A Havana airport employee said that airport workers were alerted that a passenger jet had crashed on takeoff from José Martí International Airport.
ADVERTISEMENTA commercial airliner carrying about 100 people crashed Friday afternoon shortly after takeoff from Cuba's main airport, Cuban state-run media reported.
Details about the Cubana de Aviacion flight or potential fatalities were not immediately known, but an airport employee in Havana told The Associated Press that airport workers were alerted that a passenger jet had crashed on takeoff from Havana's José Martí International Airport.
The Boeing 737 was headed for the eastern Cuban city of Holguín, according to Prensa Latina, a Cuban state-run news agency. Firefighters were on scene battling a blaze caused by the crash, the agency added.
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