SFGATE: Cuban media: Plane crashes with 104 passengers aboard

Cuban media: Plane crashes with 104 passengers aboard
Published on May 18, 2018 at 08:05PM by By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ, Associated Press
HAVANA (AP) — A Boeing 737 operated by state airline Cubana crashed on takeoff from Jose Marti International Airport in Havana on Friday with 104 passengers and nine crew aboard, coming to rest in a farm field where firefighters sprayed the charred fuselage with hoses. There was no immediate word on casualties. Officials said the plane was headed to the eastern city of Holguin when it crashed between the airport in southern Havana and the nearby town of Santiago de las Vegas. The plane lay in a field of yuca-root plants and appeared heavily damaged and burnt. Firefighters were trying to extinguish its smoldering remains.
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