A DHL cargo plane crashed into a house and exploded in a fiery fireball, killing at least one person. The Boeing 737, en route from Leipzig, Germany, went down around 1.5 km short of the runway in Žirnių Street. The aircraft had to make an emergency landing after a fire started in its hold.
At least one person has been killed after a cargo plane crash ed into a house and exploded into a fireball. Shocking images show the fiery wreckage of the DHL cargo plane, which had flown in from Leipzig, Germany. Flight-tracking data from FlightRadar24 showed the aircraft made a turn to the north of the airport, lining up for landing, before crashing around 1.5km short of the runway in Žirnių Street.
Weather at the airport was around freezing temperature, with clouds before sunrise and winds around 18 mph. The Boeing 737 was 31 years old, which is considered by experts to be an older airframe, though that's not unusual for cargo flights. Footage showed firefighters climbing into the bright orange inferno inside the plane to put out the ferocious flames on November 9. The aircraft, which belonged to the Total Cargo company, had to make an emergency landing after a fire started in its hold
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