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A passenger aircraft carrying 68 people has crashed in Cuba, on its way from the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba to Havana, the capital.
Cuban state media said that 38 of the passengers were foreigners, but did not give a breakdown of nationalities. There were 23 Cubans on board the flight and a crew of seven.
Cuba's Civil Aviation Authority issued a statement early on Friday saying there were no survivors.
AeroCaribbean plane went down at 0942 GMT on Thursday near the town of Guasimal in the province of Sancti Spiritus after calling out an emergency to air traffic controllers.
The aircraft "fell to the ground in the region of Guacimal", according to state television.
First bodies recovered
Rescue workers were at the scene and had recovered the first bodies, according to the local state-run newspaper Escambray.
A photo posted on the paper's web site showed a large piece of the plane in flames, with rescue workers in olive-green military uniforms standing around it. It said the local Communist Party chief as well as interior ministry and other officials were at the scene helping with the rescue effort.
The twice-a-week flight goes from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to Santiago de Cuba to Havana. It had been due to land in the Cuban capital at 7:50pm, but reported an emergency at 5:42pm and subsequently lost contact with air traffic controllers.
PHOTO CAPTION
Rescue workers are seen beside the burning remains of an ATR-72-212 twin turboprop aircraft which crashed near Guasimal in central Cuba November 4, 2010.
Al-Jazeera
