The plane was traveling from Leipzig, Germany, to Vilnius Airport, Lithuania. A DHL cargo plane crashed early Monday morning in Liepkalnis around 5:30 a.m. “City services are currently on site, as well as a fire truck and a command team from Vilnius Airport. Airport operations are not disrupted at this time,” indicate the country’s airports.
“The plane was supposed to land at Vilnius airport and crashed a few kilometers from the airport,” Renatas Pozela, head of the fire and rescue service, told reporters, adding that one of the four members of the crew was found dead.
The L aircraft crashed into a house. “The residential infrastructure around the house was on fire, and the house was slightly damaged, but we managed to evacuate people,” according to Renatas Pozela.
Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT, citing a rescue official, said two people were taken to hospital after the accident, and one of them was later pronounced dead, the news agency reported. AP press.
