Initially, it was announced that the plane had crashed into a residential building. The mayor of Vilnius, Valdas Benkunskas, however, announced a little later that the machine had crashed in the courtyard of the building.
The twelve people present in the building at the time of the crash were brought to safety.
An airport spokesperson told LRT that the plane came from Leipzig, Germany. The emergency services are present in large numbers, he added.
Ausra Rutkauskien, a DHL Lithuania official, confirmed that the plane belonged to a subcontractor of the company.
German security authorities warned at the end of August of “unconventional incendiary devices” sent via freight service providers, after several incidents where packages sent by individuals across Europe caught fire during transport. . However, there is currently no information on a link between the crash and possible sabotage.
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