- Title: Cuba plane crash death toll rises to 111 as one survivor dies
- Date: 22nd May 2018
- Summary: HAVANA, CUBA (MAY 21, 2018) (REUTERS) WOMAN LEAVING MORTUARY WITH AN URN FAMILY MEMBERS OF PLANE CRASH VICTIMS LEAVING MORTUARY MAN HOLDING A BOX WITH A CRASH VICTIM'S ASHES FATHER OF A CRASH VICTIM HOLDING A PICTURE OF HIS SON AND TALKING TO REPORTERS MAN HOLDING A BOX WITH A CRASH VICTIM'S ASHES PEOPLE SITTING OUTSIDE THE MORTUARY FAMILY MEMBERS OF VICTIMS ARRIVING TO CO
- Embargoed: 5th June 2018 02:45
- Keywords: Cuba plane crash accident Grettel Landrove Damojh Cubana
- Location: HAVANA, CUBA
- City: HAVANA, CUBA
- Country: Cuba
- Topics: Air Accidents,Disaster/Accidents
- Reuters ID: LVA0018GTCU2V
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: The death toll from a plane crash in Cuba last week rose to 111 on Monday (May 21) as one of the three survivors, 23-year-old Grettel Landrove, died in a Havana hospital, Cuban state-run media said.
The two other survivors, also women, remain in critical conditions due to severe burns and other trauma, the director of the hospital where they are being treated told the state-run broadcaster.
The airliner crashed shortly after takeoff for a domestic flight from Havana on Friday (May 18) in one of Cuba's worst air disasters.
The plane was a 39-year-old Boeing 737 that a little-known Mexican company called Damojh had leased to Cuban flagship carrier Cubana.
Mexico's civil aviation authority suspended Damojh's operations on Monday as former complaints about its maintenance practices and safety standards emerged.
The ashes of some of the victims killed in the crash were delivered to family members in Havana on Monday. The government is still working to identify most of the bodies from the crash, a process authorities have said could take up to a month. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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