Harry Kane scored his 15th goal of the season as Bayern Munich eased to a 5-0 win over Bochum in the Bundesliga on Sunday to lift some of the gloom from its heavy midweek loss at Barcelona.
Jamal Musiala scored a header and set up Kane's goal in Musiala's first start since Oct. 2 following a hip injury in a win that looked like a return to business as usual for Bayern following one win from its previous five games in all competitions.
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Tuta, left, of Eintracht Frankfurt fights for the ball with Berlin's Wooyeong Jeong during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Union Berlin, in Berlin, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (Andreas Gora/dpa via AP)
Bayern's Jamal Musiala scores a header during the German Bundesliga soccer match between VfL Bochum and Bayern Munich in Bochum, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Bayern's head coach Vincent Kompany reacts during the German Bundesliga soccer match between VfL Bochum and Bayern Munich in Bochum, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Bayern's Kingsley Coman raises his hand after he scored during the German Bundesliga soccer match between VfL Bochum and Bayern Munich in Bochum, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Bayern's Harry Kane is substituted during the German Bundesliga soccer match between VfL Bayern's HarryBochum and Bayern Munich in Bochum, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Bayern's Harry Kane scores during the German Bundesliga soccer match between VfL Bochum and Bayern Munich in Bochum, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Bayern players celebrate Harry Kane after he scored a goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between VfL Bochum and Bayern Munich in Bochum, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
“We just want to take a step forward in every game and we enjoy scoring goals,” Musiala told broadcaster DAZN. Of the 4-1 loss to Barcelona on Wednesday, he added: “It was really bitter and it hurt us, but we're looking ahead."
Michael Olise got Bayern started when he lofted a free kick over the wall and into the net in the 16th minute, before Musiala headed in for 2-0 soon after. Musiala dribbled past a defender and passed for Kane to score in the 57th.
The England captain has nine Bundesliga goals this season, making him the league's joint-top scorer with Eintracht Frankfurt's Omar Marmoush.
Leroy Sané, who's struggled for fitness in recent months, came off the bench to score his first Bundesliga goal in nearly a year in style with a drive into the top-left corner. Kingsley Coman made it five with a shot that bounced in off the crossbar.
Bayern reclaimed top spot on goal difference ahead of Leipzig, which had moved up to first Saturday with a 3-1 win over Freiburg.
A 3-2 loss at Bochum last season helped lose Bayern Munich the title, and the home team nearly took a shock lead early in Sunday's game. Moritz Broschinski beat Kim Min-Jae to a long pass and shot past goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, but his effort was so lacking in power that Kim was able to chase it down and clear it before it crossed the line.
In the end, it was more misery for a team which is last in the Bundesliga and on Sunday marked exactly five months since its last win in a competitive game.
Bochum fired coach Peter Zeidler last week after eight games and no wins in all competitions, and has named coaches Markus Feldhoff and Murat Ural in joint charge “until further notice.”
A tight video-review offside call in added time denied Union Berlin a potential winner that would have sent it to third place in the Bundesliga. Union was held to a 1-1 draw with 10-man Eintracht Frankfurt.
Mario Götze had given Frankfurt the lead early on but Benedict Hollerbach leveled the score for Union — though only after VAR overturned an offside call. Frankfurt lost defender Arthur Theate to a second yellow card in the 77th. Union is fourth and Frankfurt sixth.
Heidenheim plays Hoffenheim later Sunday.
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Tuta, left, of Eintracht Frankfurt fights for the ball with Berlin's Wooyeong Jeong during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Union Berlin, in Berlin, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (Andreas Gora/dpa via AP)
Bayern's Jamal Musiala scores a header during the German Bundesliga soccer match between VfL Bochum and Bayern Munich in Bochum, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Bayern's head coach Vincent Kompany reacts during the German Bundesliga soccer match between VfL Bochum and Bayern Munich in Bochum, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Bayern's Kingsley Coman raises his hand after he scored during the German Bundesliga soccer match between VfL Bochum and Bayern Munich in Bochum, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Bayern's Harry Kane is substituted during the German Bundesliga soccer match between VfL Bayern's HarryBochum and Bayern Munich in Bochum, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Bayern's Harry Kane scores during the German Bundesliga soccer match between VfL Bochum and Bayern Munich in Bochum, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Bayern players celebrate Harry Kane after he scored a goal during the German Bundesliga soccer match between VfL Bochum and Bayern Munich in Bochum, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — A DHL cargo plane crashed on approach to an airport in Lithuania's capital and skidded into a house Monday morning, killing a Spanish crew member, officials said. The cause of the accident is under investigation.
