A DHL cargo aircraft crashed at the moment at round 05:30 (Cyprus time) close to Vilnius airport, killing one particular person and injuring two others, airport, police and fireplace officers mentioned.
The aircraft, operated by SWIFT airways on behalf of DHL, was coming from Leipzig and crashed right into a residence, a spokesman for the federal government's Nationwide Disaster Administration Middle mentioned. All residents of the residence survived, he added.
Firefighters have been seen at 07:30 (Cyprus time) pouring water as smoke rose from a constructing about 1.3 kilometers north of the airport runway within the Lithuanian capital. There’s an intensive police and ambulance presence within the space, whereas main neighboring roads have been blocked.
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