No survivors in Cuba airliner crash with 68 aboard
Paul Haven, Associated Press, Havana, Cuba | Fri, 11/05/2010 1:22 PM
Crash and burn: Flames emerge from the wreckage of a Cuban airliner AeroCaribbean as police and residents look on after it crashed near Guasimal village in Santi Spiritus province, Cuba on Thursday. None of 68 people on board survived, reports say. – AP/Escambray, Prensa Latina
Cuban authorities say a state airliner flying from the
eastern city of Santiago de Cuba to the capital crashed in a mountainous area
after declaring an emergency Thursday evening, killing all 68 people aboard,
including 28 foreigners.
AeroCaribbean Flight 883 went down near the village of
Guasimal in Santi Spiritus province, carrying 61 passengers and a crew of
seven.
Cuba's Civil Aviation Authority issued a statement early
Friday saying there are no survivors.
A list of passengers indicates the dead include nine
Argentines, seven Mexicans, three Dutch citizens, two Germans, two Austrians, a
French citizen, an Italian, a Spaniard, a Venezuelan and a Japanese.
