VILNIUS: A DHL cargo plane crashed into a house Monday morning near the Lithuanian capital, killing at least one person.
\nLithuanian\u2019s public broadcaster LRT, quoting an emergency official, said two people had been taken to the hospital after the crash, and one was later pronounced dead. LRT said the aircraft smashed into a two-story home near the airport.
\nThe Lithuanian airport authority identified the aircraft as a \u201cDHL cargo plane flying from Leipzig, Germany, to Vilnius Airport.\u201d
\nIt posted on the social platform X that city services including a fire truck were on site.
\nDHL Group, headquartered in Bonn, Germany, did not immediately return a call for comment.
\nThe DHL aircraft was operated by Swiftair, a Madrid-based contractor. The carrier could not be immediately reached.
\nThe Boeing 737 was 31 years old, which is considered by experts to be an older airframe, though that\u2019s not unusual for cargo flights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
VILNIUS: A DHL cargo plane crashed into a house Monday morning near the Lithuanian capital, killing at least one person. Lithuanian\u2019s public broadcaster LRT, quoting an emergency official, said two people had been taken to the hospital after the crash, and one was later pronounced dead. LRT said the aircraft smashed into a two-story home […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":445594,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-445581","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n