A Boeing 737 cargo airplane operated by Swiftair crashed right into a home close to Vilnius Airport, Lithuania, killing one particular person and injuring one other.
A cargo airplane crashed right into a home close to the Lithuanian capital on Monday morning, killing at the very least one particular person.
According to Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT, two folks had been rushed to hospital following the accident, however one among them later died. The airplane hit a two-story home close to Vilnius International Airport.
Lithuanian airport authorities recognized the airplane as a DHL cargo airplane touring from Leipzig, Germany. In a press release on social media platform X, it stated emergency crews, together with firefighters, had been on the scene.
Flight monitoring knowledge from FlightRadar24, reviewed by The Associated Press, confirmed that the airplane turned north of Vilnius airport, lining up for touchdown earlier than crashing simply over 1.5 kilometers from the runway.
The accident occurred simply earlier than 5.30am native time, however the causes stay unknown. Weather situations on the time had been close to freezing, with pre-dawn cloud cowl and winds of round 30 km/h.
DHL Group, based mostly in Bonn, Germany, didn’t reply to requests for remark.
The airplane was operated by Swiftair, a Madrid-based firm, which couldn’t instantly be reached.
The airplane, a Boeing 737, was 31 years previous, an age aviation specialists take into account older however common for cargo planes.
