The search for the cause of the accident continues following the crash of a cargo plane coming from Germany in Lithuania. With the flight recorders, the investigators have found a potentially crucial piece of the puzzle for their investigations. One day after the crash of the Swift Air plane, which was on its way from Leipzig to the Lithuanian capital Vilnius on behalf of DHL, the flight data recorder and voice recorder were recovered from the wreckage. As a so-called black box, they could provide information about the previously unknown cause of the accident, which is still the subject of speculation. Despite progress in the investigation, it remains unclear exactly what happened.
German investigators on site
Foreign experts are also to be involved in the investigations. According to information from Lithuania, investigators from Germany have already arrived, and experts from Spain and the USA are also to support the search for the cause of the accident - including from aircraft manufacturer Boeing. According to Swift Air, the plane involved in the accident was a Boeing 737-400, the wreckage of which, according to the authorities, had skidded several hundred meters after the crash and damaged a residential building. No one was injured.
The police appealed to the residents of Vilnius to provide the authorities with any videos that may contain information about the plane that crashed. The authorities also explored the area of the airport and the crash site with a drone and interviewed eyewitnesses to the incident, which has caused a lot of commotion and unrest. According to Paulauskas, the circumstances of the accident showed that the incident was probably not caused by an external influence.
