{"id":181813,"date":"2024-11-25T07:34:11","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T07:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/25\/at-least-one-dead-after-dhl-cargo-plane-crashes-into-house-in-lithuania\/"},"modified":"2024-11-25T07:34:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T07:34:11","slug":"at-least-one-dead-after-dhl-cargo-plane-crashes-into-house-in-lithuania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/25\/at-least-one-dead-after-dhl-cargo-plane-crashes-into-house-in-lithuania\/","title":{"rendered":"At least one dead after DHL cargo plane crashes into house in Lithuania"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/e3.365dm.com\/24\/11\/1920x1080\/skynews-lithuania-vilnius-dhl_6757190.jpg?20241125065423&amp;fit=1920,1080&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"At least one dead after DHL cargo plane crashes into house in Lithuania\" title=\"At least one dead after DHL cargo plane crashes into house in Lithuania\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>At least one person was killed when a DHL cargo plane crashed into a house in Lithuania this morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One other person was taken to hospital after the aircraft smashed into a two-storey home near Vilnius Airport around 5.30am local time (3.30am UK time), Lithuania&#8217;s public broadcaster said.<\/p>\n<p>All of the residents in the house survived.<\/p>\n<p>The cargo plane, which was operated by Madrid-based contractor Swiftair, was flying from Leipzig in Germany, the Lithuanian airport authority said.<\/p>\n<p>It posted on X that city services including a fire truck were on site and did not immediately offer a cause for the crash.<\/p>\n<p>Flight-tracking data from FlightRadar24 showed the aircraft made a turn to the north of the airport, lining up for landing, before crashing about a mile short of the runway.<\/p>\n<p>A large police and ambulance presence was seen nearby, and several nearby major streets were cordoned off.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/uk-in-ai-arms-race-with-russia-as-putin-wants-destruction-minister-to-warn-13260242\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UK in AI arms race with Russia<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/bar-staff-to-be-trained-to-deal-with-incidents-of-drink-spiking-13260044\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bar staff to be trained to deal with spiking<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/army-officer-charged-over-dummy-grenade-alert-at-edinburgh-airport-13259990\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Army officer charged over dummy grenade alert at airport<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Weather at Vilnius International Airport was around freezing temperature, with clouds before sunrise.<\/p>\n<p>The Boeing 737 was 31 years old and considered by experts to be an older airframe &#8211; though that is not unusual for cargo flights.<\/p>\n<p>DHL Group, headquartered in Bonn, Germany, did not immediately return a call for comment. Swiftair also could not be immediately reached.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/at-least-one-dead-after-dhl-cargo-plane-crashes-into-house-in-lithuania-13260360\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least one person was killed when a DHL cargo plane crashed into a house in Lithuania this morning.\u00a0 One other person was taken to hospital after the aircraft smashed into a two-storey home near Vilnius Airport around 5.30am local time (3.30am UK time), Lithuania&#8217;s public broadcaster said. 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