UPD 23:00 All passengers and crew members of the plane that crashed near the capital of Cuba are foreign citizens. This was reported on the website of the Cuban newspaper Granma. According to her information, there were a total of 105 people on board, including five children. Previously, information was received about 113 passengers and crew members. Meanwhile, several people survived the disaster. However, as Reuters reports, one of them has already died from burns in the hospital. Two more victims remain in hospital in serious condition. The Boeing was leased by Cuban Airlines from a Mexican carrier and was piloted by a foreign crew. The plane was performing domestic flight to the east of Cuba. After takeoff, the ship crashed onto agricultural fields near the first terminal of the airport. Jose Marti.
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A local airline's Boeing 737 crashed during takeoff at Havana airport. The number of deaths is still unknown, but Cuban authorities have already warned that we are most likely talking about numerous victims.
For unknown reasons, the plane crashed to the ground almost immediately after takeoff from José Martí Airport in Havana. The aircraft was heading to the city of Holguin in eastern Cuba. The Boeing was leased by Cubana de Aviacion from the Mexican Damojh and was piloted by a foreign crew, writes the Cubadebate portal.
According to various sources, there were 104 or 107 passengers and crew on board. There are survivors of the crash - local residents told The Associated Press that they saw victims being transported in ambulances. Rescue services are working at the scene of the tragedy, and the country's leader Miguel Diaz Canel arrived there.Los hospitales de la capital, en este caso, el Hospital Universitario General Calixto García se prepara para recibir sobrevivientes del accidente ocurrido en La Habana, reporta la periodista Yisel Martinez García. #Cuba #avion https://t.co/8JBy33lXNU pic.twitter.com/bhPide5WsH
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The Russian Consulate General is finding out whether there were citizens of our country on board the plane.
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A passenger plane crashed in Cuba. There were 104 passengers and six crew members on board.
The cause of the plane crash is still unknown; Cuban authorities have announced the start of an investigation.
There is no official data on casualties yet, but media claim that at least three people survived and are in critical condition.
Cuban authorities declared national mourning in connection with the plane crash.
The Boeing 737 of the Cuban state airline Cubana de Aviacion, taking off from Havana airport, crashed shortly after takeoff. He was heading to the city of Holguin in the east of the island.
The passengers were mostly Cubans, only five were foreign citizens, reported the state portal Cubadebate.
What did you see from the ground?
Eyewitnesses say they saw flames engulf the plane before it crashed.
"We heard an explosion and then saw a huge cloud of black smoke rising from where the plane crashed," said local restaurateur Gilberto Menendez.
Mexico's transportation authority said in a statement that the plane experienced a technical problem during takeoff.
The American corporation Boeing stated that it is ready to send a group of its experts to Cuba, which is not prohibited by American law. Such a group would work under the guidance of the US Transportation Security Administration and Cuban authorities.
The American embargo imposed under President John F. Kennedy continues to apply to Cuba.
“There was a plane crash. The news is not encouraging, apparently there are a large number of casualties,” Cuban leader Miguel Diaz-Canel, who arrived at the scene, wrote on Twitter.
Illustration copyright AFP Illustration copyright Reuters Illustration copyright AFPThe plane belonged to Mexico's Aerolineas Damoj and was leased from Cuba's Cubana de Aviacion, the Mexican government said in a statement.
The plane was built in 1979 and had six Mexican crew members on board, including the commander and co-pilot.
Boeing has already stated that it is ready to send a team of specialists to help the Cuban authorities.
Illustration copyright Getty Images"I saw him take off," supermarket employee José Luis told AFP. "Suddenly he made a turn and began to fall. We were all amazed."
Local radio tweeted that the plane crashed on the road between Havana and Boyeros, 20 kilometers south of the capital.
Last year was named the safest in the history of commercial transportation, according to a study by the Aviation Safety Network - not a single passenger plane crash was recorded.
However, this year there have already been several serious aviation accidents. Last month, a military plane crashed shortly after takeoff in Algeria, killing 257 people.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has already expressed his condolences in connection with the plane crash in Havana. He sent a telegram to the Chairman of the State Council and Council of Ministers of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, the Kremlin press service reported. “The head of the Russian state conveyed words of sympathy and support to the families and friends of the victims, as well as wishes for a speedy recovery to those who managed to survive this disaster,” the telegram says. Let us remind you that only two managed to survive.
