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THREE PEOPLE HAVE been pulled alive from the wreckage of a Cuban airliner which crashed after takeoff today with 104 passengers aboard, and are in a critical condition in hospital, state media said.
A military officer old reporters that there appears to have been only three survivors in critical condition after a Boeing 737 crashed on takeoff from Jose Marti International Airport in Havana with 104 passengers and nine crew aboard.
The officer declined to provide his name and other officials declined to confirm the figure.
The country’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel, who visited the crash site, warned earlier that many people were feared dead.
The Cuban state airways passenger plane crashed shortly after taking off this afternoon from Havana’s Jose Marti airport, state media reported.
The Boeing 737 operated by Cubana de Aviacion crashed “near the international airport,” state agency Prensa Latina reported.
There were no immediate reports regarding casualties.
Airport sources said the jetliner was heading from the capital to the eastern city of Holguin, and had crashed in the space between the airport in southern Havana and the nearby town of Santiago de las Vegas.
Witnesses told AFP a thick column of smoke could be seen rising above the crash site.
The plane was rented by Cubana, which has taken many of its aging planes out of service in recent months due to mechanical problems.
With AP
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Why doesn’t the Journal have a “Spammer of the Week” seeing as the Journal seems to take no notice of it’s own Terms of Use? You could also have a “Troll of the Week” as well. There are at least one or 2 fake accounts on here that would win hands down each week without fail.
Tommy macdonagh would need another trophy cabinet
Should have put it in the survey lads
notice how of the top 5 commented on stories this week, the highest is 277 and the lowest is 201
2 years ago, those numbers would have been a minimum of double that, possibly even triple,
slowly but surely the journal is slipping into obscurity, and they only have themselves to blame,
with their bias in choosing what comments to delete and their complete apathy to the bigger trolls who flagrantly break the TOS.
Cop yourself on journal, make it an even playing field for everyone, do something about the massive trolling and the obvious incitement by certain accounts, and you might have a chance of reversing the trend
but somehow i doubt you will do anything until it is too late.
Here hear.
Nutjob of the week goes to… Nutella Boy ;)
Surely Blind Faith had the most popular comment in the Gardai assault article?
you should know by now Paddy “most popular comment” doesn`t count – it depends ENTIRELY on what the staff deem the most popular, anything that goes against their idea is consigned to the dustbin.
http://www.thejournal.ie/manor-street-gardai-assault-2910906-Aug2016/
Even the second comment got more than a thousand greens but thejournal.ie just ignores them.
It happens every week and makes this regular article a sham.
I know it’s incredibly frustrating when people that don’t agree with me insist on been heard…..
Great photo of Donald Trump sucking out a babie’s brain. He is truly evil.
nearly as good as O`Bamas imitation of a gun, he would want to watch himself too, considering he is black, that kind of pose is liable to get you shot over there at the moment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MDqfg3tYIQ
Better comment of the week here?
Better quality…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xham2-P5LQc
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