The moment of cargo plane crash in Vilnius was captured on video

The moment of the crash of a DHL cargo plane in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Monday, November 25, was captured on video.

The footage from the crash site shows the aircraft descending sharply, followed by an explosion and subsequent fire.

The airplane fell on an apartment building on Zhirnyu Street. A fire started in the building, which was extinguished. The residents of the house were evacuated, there were no casualties among them.

There were four crew members on board. One pilot was killed. The plane itself was destroyed and its cargo was scattered over a large area.

The head of the National Crisis Management Center (NCMC) Vilmantas Vitkauskas said that the cause of the crash could be technical problems.

On the eve of the crash of a civilian patrol plane in the U.S. state of Colorado, two people were killed and one injured. It was specified that the pilot and an aerial photographer were killed, while the second pilot of the plane was seriously injured and was taken to hospital by helicopter.