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DHL cargo plane crashes in Lithuania: 'Terror not ruled out'

Close to a residential complex near the airport of the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, a Boeing 757 crashed at about 5:30 a.m. Monday morning. 

The cargo plane crashed just next to a two-story building. The 12 residents were able to be evacuated in time. The plane caught fire. There were four people on board the DHL plane: two pilots and two crew members. One of the pilots died; the three others were taken to the hospital injured.

The cargo plane reportedly came from Leipzig. What exactly happened is not yet clear but it would have been an accident. So said Vilmantas Vitkauskas, the head of the National Crisis Management Center. However, Police Commissioner General Arūnas Paulauskas stressed at a press conference that other avenues were still open, including an act of terrorism. He claimed that “that should not be ruled out yet.” “That is one of the avenues we are investigating,” he read. “I think that the inspection of the crime scene and the collection of evidence could take all week. Answers will not come soon.”

(SR for Tagtik/Source: Reuters - Delfi - LRT/Illustration picture: Photo by 4zyxxn on Unsplash)

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