Lithuania has found no sign that the crash on Monday of a DHL cargo plane was caused by sabotage, and believes technical issues were a more likely explanation, officials said on Wednesday.

Lithuania is leaning towards a technical cause for the crash on Monday of a DHL cargo plane as it came in to land at Vilnius airport, the country's National Crisis Management Center said on Wednesday.

German leaders said they are exploring the possibility that a fiery cargo plane crash in Lithuania on Monday was the result of sabotage or hybrid warfare.