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DHL 737 crashes short of Vilnius runway

Fear of Landing

The 31-year-old cargo aircraft, registered in Spain as EC-MFE, was operated by Swiftair on behalf of the German logistics group DHL for a routine cargo flight from Leipzig, Germany, to Vilnius, Lithuania. The flight departed normally from Leipzig Halle Airport at 02:08 UTC (03:08 local), operating as flight QY5690/BCS18D.

Runway 96