Swiftair Flight 5960

The plane narrowly missed [clarification needed], sliding on the area and in the process, hitting a two-story house in the Liepkalnis neighborhood, approximately 1.3 kilometres (0.8 mi; 0.7 nmi) north of the airport, and crashed on its property, causing a fire that reached the house.

[10] Their survival was attributed by first responders to the aircraft's cockpit being separated on impact from its fuselage, which caught fire.

[9] Acting Minister of National Defence Laurynas Kasčiūnas said that no signs indicating a sabotage have been identified in its preliminary stages.

[17] On 26 November, the runway of Vilnius Airport was closed between 10:00 and 11:00 as part of police efforts to film the crash site using drones, resulting in delays to four flights.

Lithuanian authorities announced that an inspection of the crash site will be held in the next two to three days, and that after it the wreckage of the plane will be removed.

[23] On November 29 the wreckage of the plane and its cargo were removed from the crash site and taken to a hangar, where they will be analysed during the investigation.

[24] On 20 December, the Lithuanian justice ministry, citing police investigations and analysis of the flight recorders, announced that it had found no "unlawful interference" in the crash.

A CCTV image showing the fireball rising from the crash site of EC-MFE