DHL cargo plane crashes on house near Lithuania’s Vilnius airport, killing one and injuring two (VIDEO)

DHL cargo plane crashes on house near Lithuania’s Vilnius airport, killing one and injuring two (VIDEO)


VILNIUS (Lithuania), Nov 25 –– A DHL cargo plane crashed near Lithuania’s Vilnius airport on Monday at about 0330 GMT, killing one person and injuring two others, airport, police and firefighter officials told Reuters.

The airplane, operated by SWIFT airline on behalf of DHL, originated from Leipzig, fell on a house, a spokesperson for the governmental National Crisis Management Center said. All of the people in the house survived, he added.

Firefighters were seen at 0530GMT pouring water onto smoke from a building some 1.3km north of the airport runway in the Lithuanian capital. A large police and ambulance presence was seen nearby and several nearby major streets were cordoned off. –– Reuters





Source link

OR

Scroll to Top