A Boeing 737 passenger plane with 104 people on board crashes in Havana
The Cubana de Aviacion flight was en route from Havana to Holguin with 105 passengers and crew on board
The plane crashed shortly after taking off from Havana’s main airport on a domestic flight, killing more than 110 people.
Local media reported that three survivors – all women – were in a critical condition after the Boeing 737 jet, which was en route from Jose Marti International Airport to the eastern Cuban city of Holguin, came down. The announcement put the presumed number of dead at 101.
The plane was Leased by Mexicana to Cubana and all crew are Mexican
The footage above shows smoke rising from the site of the Cubana Airlines flight crash
The plane has crashed shortly after taking off from Jose Marti airport in Cuba’s capital, Havana
The aircraft was heading from the capital to the eastern city of Holguin, it added.
Tweets from Spanish media say that the plane landed 20 kilometers from the airport in a neighborhood.
Three passengers who were on board the plane that crashed in Cuba are in critical condition, Cuba state-run Granma reports.
Initially, they said the plane was from Blue Panorama, a low-cost, private Italian airline company.
However, it seems that Cubana de Aviacion, which is Cuba’s national carrier, leased the plane because of its aging fleet.
Furthermore, right now we are unable to say anything about other passengers But after seeing videos and photo one can predict a huge loss of life in this incident
In addition, There is concern that people on the ground may be among the casualties.
Havana’s air hub is a short way southwest of the Cuban capital
It has pockets of population nearby as well as a major highway near one end of the runway.
The jet came down close to the airport with photos shared on social media showing a large plume of thick, black smoke rising from near the terminal buildings.
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel is at the scene of the crash.
The aircraft is believed to be a Boeing 737-400, built in 1992. It is believed to be on loan from an Italian carrier, Blue Panorama
photos of the accident after a Cubana Airlines flight crashed after taking off from Havana’s Jose Marti airport this afternoon.
