CNN —German leaders raised the possibility that a fiery cargo plane crash in Lithuania on Monday was the result of sabotage or hybrid warfare.
The cargo plane was flying from Leipzig, Germany, and was due to land at Vilnius Airport when it crashed a few kilometers from the runway.
The plane skidded on the ground for several hundred meters before hitting a residential home, authorities in Lithuania said.
“Our initial information does not indicate that we need to be investigating more serious actions,” Prosecutor Arturas Urbelis said in a statement, according to Reuters.
DHL said the plane “made a forced landing about one kilometer from VNO Airport.” It confirmed four people were onboard.
Persons:
Olaf Scholz, ” Scholz, Annalena Baerbock, Arturas Urbelis, ”, Lukas Balandis, Darius Jauniskis, “, ” Kestutis Budrys, Gitanas Nauseda, Hendrik Schmidt, ” Budrys, Dmitry Peskov, Valdas Benkunskas, Arūnas Paulauskas
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Lithuania, Leipzig, Germany, Spanish, Europe, Vilnius, United Kingdom, Canada, Leipzig's, Birmingham, UK