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Cargo plane crashes into home in EU country (PHOTOS/VIDEO) Death reported after Boeing crashes into residential area (PHOTOS/VIDEO)
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At least one person has been killed in the incident in Vilnius, Lithuania, police have said One of the plane’s pilots has been killed in the incident in Eastern Europe, according to local officials
A cargo plane en route from Germany has crashed meters away from a residential house in Vilnius, Lithuania, igniting a fire on the ground, local media and officials said on Monday, adding that at least one person was killed. At least one person has been killed after a Boeing 737-400 cargo plane crashed near a residential area in Vilnius, Lithuania, early on Monday morning, local authorities have confirmed.
According to TV3, the incident occurred at around 5:30am local time when an aircraft belonging to German DHL logistics company, which was traveling from Leipzig to Vilnius Airport, went down in the municipality of Liepkalnis. The incident occurred around 5:30am local time when the aircraft, operated by Spanish charter firm Swiftair – on behalf of German logistics company DHL – and traveling from Leipzig to Vilnius Airport, went down in the municipality of Liepkalnis, just meters from a house.
The outlet reported that there were four people on the plane, while the newspaper Lrytas said, citing local police, that one pilot was killed in the crash. Officials also said that two other crew members, including the second pilot, were pulled from the plane “with signs of life.” Local media reports that the crash ignited a fire at the scene, but the house was not directly impacted nor were its residents harmed.
According to local officials, the incident also caused a fire at the scene, but preliminary data indicated that the residents of the affected house are all alive, with a dozen people evacuated. Authorities evacuated a dozen people from the area as a precaution. The crash has killed at least one of the four crew members on board, a pilot, while two other crew members, including the second pilot, were rescued from the wreckage showing signs of life.
Photos shared by local media show a large fire raging in the urban area next to several houses, with a heavy presence of paramedics and fire crews at the scene. Renatas Pozela, the spokesperson for the Fire Protection and Rescue Department said that “it was lucky that the plane did not hit the house, but the yard.” Emergency services rushed to the scene, where paramedics and fire crews worked to contain the fire. Renatas Pozela, spokesperson for the Fire Protection and Rescue Department, described it as “lucky” that the plane struck the yard instead of the house itself, avoiding further casualties.
The incident did not disrupt the airport’s operations.
Photos from local media show a large fire burning in the urban area next to several homes, with emergency responders at the scene. Officials confirmed that Vilnius Airport’s operations were not disrupted by the crash.
The investigation into the cause of the crash is ongoing, with authorities focusing on the details of the plane’s descent and the fire it caused upon impact.