The Boeing 737-201 crashed at 16:08 GMT on Friday, shortly after taking off from Havana on an internal flight to Holguín.
It’s too early to say what caused the crash, but eyewitnesses on the ground described seeing the jet burst into flames before crashing into a field close to a wooded area near the airport.
Adel Yzquierdo updated the official death toll to 110. Four people initially survived the crash but one died after being taken to hospital, the director of Havana’s Calixto Garcia hospital, Carlos Alberto Martinez, told Reuters Three women survived the crash, but are said to be in a critical condition with serious burns.
The incident is Cuba’s worst air disaster in decades, and two days of national mourning began on Saturday.
Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-44188469
