Forwarded from Fireworks Daily Team (Roosvelt Terriers)
Swiftair cargo 737-400 has crashed while on approach to #Vilnius International Airport, #Lithuania.
One pilot and one person on the ground were killed. The second pilot and two others survived with unspecified injuries.
The aircraft, operated by a DHL contractor Swiftair, was flying from Germany’s Leipzig to Lithuania.
According to Vilnius Mayor Valdas Benkunskas, the plane missed the house "by chance" and crashed in a courtyard. "All the 12 residents of the house are safe and have been evacuated," said Benkunskas.
One pilot and one person on the ground were killed. The second pilot and two others survived with unspecified injuries.
The aircraft, operated by a DHL contractor Swiftair, was flying from Germany’s Leipzig to Lithuania.
According to Vilnius Mayor Valdas Benkunskas, the plane missed the house "by chance" and crashed in a courtyard. "All the 12 residents of the house are safe and have been evacuated," said Benkunskas.