Swiftair Flight 5960

When

25 Nov 2024

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

54.66° N, 25.30° E

Description

flight between Leipzig and Vilnius crashed on 25 November 2024

Deaths

1

Injured

3

2024 aviation accident in Lithuania

Swiftair Flight 5960 was an international cargo flight that crashed early in the morning on 25 November 2024 while on final approach to Vilnius Airport. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-400, was flying from Leipzig/Halle Airport in Leipzig, Germany, to Vilnius Airport in Vilnius, Lithuania, when it crashed into the ground short of the runway and came to a stop near a two-story house in Liepkalnis.

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