airport was round freezing temperature, with clouds earlier than dawn.
The Boeing 737 was 31 years outdated and thought of by specialists to be an older airframe – although that isn’t uncommon for cargo flights.
DHL Group, headquartered in Bonn, Germany, didn’t instantly return a name for remark. Swiftair additionally couldn’t be instantly reached.
