Cuba says Boeing 737 plane crash last year likely due to crew errors
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  • 04:07 17 May 2019

Cuba says Boeing 737 plane crash last year likely due to crew errors

Cuba said on Thursday an investigation into the crash a year ago of a Boeing 737 in Havana that killed all but one of the 113 people aboard suggests the most probable cause was errors by the crew that died in the tragedy, ONA reports quoting Reuters.

The 39-year-old plane, leased by the little-known Mexican company Damojh to Cuba’s flagship carrier Cubana, dived into fields south of Havana shortly after taking off on a domestic flight last May 18, bursting into flames.

“The most probable cause of the accident were the actions of the crew and their errors in the calculations of weight and balance that led to loss of control of the plane and its fall during the takeoff phase,” the Cuban Institute of Civil Aeronautics said in a statement.

Neither Damojh nor Boeing Co were immediately available for comment.

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