The Flight Data Recorder (FDR) and Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) of the Boeing 737-476 were found and removed from the wreckage around 11:30 am. organizing actions.
The Ministry of Justice’s Transport Accident and Incident Investigation Unit launched a safety investigation after the November 25 was informed early in the morning that the Boeing 737-476 plane had crashed near Vilnius International Airport.
A Boeing 737-476 (national and registration EC-MFE) operated by SwiftAir (Flight BCS18D) was en route from Leipzig Airport, Federal Republic of Germany.
The Ministry reminds that the purpose of the safety investigation is to prevent accidents in the future. A safety investigation does not seek to determine who is at fault or responsible. A safety investigation is independent of, unrelated to, and not affected by any judicial or administrative process to determine who is at fault or responsible.
A 48-year-old Spanish citizen was killed, another Spaniard, as well as a German and a Lithuanian were injured when a DHL cargo plane carrying a crew of four crashed near the airport in Vilnius on Monday morning. The condition of the Spanish national was described as critical on Monday. His health was not released Tuesday at the family’s request.
The plane also hit a house where there were 13 people, all the residents were saved.
It is not yet clear what caused the crash of the cargo plane, and the version of sabotage or terrorist acts is not ruled out.
When the police spoke to the crew of the plane that crashed in Vilnius on Monday, they did not indicate that the fire started in the plane before it hit the ground, officials say.
The inspection of the wreckage and territory of the DHL cargo plane that crashed in Vilnius should be completed within three days, after which the parts of the aircraft are to be removed from the scene.
So far, at least 19 witnesses have been interviewed about the accident.
Source: www.15min.lt
