Video Captures Moment When Cargo Plane Crashed In Lithuania
At least one person died and three others were injured after a cargo plane crashed at Lithuania's Vilnius airport early on Monday. The Boeing 737-400, operated for DHL by the Spanish cargo airline Swiftair, was flying from Germany to Lithuania. While on its final approach for landing around 3:30 am GMT, the plane skidded ia nto house and burst into flames, a spokesperson for Lithuania's National Crisis Management Center said.
"The plane was due to land at Vilnius airport and crashed a few kilometres away," Renatas Pozela, the head of the firefighting and emergency services unit said, adding that one person in the four-member crew died.
Footage from a nearby security camera surfaced on social media, that shows the plane descending for landing before goes out of view behind a building. Moments later, a large explosion can be seen rising in the sky from behind the building, followed by plumes of black smoke.