An old passenger jet with more than 100 people on board crashed shortly after taking off from Havana’s José Martí international airport Friday, leaving only three survivors.
The Boeing 737-200 en route to the city of Holguín in eastern Cuba crashed around noon local time near Santiago de las Vegas, a rural village some 12 miles south of Havana’s city center, according to state media. The aircraft, built in 1979, was leased to flagship carrier Cubana de Aviación, which has an aging fleet and has recently taken many of its...