One person has died and two people are injured after the airplane fell on a house according to authorities. All the people in the house survived.
Emergency responders were on the scene after a DHL cargo plane crashed near Vilnius airport on Monday (25 November) at about 0330 GMT, killing one person and injuring three others, authorities said.
Firefighters were seen at 0530GMT pouring water onto smoke from a building some 1.3 km (0.8 mile) north of the airport runway in the Lithuanian capital. A large police and ambulance presence was seen nearby and several nearby major streets were cordoned off.
The airplane, operated by SWIFT airline on behalf of DHL, originated from Leipzig, fell on a house, a spokesperson for the governmental National Crisis Management Center said. All of the people in the house survived, he added.
Police said the plane crashed into the house as it was approaching for landing and 12 people have been safely evacuated from the building. The search for a fourth person is ongoing, police added.
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