More than four months after the crash of a cargo plane coming from Germany in Lithuania, the local authorities have presented a 30-page interim report on their investigations. The most important message is that "no signs of unlawful interference or terrorism" have been found, said Justice Minister Rimantas Mockus at a press conference in Vilnius. The investigation is therefore continuing. The aim is to present the final report as soon as possible.
No evidence of unlawful interference in flight operations
The interim report compiles the facts gathered in the first four weeks after the incident, said Laurynas Naujokaitis, head of the ministry's safety investigation department. There were no indications of any unlawful interference in flight operations.
The information in the interim report is consistent with the assessments of the Lithuanian Prosecutor General's Office announced the previous week, which based its investigations on the assumption that the plane crash was caused by human error on the part of the pilot. According to this, the accident was probably caused by the deactivation of the hydraulic system responsible for extending the landing flaps.
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