RIGA - The State Security Service is in regular contact with partner services in Lithuania about the DHL cargo plane that crashed in Vilnius on Monday, LETA was told at the Security Service.
The Security Service is following updates on the cargo plane accident in accordance with its competences.
At the moment, the Security Service has no information to suggest that the plane crash was caused by malicious external interference, the Security Service said.
As reported, the DHL cargo plane with a four-member crew crashed near the Lithuanian capital's airport on Monday morning, killing a 48-year-old Spanish national and injuring another Spaniard, a German, and a Lithuanian. One of the injured crew members is in critical condition.
The plane also clipped a house with 13 people inside, but they all escaped unharmed.
The Justice Ministry's Transport Accident and Incident Investigation Division has launched a safety investigation aimed at preventing similar accidents in the future.
The ministry emphasized that the investigation is not intended to assign fault or responsibility and is independent of any legal or administrative proceedings.
The examination of the DHL cargo plane is expected to be completed within three days, after which the wreckage will be removed from the crash site.
The cause of the crash remains unclear, with sabotage or terrorism not yet ruled out.
Police have conducted preliminary interviews with the plane's crew. According to officers, the crew did not report any fire on board before the aircraft hit the ground.
The Boeing 737, which was coming from the German city of Leipzig, was owned by Spain's Swift Air and used for transporting DHL parcels.
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