25 November 2024, Saxony, Schkeuditz: A DHL cargo plane at the DHL Air Hub, the air freight center at Leipzig / Halle Airport. A cargo plane taking off from Leipzig on behalf of the postal service provider DHL crashed into a residential building near the airport in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius early this morning. Photo: Hendrik Schmidt/dpa (Photo by Hendrik Schmidt/picture alliance via Getty Images)A DHL cargo plane crashed as it came into land at Lithuania's Vilnius airport early on Monday, skidding into a house and killing one person on the aircraft. An airport spokesperson said the plane was a Boeing 737-400. Leipzig Airport operator Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG declined to comment on the crash.

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Persons: Hendrik Schmidt, Darius Jauniskis, Flightradar24 Organizations: DHL, DHL Air Hub, Halle Airport, Vilnius, dpa, Getty, Swiftair, Crisis Management Center, Police, Boeing, Firefighters, Mitteldeutsche Flughafen Locations: Saxony, Schkeuditz, Leipzig, Lithuanian, Lithuania's Vilnius, Germany, British, Europe, United States