By GB News (World News) | Created at 2024-11-25 08:39:37 | Updated at 2024-11-25 10:28:34
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A DHL cargo plane crashed into a house as it made its approach to land at Lithuania’s Vilnius airport, killing one person and injuring three others on the aircraft.
The flight was operated by SWIFT airline on behalf of DHL and had taken off from Leipzig, Germany before the plane crashed around 3.30am.
All of the people in the house survived, he added. The spokesperson said there was nothing to suggest an explosion preceded the crash.
He said: "At the moment we don't have any data that there was an explosion."
Burning goods following the crash of a cargo plane near the Vilnius International Airport in Vilnius
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A map showing the crash location
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The wreckage of a cargo plane in the courtyard of a house following its crash near the Vilnius International Airport in Vilnius.
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Police told a press conference 12 people had been evacuated from the house hit by the plane. Rescue services said the plane hit the ground and slid at least 100 metres before crashing into the building.
It comes after British counter-terrorism police said shortly afterwards that they were investigating a warehouse fire in July, caused by a package catching alight, and liaising with other European law enforcement agencies to see if there was a connection with similar incidents elsewhere.
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