One dead and three injured in Lithuania plane crash | DW News

A DHL cargo plane has crashed near a residential building not far from the Lithuanian capital Vilnius in the early hours of Monday. At least one person has been reported dead and three others injured. Lithuanian police say the aircraft, flying from the German town of Leipzig, crashed as it was coming in to land at Vilnius airport. Officials report that 12 people were safely evacuated from a house close by. Authorities are now investigating the cause of the incident.

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[steveCCCC]

so just fell out the sky without any word from the captain? no mayday call?

[agraiskr]

A DHL cargo plane crashed in Vilnius. The crew consisted of 4 people. Both pilots survived, but are in serious condition, one crew member died.
Earlier, parcels exploded at DHL warehouses in Germany, Poland and Great Britain, at which time the intelligence services reported that terrorist attacks were being prepared by the Russian Federation.

[lexwalker]

I'm so sorry to hear about the tragic plane crash in Lithuania. My thoughts are with the families affected and wishing a speedy recovery to those injured. It's always heartbreaking when such accidents happen. Let's hope for better safety measures in the future.

[SG_AvgeekRailfanner]

I listened to the ATC recordings, no mention of a fire or any fire alarms, to me it looks like a CFIT, I think they messed up the ILS.
EDIT: After listening to to the ATC recordings again it seems like the pilots were descending towards the wrong altitude

[MikisMaltipoo]

That happened near my home yesterday😢. I heard the crash sound, later everyone talked about it in school

[V-FC]

Rip to the ones that died, and speedy recovery to one's injured😢

[TheKkpop]

It's not a sabotage and no sign of technical failure, so is this a Boeing airplane?

[exqziMOI]

love these comment when you don't even live in Lithuanian and discus something that you rly don't know

[HakimOne]

Boeing? Should have mentioned plane manufacture & manufacturing year.

[berkvjli]

This is the second plane issue, I seen today. Another one had a wing hit the ground on landing and fire started

[TauchTobi]

Bet it was Russia? And if so, there will be no consequences? Cause WE do not want to escalate this.... 💩

[gamerjonkelis]

As a Lithuanian that's lives near vilnius airport i saw a big boom and a little bit of sound

[ufospeakloud]

This teritory is Vilnius City teritory, but not near Vilnius...

[mryoureauser]

I hope Ryoko doesn’t have anything to do with this. Maybe I hope wrong?

[MrRossyBH]

Live in the Baltics and video is circling online of the plane on fire before it hands in airport.

[agraiskr]

Грузовой самолет DHL потерпел крушение в Вильнюсе. Экипаж состоял из 4 яеловек. Оба пилота выжили, но находятся в тяжелом состоянии, один член экипажа погиб.
Ранее на складах DHL в Германии, Польше и Великобритании взрывались посылки, тогда спецслужбы сообщали о готовящихся терактах РФ.

[matthewbaynham]

Why did this cargo plane have three people onboard?

You need the pilot and the co-pilot, but what's the point in that third person, where they serving coffee the entire flight or what?

[meteorknight]

Is this a boeing cargo plane? Did I hear that right

[kevintmerk]

If this goes back to Russia….stop the stern warnings and proceed to actions. Russia laughs at the warnings.

[huanghermann]

A very convenient excuse: why don't you investigate the accident first before naming the suspect, Russia?