100 die after Boeing 737 of Cuba’s state airline crashes and explodes in Havana – Updated

Update

Cuba Air Crash – Total number of deaths is 111

Earlier

More than 100 people have died after a Boeing 737 airliner crashed and exploded near Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuban state media says.

Three people have survived but are in critical condition in hospital, Cuban Communist Party newspaper Granma reported.

Earlier

Cuba’s state-run television reports that a Boeing 737 Cubana de Aviacion flight crashed as it took off from Havana’s Jose Marti airport.

The plane came down shortly after take-off, Prensa Latina news agency said.

Radio Habana Cuba said it was an internal flight from the Cuban capital to Holguin, in the east of the island.