Cuban plane crash leaves 110 dead, 3 survivors: official
By Reuters
20 May 2018 |
7:30 am
The Cubana de Aviacion flight that crashed on Friday has left 110 people dead including five children while three others survived, said Cuba's transportation minister at a press conference on Saturday.
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