One of the victims of the plane crash is in critical condition

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ELTA 2024-11-25 11:34:40 Comments: 0

One of the people on board the downed DHL plane is in a critical condition, Santaros Clinic reports.

„One of the victims of this morning's plane crash is being treated at the Santara Clinic. The condition of the victim is critical. The medical team at Santara Clinics is doing everything possible to provide the highest level of care to the victim," the clinic said in a statement. plane crash had been brought to the hospital and were being treated, but no information about their condition or injuries was being made public.

Yulia Samorkovskaya, a spokeswoman for the Vilnius District Chief Police Commissariat, said all the victims are men.

ELTA recalls that a cargo plane of the German company DHL crashed early Monday morning in the capital, near Vilnius airport, near a residential house.

Primary data indicate that the pilot killed in the crash was a Spanish national. In addition, three occupants of the plane were injured - Lithuanian, German and Spanish nationals. According to Elta, one of them is in a more serious condition and the other has less serious injuries.

According to Valdas Benkunskas, the mayor of the capital, a total of 14 people have been evacuated from the buildings near the site. They will continue to be cared for by Vilnius City Municipality.

According to Vilmantas Vitkauskas, the head of the National Crisis Management Centre, initial data indicate that the plane crash was an accident. At the same time, Police Commissioner General Arūnas Paulauskas hints that it should not be ruled out that the crash is a possible terrorist act.

A pre-trial investigation has been opened into the improper maintenance or repair of vehicles or roads, or of the equipment on them. A safety investigation has also been initiated by the Ministry of Justice.

The Wall Street Journal previously reported that incendiary devices sent on DHL flights from Lithuania to the UK and Germany in the summer were part of a Russian covert operation. Both shipments from Lithuania went to the same destination in the UK, one in Leipzig, Germany, before being loaded onto a cargo plane, the other at a DHL warehouse in Birmingham, UK. The consignments were dispatched from Lithuania on 19 July and both fires occurred on the night of 20-21 July.

Prosecutor General Nida Grunskiene said that an international investigation into the DHL incendiary shipments was underway and that arrests had been made. No further details of the investigation have been made public.