At least one casualty has been reported, along with three other injuries after a cargo plane crashed near Vilnius airport in Lithuania in the early hours of Monday.
The plane, operated for DHL by the Spanish cargo airline Swiftair, had crashed close to a house as it was on its final approach for landing, according to the local authorities.
Police officials also added that All 12 people have been safely depopulated from a property close to the crash site.
Meanwhile, Rescue services had reported that all those who were on the flight from Leipzig, Germany, have been accounted for.
The aircraft exited from DHL’s hub at Leipzig Airport just after 03:00 local time (02:00 GMT) and crashed around an hour and a half later, according to data from flight-tracking website Flightradar24.
Flight operations will be ongoing at Vilnius airport as authorities respond to the crash, Flightradar24 said on X.
Reuters news agency reported that firefighters were seen battling to expel the smoke coming from a building 1.3 km (0.8 mile) north of the airport runway.
The cause of the crash is still unknown at the time of this report but Lithuanian authorities have commenced investigations.
Renatas Pozela, the head of Lithuania’s firefighting and emergency services unit, said the plane was due to land at Vilnius airport and “crashed a few kilometres away”.
“One person in the four-member crew died,” he added.
