HAVANA: A Cuban state airways passenger plane with 104 passengers on boardcrashed shortly after taking off Friday from Havana’s Jose Marti airport,state media reported.
The Boeing 737 operated by Cubana de Aviacion crashed “near theinternational airport,” state agency Prensa Latina reported. Airportsources said the jetliner was heading from the capital to the eastern cityof Holguin.
Witnesses told AFP a thick column of smoke could be seen rising above thecrash site. – APP/AFP