A surveillance video from a nearby company showed the plane descending normally as it approached the airport, and then exploding into a huge ball of fire behind a building. The moment of impact could not be seen in the video.
The head of the country’s firefighting service said that the plane skidded a few hundred meters (yards), and photos showed smoke rising from a damaged structure in an area of barren trees.
“Thankfully, despite the crash occurring in a residential area, no lives have been lost among the local population,” Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė said after meeting with rescue officials.
Rescue workers sealed off the area, and fragments of the plane in the company’s trademark yellow color could be seen amid wreckage scattered across the crash site.
The cargo aircraft was carrying four people when it crashed at 5:30 a.m. local time. One person, a Spanish citizen, was declared dead and the other three crew members — who were Spanish, German and Lithuanian citizens — were injured, said Ramūnas Matonis, the head of communications for Lithuanian police in an email.
The DHL aircraft was operated by Swiftair, a Madrid-based contractor. Neither DHL nor Swiftair offered immediate comment.
“Residential infrastructure around the house was on fire, and the house was slightly damaged, but we managed to evacuate people," said Renatas Požėla, chief of the Fire and Rescue Department.
One eyewitness, who gave her name only as Svaja, ran to a window when a light as bright as a red sun filled her room, and then heard an explosion followed by flashes and black smoke.
“I saw a fireball,” she said. “My first thought is that a world (war) has begun and it’s time to grab the documents and run somewhere to a shelter, to a basement.”
Lithuanian’s public broadcaster LRT, quoting an emergency official, said two people had been taken to the hospital after the crash, and one was pronounced dead.
The person who was killed was a member of the flight crew but not a pilot, officials said. Firefighters freed two pilots from the cockpit, one of whom was more seriously injured, according to the General Commissioner of the Lithuanian Police Arūnas Paulauskas.
He said that investigators were considering possible causes including technical failure and human error, and have not ruled out the possibility of a terrorist act.
The prime minister cautioned against speculation, saying investigators needed time to do their job.
“The responsible agencies are working diligently," Šimonytė said. "I urge everyone to have confidence in the investigating authorities’ ability to conduct a thorough and professional investigation within an optimal timeframe. Only these investigations will uncover the true causes of the incident — speculation and guesswork will not help establish the truth.”
The Lithuanian airport authority identified the aircraft as a DHL cargo plane arriving from Leipzig, Germany, which is a major freight hub.
Flight-tracking data from FlightRadar24, analyzed by the AP, showed the aircraft made a turn to the north of the airport, lining up for landing, before crashing a little more than 1.5 kilometers (1 mile) short of the runway.
Weather at the airport was around freezing at the time of the crash, with clouds before sunrise and winds around 30 kph (18 mph).
The Boeing 737 was 31 years old, which is considered by experts to be an older airframe, though that’s not unusual for cargo flights.
This story corrects the title of Renatas Požėla.
Gera reported from Warsaw, Poland, and Gambrell from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Lithuanian emergency personnel prepare to work near the site where a DHL cargo plane crashed into a house near Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
Lithuanian emergency personnel work by parts of the wreckage of a DHL cargo plane which crashed into a house near the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
A piece of debris from a DHL cargo plane which crashed into a house is seen near the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
Lithuanian police investigators work near the site where a DHL cargo plane crashed into a house near the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, Lithuania, Lithuania, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
Lithuanian Emergency Ministry employees work near the site where a DHL cargo plane crashed into a house near the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, Lithuania, Lithuania, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
Lithuanian Emergency Ministry employees and police officers stand near the place where a DHL cargo plane crashed into a house near the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, Lithuania, Lithuania, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
Lithuanian Emergency Ministry employees work near the site where a DHL cargo plane crashed into a house near the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, Lithuania, Lithuania, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
Police guard an area near the place where a DHL cargo plane crashed into a house near the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
Lithuanian Emergency Ministry employees work near the place where a DHL cargo plane crashed into a house near the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, Lithuania, Lithuania, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
Lithuanian Emergency Ministry employees work near the place where a DHL cargo plane crashed into a house near the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
A smoke rises from the place where a DHL cargo plane crashed into a house near the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, Lithuania, Lithuania, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
Lithuanian Emergency Ministry employees work near the place where a DHL cargo plane crashed into a house near the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, Lithuania, Lithuania, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
Lithuanian Emergency Ministry employees work near the place where a DHL cargo plane crashed into a house near the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
