{"id":18759,"date":"2024-11-25T08:51:08","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T08:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18759"},"modified":"2024-11-25T08:51:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T08:51:08","slug":"one-dead-and-three-injured-in-lithuania-cargo-jet-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18759","title":{"rendered":"One dead and three injured in Lithuania cargo jet crash"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At least one person has died and three others have been injured after a cargo plane crashed near Vilnius airport in Lithuania in the early hours of Monday.<\/p>\n

The Boeing 737, operated for DHL by the Spanish cargo airline Swiftair, crashed near a house as it was on its final approach for landing, local authorities said.<\/p>\n

All 12 people have been safely evacuated from a property close to the crash site, police said.<\/p>\n

Rescue services said all those who were on the flight from Leipzig, Germany, have been accounted for.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The aircraft departed from DHL’s hub at Leipzig Airport just after 03:00 local time (02:00 GMT) and crashed around an hour and a half later, according to data from flight-tracking website Flightradar24.<\/p>\n

Flight operations are continuing at Vilnius airport as authorities respond to the crash, Flightradar24 said on X.<\/p>\n

Firefighters were seen tackling smoke coming from a building 1.3 km (0.8 mile) north of the airport runway, Reuters news agency reported.<\/p>\n

The cause of the crash is unknown and Lithuanian authorities have started an investigation.<\/p>\n

DHL confirmed that it owned the plane and said it had made an “emergency landing”.<\/p>\n

Authorities said they do not have any data at the moment that suggests there was an explosion before the crash.<\/p>\n

The head of Lithuania’s firefighting and emergency services unit, Renatas Pozela, said the plane was due to land at Vilnius airport and “crashed a few kilometres away”.<\/p>\n

One person in the four-member crew died, he added.<\/p>\n

Mr Pozela said a nearby house was “slightly damaged” and infrastructure near it caught on fire, but all residents were safely evacuated.<\/p>\n

The plane was a Boeing 737-400, an airport spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

Reported weather before the crash was a temperature of 0C (32F), with clouds before sunrise and winds around 30 km\/h (19mph), the Associated Press reported.<\/p>\n

The aircraft was 31 years old, AP added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Source: <\/em> www.bbc.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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