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DHL cargo plane crashes in Lithuania

DHL cargo plane crashes in Lithuania

A DHL cargo plane crashed into a house Monday morning near the Lithuanian capital, killing at least one person.

Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT, quoting an emergency official, said two people had been taken to the hospital after the crash in Vilnius, and one was later pronounced dead.

LRT said the aircraft smashed into a two-story home near the airport.

The Lithuanian airport authority identified the aircraft as a “DHL cargo plane flying from Leipzig, Germany, to Vilnius Airport.”

It posted on the social platform X that city services including a fire truck were on site.

Authorities did not immediately offer a cause for the crash.

Weather at Vilnius International Airport was around freezing temperatures, with clouds before sunrise.

DHL Group, headquartered in Bonn, Germany, did not immediately return a call for comment.

The DHL aircraft was operated by Swiftair, a Madrid-based contractor. The carrier could not be immediately reached.

The Boeing 737 was 31 years old, which is considered by experts to be an older airframe, though that Is not unusual for cargo flights.

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