STORY: :: CCTV footage catches the moment a DHL plane crashes near a Lithuanian airport
:: Teltonika security camera
:: Vilnius, Lithuania
:: November 25, 2024
The three other people onboard were injured but no one on the ground was hurt, officials said.
The scheduled flight was operated by airline Swiftair on behalf of DHL and had taken off from Leipzig, Germany.
It crashed around 0330 GMT while approaching the destination airport for landing, a spokesperson for Lithuania’s National Crisis Management Center said.
Police and prosecutors are investigating the incident but there was nothing to suggest an explosion preceded the crash, the spokesperson said.