Air crash in Cuba

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The reason why the plane of the Cuban airline fell

The local newspaper Gramma noted that the work of the rescuers, who arrived at the site of the liner's fall, made it harder for the rain.

Havana's passenger plane crashed nearby after takeoff tried to return to the airport, but touched the power line. This was written by the newspaper "Gramma", referring to eyewitness accounts.

Witnesses of the disaster told that the plane turned around to take a reverse course to the airport, but the electric line was damaged.

The publication also reports that the overwhelming number of passengers flying this flight were citizens of Cuba. The exception was the crew and five foreigners. There were no Russians on board the fallen plane. The crew of the aircraft was represented by five Mexicans.

The newspaper noted that the first rescue teams arrived to the crash site after 12 minutes after the airliner crashed.

Approximately in 2 hours after the emergency in Havana, heavy rain fell, which made work of rescue services much more difficult.

A Boeing 737, leased by Cubana de Aviacion from the Mexican airline Global Air, crashed on Friday during takeoff from Havana's Jose Marta International Airport. The liner carried out a flight on the route Havana - Holguin with 105 people on board.

The plane fell a minute after being lifted into the air in the agricultural area between the town of Santiago de Las Vegas and the airport. Most people died, all 4 people were hospitalized, one of whom died in the hospital shortly.

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