One person has been killed and at least two injured after the plane crashed near Vilnius airport, in Lithuania
Lithuanian rescuers work next to the wreckage of a cargo plane following its crash near the Vilnius International Airport One person has been killed and at least two others injured after a DHL cargo plane crashed near Lithuania’s Vilnius airport, officials have said.
A large police and ambulance presence was seen nearby, and several nearby major streets were cordoned off.The aeroplane, which was operated by SWIFT airline on behalf of DHL, originated from Leipzig and fell on a house, a spokesperson for the governmental National Crisis Management Center said.The Lithuanian airport authority identified the aircraft as a “DHL cargo plane flying from Leipzig, Germany, to Vilnius Airport”.
Explosions in courier depots in Britain, Germany and Poland this July, were the work of Russia, a Lithuanian presidential adviser said earlier this month.
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