BREAKING Plane 'carrying 107 passengers' crashes moments after taking off from airport in Havana, Cu

[TomSea]

BREAKING Plane 'carrying 107 passengers' crashes moments after taking off from airport in Havana, Cuba

By Chris kitching

A Boeing 737 plane carrying 107 passengers has crashed moments after taking off from the airport in Havana, Cuba, according to reports.

The passenger jet went down and exploded into flames near Jose Marti International Airport at about 12.30pm local time.

Photos posted online by witnesses at the airport show a plume of black smoke rising into the sky.

Firefighters were on scene attempting to extinguish the blaze.

The plane was reportedly carrying 107 passengers plus crew on a domestic flight to Holguin.

Read more at: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/breaking-plane-carrying-107-passengers-12558587

[Gefn]

Thanks @TomSea

[Elderberry]

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/18/americas/cuba-airliner-crash/index.html

A Cubana de Aviacion Boeing 737 with 104 people on board crashed on takeoff from Havana's Jose Marti International Airport on Friday, according to Cuba's state-run television.
The flight was headed to the Cuban city of Holguin and casualties are reported, an airport source told CNN.

The western city of Holguin is about 500 miles east of the Cuban capital. Cuban state media originally reported that the flight was bound for Guyana.


A large fireball followed by a towering plume of smoke was visible near the airport on the outskirts of the Cuban capital, according to witnesses.

Cubana de Aviacion -- Cuba's national carrier -- has had to ground some of its aging fleet because of safety issues, though the cause of Friday's crash is unknown.

[driftdiver]

The loss of life is tragic.   That said, the efforts to whitewash the history of Cuba and pretend they aren't still run by a communist dictator are really more dangerous.   Nearly 12 million people continue to live under an oppressive regime where you can be jailed, tortured and murdered for doing nothing more than making a negative comment about the govt.

[edpc]

It's early and the cause could be anything, but the 737s have been in the news a lot lately, none of it good.

[Gefn]

More than 100 dead




Prayers for the families.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5745945/Plane-crashes-near-high-school-campus-moments-taking-Havana-airport.html

[TomSea]

The people of Cuba are even poorer because of their government, so whatever, one thinks about their government, it seems the articles read that the final stop on these flights was to be Guyana, South America.

[TomSea]

Sushi-making co-pilot, Nazarene pastors among Cuba victims
ABC News

The co-pilot who loved to cook and was fond of inviting his colleagues over for sushi. An Argentine couple who had dreamed of vacationing in Cuba in their retirement. Evangelical pastors returning from a conference.

Officials say 113 people were on a charter passenger jet hired by Cuba's state-run airline, Cubana de Aviacion, when it crashed Friday in the rural outskirts of Havana killing all but three aboard. Here are some of their stories:

Read more at: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/sushi-making-pilot-nazarene-pastors-cuba-victims-55306828