No Surviors in Cuban Air Crash!
by Celia
I knew they had one of the worst safety records in the world. Now I thank God I took the domestic internal flight two weeks ago and not yesterday. An Aero Caribbean plane crashed yesterday leaving no survivors. The aircraft was flying from the city of Santiago de Cuba to the capital Havana when it went down. Twenty-eight foreigners from 10 countries were reported to be among the passengers. Their nationalities are unknown. The plane, Flight 883 belonging to state-run airline Aero Caribbean, left Santiago de Cuba in the east of the country en route to Havana and went down at 5.42pm local time (10.42pm GMT). After making an emergency call, the plane lost contact with air traffic controllers. The plane is an ATR-72-212 twin turboprop built by ATR, a joint venture of Europe's EADS and Italian group Finmeccanica. Think twice before taking domestic flights within Cuba. they have the worst safety record in the world. The Viazul bus is very uncomfortable, freezing, icy cold, unpleasant unhelpful drivers who insist on blasting out ice cold a/c. and very very tiring for long journeys. But at least you arrive safely. Most of the time. My thoughts and prayers go out to the families and loved ones of the victims. May those who died RIP COMMENTS by Vic, webmaster Very sad news, indeed. I recall my own experience flying with an Antonov AN-2 between Varadero and Trinidad....with open doors a scary adventure. havana-guide.com
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