Official period of mourning declared after Boeing 737 crashed outside Havana on FridayMore than 100 people dead in Cuba's worst air disaster in 30 yearsMore than 100 people were killed when a Boeing 737 crashed soon after taking off from Havana in what appeared to be Cuba’s worst air disaster in nearly 30 years, officials and state media have said. There were 105 passengers, including five children, plus crew members, state media reported. Two Argentine citizens and an unspecified number of Mexicans were among the dead, the Argentine and Mexican governments said. In 2010 a commercial Aero Caribbean plane crashed in central Cuba and all 68 people on board were killed. In the worst Cubana disaster, a Soviet-made Ilyushin-62M passenger plane crashed near Havana in 1989, killing all 126 people on board.

Source: The Guardian May 19, 2018 10:54 UTC