At approximately 5:42 p.m. Thursday, a Cuban Aerocaribbean S.A. airplane, ATR-72-212, onroute to Havana from Santiago de Cuba reported an emergency before losing all contact with the air transit control systems. Local authorities in the Guasimal region in the province of Sancti Spíritus reported that the airplane crashed to the ground.
At this moment aeronautic and natonal authorities have launched a probe into the occurence and a commission has been created to investigate the tragic accident.
There were 61 passengers and 7 crew members aboard the plane, including 40 Cubans and 28 foreigners.
Cuban Institute of Civil Aeronautics
November 4, 2010
http://www.juventudrebelde.co.cu/