The Boeing 737 is the most popular passenger aircraft in the history of the passenger aircraft industry. In March of this year, the ten-thousandth aircraft of this manufacturer was put into operation. The model has been produced since 1967. On average, there are an average of 1,200 aircraft in the air at any given time and one Boeing 737 takes off and lands every five seconds around the world.
According to updated data, the plane crashed into agricultural fields between the José Martí airport and the Havana suburb of Santiago de las Vegas.
One of the survivors of a passenger Boeing crash in Cuba died of burns in a Havana hospital, Reuters reports, citing a hospital representative. Two other survivors are in serious condition.
The city of Holguin, where the plane was heading, is located near the famous beach resorts, the largest of which is Guardalavaca. Holguin is the fourth largest city in Cuba. The toponym has nothing to do with the popular Russian name: the city and the province are named after the discoverer of this part of the island, the Spanish captain Garcia Holguin.
The plane was leased by Cubana de Aviación to the carrier Global, writes the Cuban newspaper Granma. There were a total of 105 people on board, including passengers and crew. There were six children among the passengers, two of them under two years old.
The Boeing 737 that crashed in Cuba was in operation for 26 years. Over the years he has flown thousands of miles. Information about the technical condition of the aircraft in last years and directly on the day of the crash on this moment No.
Eyewitnesses to the plane crash share details of the incident. “A second and we saw a large fireball, and then clouds of smoke spreading tens of meters above the crashed plane. The plane crashed so close to the airport that everything was visible from the windows,” said a local resident.
The preliminary version of the crash of a passenger Boeing 737 in Cuba is considered to be a technical malfunction, local media report.
The three survivors of the plane crash are hospitalized in critical condition. This was reported by AFP with reference to state media.
The Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) called it unlikely that there could have been Russians on board the plane that crashed in Cuba.
“Large tour operators do not take tourists from Havana to Holguin, although there are niche companies. The likelihood that there could be Russians on board the plane is very low,” a representative of the association told Interfax.
MEXICO CITY, May 19- RIA News. More than a hundred people died in the crash Boeing aircraft 737-200 in Cuba, which occurred on Friday shortly after the plane took off from Havana airport.
According to the Mexican company Global Air, from which Cubana de Aviacion leased the plane, there were 110 people on board, including 104 passengers and six crew members. Among the passengers of the crashed plane were five foreigners, the rest were Cubans, and the crew was from Mexico. According to the embassy, there were no Russian citizens on board. Later it became known that two Argentines were killed.
The airliner, flying from Havana to Holguin, crashed shortly after takeoff, crashing between the José Martí airport and the Havana suburb of Santiago de las Vegas, in an area of agricultural land.
There are survivors
Shortly after the crash, local media reported that there were four survivors of the plane crash. The three surviving women were taken to the intensive care unit of Havana's Calixto Garcia Hospital in serious condition; the man died on the way to the hospital. Later, Cuba TV reported the death of one of the women, but then denied this information.
The victims have multiple fractures, hematomas and burns; they are being treated by resuscitators, surgeons, neurologists, orthopedists and other specialists.
According to the Ministry of Transport of Mexico, the plane was 39 years old, it was produced in 1979, but had all the necessary permits to operate.
Chairman of the State Council and Council of Ministers of Cuba Miguel Diaz-Canel said that an investigation into the circumstances of the crash would be conducted and expressed condolences to the families of the victims. The black boxes have not yet been found.
All terminals at Havana José Martí Airport continue to operate.
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Eyewitness accounts
Eyewitnesses told Cuban TV that the plane was trying to return to the airport after takeoff but crashed into power lines. Witnesses also reported that the first rescuers arrived at the scene 12 minutes after the fall.
The crash was the first for Cubana de Aviacion since 1999, according to data from the Aviation Safety Network (ASN) portal, which tracks aviation accidents.
International reaction
Vladimir Putin sent a telegram of condolences to Diaz-Canel. "Chapter Russian state conveyed words of sympathy and support to the families and friends of the victims, as well as wishes for a speedy recovery to those who managed to survive this disaster,” the telegram says.
Condolences were sent by Venezuela, Spain, Mexico, and France. Boeing also expressed its condolences to the loved ones of the passengers and crew of the crashed plane, as well as its readiness to provide the necessary technical assistance.
As RIA Novosti was told in the press service of the State Department, the United States is studying information about the crash of the Boeing-737 plane in Cuba and is finding out whether there were American citizens on board. Canada said it is working to obtain additional information and, if necessary, is ready to provide consular assistance to Canadian citizens.
The Cuban authorities declared mourning in connection with the plane crash.
