Passenger plane crashes in Cuba

HAVANA. November 5. KAZINFORM A Cuban passenger plane has crashed in the centre of the country with 68 people on board, Cuban state TV reports; Kazinform refers to BBC News.

It says the aircraft, belonging to the state-run Aero Caribbean airline, was flying from the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba to the capital Havana when it went down.

Twenty-eight foreigners were reported be among the passengers. Their nationalities are unknown.

There is no word on any survivors.