At least one person was killed after a cargo plane crashed into a house and exploded into a fireball.
The Boeing 737 plane was approaching Vilnius Airport in Lithuania when it collided with the two-story building.
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Dramatic footage showed an explosion lighting up the early morning sky in the Lithuanian capital.
Horrific images show the burning wreckage of the DHL cargo plane, which took off from Leipzig, Germany.
Flight tracking data from FlightRadar24 showed that the plane turned north of the airport, and prepared to land, before crashing about 1.5 kilometers from the runway on Žirnių Street.
Nearby residents were evacuated by emergency crews.
The cause of the accident, which occurred before 5:30 a.m. local time, has not been revealed.
The weather at the airport was at nearly freezing temperatures, with clouds before sunrise and winds of about 18 mph.
One person was confirmed dead, while three other crew members were taken to hospital.
The DHL aircraft was operated by Swiftair, a Madrid-based contractor.
The Boeing 737 was 31 years old, which experts consider an older airframe, although this is not unusual for cargo flights.
This comes after another Boeing 737 caught fire after making an emergency landing at Sao Paulo International Airport in Guarulhos, Brazil.
Footage showed firefighters climbing into the bright orange inferno inside the plane to put out the ferocious flames on November 9.
The Total Cargo plane was forced to make an emergency landing after a fire broke out in its warehouse.
The Boeing 737-4Q8 (SF) took off from Vitoria, southeastern Brazil, heading to Sao Paulo Airport to deliver packages from the Brazilian Post Office.
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