The Boeing 737, 39-year-old airliner with 110 people aboard crashed and burned in a cassava field just after taking off from the airport.
On Friday, this aeroplane crash held just after a short distance from Jose Marti International Airport. According to the officials, it was the worst aviation disaster in three decades. Only three have survived in this accident and all other, the crew members and passengers are dead.
Cuban Communist Party newspaper Granma reported that the passengers were mostly Cubans plus five foreigners from other countries. State TV said the jet veered sharply to the right after takeoff. There were 104 passengers and six crew members on the flight operated by the Cuban state airline.
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has shared his grief over this accident and said a special commission had been formed to investigate the cause of the crash.
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