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Cuban crash

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5 Nov 2010
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A Cuban passenger plane belonging to AeroCaribbean has crashed in the centre of the country, killing all 68 people onboard, including 28 foreigners. The aircraft was flying from the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba to the capital Havana when it declared an emergency onboard at 5.42 pm, and subsequently lost contact with air traffic controllers. Rescue workers were at the scene of the crash soon after, and are said to be recovering the bodies of those who perished in the accident, having used bulldozers to clear a path through thick vegetation to the crash site. A statement from the Civil Aviation Authority has said the majority of the people on the plane were tourists, including nine Argentines, seven Mexicans, three Dutch citizens, two Germans, two Austrians, a French citizen, an Italian, a Spaniard, a Venezuelan and a Japanese citizen. State media in Cuba have said that the aircraft was an ATR-72 twin turboprop plane and that AeroCaribbean is owned by the state airline Cubana. No reason for the crash has been given as yet, although investigators are at the scene.

A Cuban passenger plane belonging to AeroCaribbean has crashed in the centre of the country, killing all 68 people onboard, including 28 foreigners. The aircraft was flying from the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba to the capital Havana when it declared an emergency onboard at 5.42 pm, and subsequently lost contact with air traffic controllers. Rescue workers were at the scene of the crash soon after, and are said to be recovering the bodies of those who perished in the accident, having used bulldozers to clear a path through thick vegetation to the crash site. A statement from the Civil Aviation Authority has said the majority of the people on the plane were tourists, including nine Argentines, seven Mexicans, three Dutch citizens, two Germans, two Austrians, a French citizen, an Italian, a Spaniard, a Venezuelan and a Japanese citizen.
State media in Cuba have said that the aircraft was an ATR-72 twin turboprop plane and that AeroCaribbean is owned by the state airline Cubana. No reason for the crash has been given as yet, although investigators are at the scene.

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5 Nov 2010
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