Lithuanias authorities stated Friday that police investigators had actually discovered no proof of unlawful interference in the deadly crash of a DHL cargo aircraft last month, which had actually triggered suspicions of nasty play.The crash near Vilnius Airport, which eliminated one team member of the airplane coming from the German city of Leipzig, immediately raised concerns over whether it might be linked to a recent series of sabotage cases some Western officials have blamed on Russia.
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flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder, along with proof gathered at the crash site, has not exposed any evidence of illegal disturbance, Lithuanias Justice Ministry stated in a statement.Investigators reached the preliminary conclusion after traveling to Germany to analyze the flight recorders, which were recovered several days after the crash.
However, Lithuanias Prosecutor Generals Office said in a different statement Friday that the criminal investigation had not eliminated any version of the incident.The plane crashed about a kilometer (0.6 miles) from the Vilnius Airport, hitting structures as it skidded a number of hundred meters.
Prosecutors stated 16 individuals whose homes were burnt down afterward were officially acknowledged as victims.The crash eliminated the Spanish pilot and hurt the three other crew members another Spaniard, a German and a Lithuanian.
Germany had raised the possibility of outdoors participation in the catastrophe, arguing that it might have been another hybrid occurrence from Russia.Since Russias full-blown invasion of Ukraine in 2022, European countries have frequently used the term hybrid to describe actions against them that they believe originate from Moscow.Lithuanian authorities had in the weeks preceding the crash penetrated supposed acts of incendiary devices being planted on freight planes.