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PICTORIAL: DHL cargo plane crashes in Lithuania, one dead

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Emergency services at the scene where a DHL cargo plane crashed into a house near the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius on November 25, 2024. (Photograph: Petras MALUKAS / AFP)

A DHL cargo plane en route from Germany to Lithuania crashed near Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, early Monday morning, killing one of the four crew members, according to firefighters.

This photograph taken on November 25, 2024, shows Lithuanian emergency workers near the site where a DHL cargo plane crashed into a house near the capital, Vilnius. Photograph: Petras MALUKAS / AFP)

Renatas Pozela, head of the local firefighting and emergency services, confirmed the plane was scheduled to land at Vilnius Airport but went down several kilometers from the runway.

During the crash, a nearby house caught fire, though the exact cause of the blaze remains unclear. Vilmantas Vitkauskas, head of Lithuania’s National Crisis Management Centre, reported that all residents of the house had been evacuated and were unharmed.

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This photograph taken on November 25, 2024, shows the wreckage of a cargo plane in the courtyard of a house following its crash near the Vilnius International Airport in Vilnius. (Photograph: Petras MALUKAS / AFP)

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