The plane slowly descends and at the same time there is a heavy fire. After some time, huge clouds of fire and thick smoke appeared – this is what it looked like when the transport plane landed in Vilnius. New footage of the crash was released to CNN on Tuesday. Lithuanian authorities have announced that the black box has been found and will help determine the cause of the accident.
On Tuesday, CNN released new footage of the cargo plane crash at the Vilnius airport. A vehicle serving DHL crashed on approach in the morning. Three crew members were injured and one person was killed.
A new video shows the moment of the accident. It was recorded by monitoring at Liepkalnis ski resort. You can see the plane approaching from the right and its lights. The car descends slowly. At one point there is a flash that blinds the camera. After a few seconds, the image comes back and you see huge clouds of fire and smoke rising from the trees.
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Black boxes appeared
On Tuesday, the Lithuanian government announced that the plane's black boxes containing flight information and voice recordings had been found. Investigators are preparing to examine the material.
Earlier, the General Prosecutor's Office of Lithuania, which is investigating this natural disaster, said that no evidence of terrorism or sabotage has been found so far. – Our preliminary information does not indicate the need to investigate more serious actions, said prosecutor Arturas Urbelis. He noted that the investigation is still ongoing.
In addition to the Lithuanian authorities, the German side has also started an investigation. – The German authorities are closely cooperating with the Lithuanian authorities to get to the bottom of the matter, – assured the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Annalena Baerbock. DHL is also conducting an internal investigation.
The plane crashed on approach
A cargo plane belonging to the Spanish company SWIFT, serving the German company DHL, crashed on Monday near the Lithuanian airport in Vilnius. It was a Boeing 737-400. The first news was that a car crashed into an apartment building and caught fire this morning.
But then rescue services reported that the plane hit the ground and slid about 100 meters. The services reported that the car broke into pieces and its elements hit the house. Nothing happened to the residents, all 14 tenants were subsequently evacuated.
There were four people in the plane. One person died, three people were injured and taken to the hospital. The spokesman of the Vilnius police explained that there were two Spaniards, one German and one Lithuanian on the plane. One of the Spaniards died.
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