A DHL cargo plane crashes in Vilnius, causing casualties — photos
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On Monday, November 25, a Boeing 737 cargo plane of the German logistics operator DHL crashed in Vilnius. The crash resulted in injuries and a death.
This is reported by Delfi.
Details of the plane crash
An official statement from Vilnius Airport said that the plane was on a flight from Leipzig, Germany, and crashed at 5:28 a.m. Lithuanian time. Emergency services and a team from the airport headquarters immediately arrived at the crash site.
Local authorities report that the plane crashed near a two-story residential building. The plane was carrying four people: two pilots and two employees.
The rescuers managed to get the pilot out from under the wreckage and he regained consciousness. The co-pilot was killed.
Among the company's employees who were on board, one person was injured, and another person is being searched for.
According to police, the plane crashed into the courtyard of a two-story residential building, and a fire broke out. Rescuers evacuated 12 people, no one was injured.
Can it be a terrorist act?
Police Commissioner General Arunas Paulauskas said that the version of a terrorist attack cannot be ruled out.
"Probably, it can never be ruled out. This is one of the versions to be studied and tested. There is a lot of work ahead. I think it could take a whole week to inspect the scene, to collect evidence, to collect items. These answers will not come soon," he said.
Earlier, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing Western intelligence, that two mysterious explosions occurred in July at the logistics centers of the DHL delivery service in Leipzig and Birmingham.
The investigation revealed that the incendiary devices were part of a covert operation conducted by Russian intelligence.
The plan was to blow up not only logistics centers, but also passenger and transport aircraft carrying dangerous parcels. The investigation found out that the bombs looked like electric massagers with a flammable substance instead of an electronic filling.
Earlier, an An-3 AK Borus multi-purpose airplane crashed in Yakutia, Russia. As a result, one of the passengers was killed.
Also in Australia, a plane crash killed three people. Two lightweight airplanes collided in the air and crashed into a forested area near Sydney.
