Plane crash

Analysis of data from the black boxes of Swiftair Boeing 737 that crashed in Vilnius on 25 November has begun, prosecutors said Monday.

A Spanish citizen injured in the Swiftair Boeing crash in Vilnius will be moved to Spain to continue treatment.

On Monday, 2 December, police officers finished inspecting the crash site of Swiftair Boeing in Vilnius.

Speaking about the crash of Swiftair Boeing in Vilnius, Acting Minister of National Defence Laurynas Kasčiūnas stated that preliminary examination suggests that the crash was not caused by sabotage, but nothing is being ruled out still.

An international commission is inspecting the crash site of a DHL cargo plane that went down near Vilnius Airport on Monday, the National Crisis Management Centre (NKVC) has said.

Black boxes from the Swiftair Boeing 737-476(SF), which crashed in Vilnius on Monday, are expected to be sent for analysis in Germany, the Ministry of Justice has announced.

Vilnius City Mayor Valdas Benkunskas has announced that residents of a private home evacuated from the crash site of Swiftair cargo plane will temporarily move to social housing.

A 48-year-old Spanish citizen died piloting the cargo plane in Vilnius, police have said. Another pilot, who was injured in the crash, is also a Spanish national, aged 34.

A total of 19 witnesses have already been questioned in a pre-trial investigation into the DHL cargo plane crash, including the first police officers who arrived in the scene, prosecutors said.

Black boxes of the cargo plane that crashed in Vilnius on Monday have been found, the Ministry of Justice reports.

One of the crew who was flying on the Swiftair cargo plane that crashed in Vilnius was critically injured, Santaros Clinics said Monday. Vilnius City Municipal Council declared an emergency at the crash site, which was visited by President Gitanas Nausėda in the afternoon.

On Monday morning, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė held a meeting with officials from the Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Transport and Communications, Vilnius International Airport, the Fire and Rescue Department, the Police Department, and the Vilnius City Municipality to evaluate the situat...

President Gitanas Nausėda says he expects the cause and all the circumstances surrounding the cargo plane crash in the eastern part of Vilnius will be soon identified. He thanked emergency services for their prompt and professional response to the incident.

DHL Lietuva says it cannot disclose any more information about the cargo plane that crashed in Vilnius on Monday morning. The only thing that can be confirmed is that it was a Swiftair aircraft, a spokesperson said.

Any attempts to link the plane crash in Vilnius to any hostile external activity are premature even though a terrorist attack cannot be ruled out yet, says the chief of Lithuania’s intelligence agency.

A DHL cargo plane crashed on a two-storey home early Monday morning near Vilnius Airport, killing one pilot, according to preliminary data from the authorities. The fire broke out in the building and warehouses nearby.

On Wednesday, a single-engine passenger aircraft disappeared from the radars and was later found crash-landed 4 km from Riga Airport in Latvia, reports news website delfi.lv.

A plane crashed in Vilnius District on Saturday afternoon, killing two people.

A small plane crashed in the territory of a residential house in Lithuania's Kaunas District on Sunday afternoon, killing two people, local police said.

По меньшей мере 19 человек погибли при крушении легкомоторного самолета в Пакистане. В числе жертв — оба пилота и три члена экипажа. ЧП произошло в жилом районе города Равалпинди, сообщает местный телеканал Dunya News.