Cuban state media reported that three people had been pulled alive from the mangled wreckage and were in critical condition in hospital. The 110 aboard included six Mexican crew, said Aerolineas Damojh, the Mexican-based company that leased the plane to the Cuban carrier. Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel, who went to visit the scene, told AFP there was a large number of casualties. In July 1997, an Antonov-24 passenger plane crashed into the sea off Santiago de Cuba. In March 2002, a small Antonov-2 plane travelling from Cienfuegos to Cayo Coco crashed in the central province of Santa Clara.

Source: The Nation Bangkok May 18, 2018 22:52 UTC