HAVANA, CUBA (RNN) – A Boeing 737 Cubana de Aviacion flight carrying more than 100 people crashed after taking off from Jose Marti Airport.
A huge fireball was seen according to CNN, and a Twitter user tweeted a photo of a large black plume of smoke in the air.
In the past few weeks, Cuba’s national carrier – Cubana de Aviacion - has grounded flights because of safety issues to its aging fleet, CNN reports.
It’s not clear where the plane was headed.
Plane crash in Cuba, American flight crashed shortly after take off ?? #cuba #planecrash pic.twitter.com/W4IuiIaF1K
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