BREAKING NEWS: 'High number of casualties' after Cuban airline carrying 104 passengers explodes in a ball of flames moments after taking off from Havana airport - just one day after a third of its fleet were grounded over safety concerns

Internal Cubana de Aviacion flight was headed for Holguin, when it went down near a high school campus on Friday

Local reports say the Boeing 737 was carrying 104 passengers

Cuba's newly sworn in president Miguel Diaz-Canel said there was a 'high number of casualties'

Witnesses reported seeing a huge fireball followed by a giant plume of smoke

Multiple casualties are reported although numbers are not yet clear
[li] Fire crews and ambulances are already on the scene

By Hannah Parry For Dailymail.com
Published: 13:33 EDT, 18 May 2018 | Updated: 14:34 EDT, 18 May 2018


A Boeing 737 plane has crashed moments after taking off from Havana's Jose Marti International Airport - just one day after more than a third of its fleet were grounded over safety concerns.

Cuba's newly sworn in president Miguel Diaz-Canel said there was a 'high number of casualties' after the internal Cubana de Aviacion flight, went down on near a high school campus, between Boyeyos and central Havana, on Friday.

Photos of the scene show fire crews attempting to put out the still smoking wreckage of the aircraft which was devastated in the crash. Debris was left scattered across the surrounding area after the explosion.

A shocking video of the aftermath shows a vicitm being stretchered away from the scene while a large crowd of volunteers and emergency responders attended the scene.

The plane, which was headed for the city of Holguin, in eastern Cuba, was carrying 104 passengers when it crashed. A number of casualties are being reported although numbers are not yet known.

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