There are fatalities
Cargo plane crashes into residential building in Lithuania
A cargo plane taking off from Leipzig on behalf of the postal service provider DHL crashed in the yard of a residential building near the airport in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius near Liepkalnis early this morning.
At least one person was killed and three others were injured, a spokesman for the local rescue service was quoted as saying. According to the latest media reports from Lithuania, two people died and two were injured. All are believed to have been occupants of the aircraft.
According to preliminary data from the rescue service, the emergency services were informed at 5.28 a.m. local time that a cargo plane had crashed into a residential building near the airport in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, according to the "FAZ".
Residents evacuated
The mayor of the town confirmed the accident, but it is certain that the plane crashed into the courtyard of the building and narrowly missed the apartment building. A fire then broke out. The twelve residents of the building were evacuated.
Cause of accident unclear
Three occupants of the aircraft were rescued injured, another person succumbed to their injuries. The cause of the crash is unclear. The accident occurred during the landing approach.
Warning notices sent out
At the end of August, it became known that German security authorities were warning of "unconventional incendiary devices" being sent by unknown persons via freight service providers. The German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) and the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) sent out a corresponding warning to companies in the aviation and logistics sector.
Parcel suddenly caught fire in July
The warning was linked in security circles to an incident at the DHL logistics center in Leipzig, among other things. In July, a parcel sent from the Baltic States containing an incendiary device is said to have caught fire there.
Sabotage not ruled out
The word Russia did not appear in the warning from the BfV and BKA. Nevertheless, security circles are not ruling out a connection with the increasing number of cases of Russian sabotage in Germany.
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