Swiftair cargo aircraft crashes in Vilnius, Lithuania

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A Boeing 737-400 cargo plane of the airline Swiftair, contracted by DHL, crashed Monday in a residential area near Vilnius Airport (Lithuania), a few kilometers from the runway. The plane had departed from the German city of Leipzig.

One pilot, a Spanish national, died in the accident, and another crew member who was injured and hospitalized, Lithuanian police communications chief Ramūnas Matonis told EFE.

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Matonis said one German and one Lithuanian national were also injured and hospitalized.

The causes of the accident are under investigation, according to the police spokesman.

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