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DHL cargo plane crashes in Lithuania, kills one

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DHL cargo plane crashes in Lithuania, kills one
“The plane was due to land at Vilnius airport and crashed a few kilometres away,” Renatas Pozela, the head of the firefighting and emergency services unit said, adding that one person in the four-member crew died.

Lithuanian law enforcement officers work at a cargo plane crash site near the Vilnius International Airport in Vilnius on November 25, 2024. (Photo by Petras MALUKAS / AFP)

A house caught fire during the crash in unclear circumstances.

Vilmantas Vitkauskas, the National Crisis Management Centre head, said everyone inside the house had been evacuated.

This photograph taken on November 25, 2024, shows burning goods following the crash of a cargo plane near the Vilnius International Airport in Vilnius.(Photo by Petras MALUKAS / AFP)
This photograph taken on November 25, 2024, shows the wreckage of a cargo plane in the courtyard of a house following its crash near the Vilnius International Airport in Vilnius.(Photo by Petras MALUKAS / AFP)

DHL official Ausra Rutkauskien confirmed the plane belonged to the company.

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This photograph taken on November 25, 2024, shows the wreckage of a cargo plane following its crash near the Vilnius International Airport in Vilnius. – A cargo plane flying from Germany to Lithuania crashed early on November 25, 2024, near the airport of the capital Vilnius killing one person | AFP

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