Passenger plane with 104 on board crashes in Cuba

It was not immediately known if there were any casualties on the plane, which was destined for Holguin and operated by national airline Cubana, state-run TV reported.

“It crashed between the locality of Boyeros and the village of Santiago de La Vegas,” state-run TV said in its midday news broadcast, referring to an area some 20 km south of Havana.

Images from state-run TV showed emergency workers at the scene.

Flight tracking websites indicated the flight was CU972, departing Havana at 11 a.m.

The aircraft was possibly leased from a small Mexican airline called Damojh, state media said.