German investigators are also involved in the search for the cause of the accident following the crash of a cargo plane that was traveling on behalf of the postal service provider DHL. The Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation will support the investigation on site in Lithuania, a spokesperson for the Federal Ministry of Transport told journalists in Berlin. Colleagues would be on duty there from the evening.
"No statements can yet be made about the cause of the accident," said a spokesperson for the Federal Ministry of the Interior. Whether it was an accident or whether another cause led to the crash is currently being investigated.
The cargo plane that took off from Leipzig was operated by the Spanish airline Swift Air, DHL announced. Swift Air works under contract for DHL. The plane crashed in the early morning near the airport in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, close to a residential building. One person was killed, according to police and rescue services.
