Germany suggests ‘sabotage’ and ‘hybrid warfare’ in DHL plane crash

[LAUREN TAYLOR]

THE SEARCH FOR ANSWERS INTO WHAT CAUSED A D-H-L CARGO PLANE TO CRASH IS UNDERWAY – WITH INVESTIGATORS MAKING A NOTABLE FIND. 

LITHUANIAN OFFICIALS REVEALING TUESDAY THEY HAVE RECOVERED THE BLACK BOX FROM THE WRECKAGE, WHICH MAY PROVIDE INFORMATION ON WHAT LED UP TO THE FIERY CRASH, AND GERMANY, WHERE THE JET TOOK OFF FROM, IS RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT POTENTIAL “SABOTAGE” OR “HYBRID WARFARE.

THE GERMAN CHANCELLOR PUSHING FOR THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH TO BE “INVESTIGATED CLOSELY” BUT REFUSING TO “MAKE AN ACCUSATION UNTIL WE CAN PROVE IT.”

LITHUANIAN OFFICIALS SAY TERRORISM IS STILL BEING CONSIDERED AND ACKNOWLEDGED “AN INCREASINGLY AGGRESSIVE RUSSIA” BUT CAUTIONED AGAINST POINTING FINGERS.

OFFICIALS STOPPED SHORT OF LUMPING THE CRASH IN WITH A SEPARATE INVESTIGATION INTO INCENDIARY DEVICES THAT DETONATED IN JULY AT D-H-L LOGISTICS HUBS IN GERMANY AND BRITAIN.

THE JET WENT DOWN MONDAY MORNING LESS THAN A MILE FROM A RUNWAY AT A LITHUANIAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AS IT SKIDDED INTO A RESIDENTIAL AREA– KILLING ONE CREW MEMBER.

SURVELLIANCE VIDEO FROM A NEARBY SECURITY CAMERA CAPUTED THE EXPLOSION AS THE PLANE WAS PREPARING TO LAND. 

INVESTIGATORS NOTE THE INSPECTION OF THE CRASH SITE SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN ABOUT THREE DAYS. 

POLICE AND PROSECUTORS HAVE REPORTEDLY LAUNCHED A “PRE-TRIAL” INVESTIGATION INTO THE AIR DISASTER.

WITH THE HELP OF U-S NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD.

THE AGENCY SAYS THEY WILL RELEASE THE FINDINGS TO THE PUBLIC ONCE THE INVESTIGATORS ARE DONE WITH THEIR WORK.

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