>A cargo plane flying from Leipzig in Germany has crashed in Vilnius, one person has been reportedly killed.
>A two-story private home is currently on fire, there are no reports of casualties on the ground. The pilot was recovered alive at the scene.
>”Two people were taken to hospital by medics, one of them was pronounced dead. These are the people who were on board the plane, according to initial data,” said Saulius RaÅ¡evskis, a representative of the Situation Coordination Unit of the Fire and Rescue Department (PAGD).
>The plane, operated by a DHL contractor, was flying from Germany’s Leipzig to Lithuania.
>Earlier this year, two self-igniting mechanisms shipped from Lithuania via DHL caused fires in a logistics centre in Leipzig, Germany.
>Mindaugas PivoriÅ«nas, CEO of DHL Lietuva, told LRT.lt that the plane belonged to the company’s contractor.
>The cause of the accident or the cargo is not yet clear, he stressed.
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A week ago russian bombs were found on postal packages meants to be shipped by cargo planes.
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>A cargo plane flying from Leipzig in Germany has crashed in Vilnius, one person has been reportedly killed.
>A two-story private home is currently on fire, there are no reports of casualties on the ground. The pilot was recovered alive at the scene.
>”Two people were taken to hospital by medics, one of them was pronounced dead. These are the people who were on board the plane, according to initial data,” said Saulius RaÅ¡evskis, a representative of the Situation Coordination Unit of the Fire and Rescue Department (PAGD).
>The plane, operated by a DHL contractor, was flying from Germany’s Leipzig to Lithuania.
>Earlier this year, two self-igniting mechanisms shipped from Lithuania via DHL caused fires in a logistics centre in Leipzig, Germany.
>Mindaugas PivoriÅ«nas, CEO of DHL Lietuva, told LRT.lt that the plane belonged to the company’s contractor.
>The cause of the accident or the cargo is not yet clear, he stressed.
A week ago russian bombs were found on postal packages meants to be shipped by cargo planes.
Just saying…