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At least one person died and three were injured near Vilnius


At least one person was killed and three others injured after a cargo plane crashed near Vilnius airport in Lithuania early Monday.

A search is currently underway for a fourth person.

Local authorities said the plane operated by Spanish airline Swiftair for DHL crashed near a house while making final preparations for landing.

Police said all 12 people were safely evacuated from a house near the crash site.

According to data from flight tracking website Flightradar24, the plane departed from DHL’s hub at Leipzig Airport in Germany just after 03:00 local time (02:00 GMT) and crashed about an hour and a half later.

Flight operations are continuing at Vilnius airport as authorities respond to the crash, Flightradar24 said on X.

Firefighters were seen tackling smoke coming from a building 1.3 kilometers (0.8 miles) north of the airport runway, Reuters news agency reported.

The cause of the accident is unknown and Lithuanian authorities have begun an investigation.

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