68 killed in Cuba plane crash

A worker removes the wreckage of AeroCaribbean Flight 883 next to army members in Guasimal, Cuba. All 68 people aboard were killed when the turboprop plane went down in a remote area near the village of Guasimal, in Sancti Spiritus province. Photo: AP
A worker removes the wreckage of AeroCaribbean Flight 883 next to army members in Guasimal, Cuba. All 68 people aboard were killed when the turboprop plane went down in a remote area near the village of Guasimal, in Sancti Spiritus province. Photo: AP
Cuban forensic doctors wait as a van carrying remains of passengers killed in the ATR-72-212 twin turboprop aircraft crash arrives at the Intitute for Legal Medecine in Havana. Rescue workers have found the flight data and voice recorder from the Aero Caribbean plane that went down in flames in central Cuba, killing all 68 people aboard. The so-called black box will be turned over to investigators trying to determine why the twin-engined ATR turboprop careened from the sky, trailing smoke and flames, witnesses said, as the pilot fought to keep it flying. Photo: Reuters
Remains of the fuselage of the ATR-72-212 twin turboprop aircraft are seen at the crash site near Guasimal in central Cuba. Rescue workers have found the flight data and voice recorder from the Aero Caribbean plane that went down in flames in central Cuba, killing all 68 people aboard. The so-called black box will be turned over to investigators trying to determine why the twin-engined ATR turboprop careened from the sky, trailing smoke and flames, witnesses said, as the pilot fought to keep it flying. Photo: Reuters
A health worker looks at the wreckage of AeroCaribbean Flight 883 in Guasimal, Cuba. All 68 people aboard were killed when the turboprop plane went down in a remote area near the village of Guasimal in Sancti Spiritus province. Photo: AP
Relatives of plane crash victims arrive to the morgue at the Institute of Legal Medicine to identify their bodies in Havana, Cuba. All 68 people aboard AeroCaribbean Flight 883 were killed when the turboprop plane went down in a remote area near the village of Guasimal in Sancti Spiritus province. Photo: AP
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Forensic workers survey the remains of an ATR-72-212 twin turboprop aircraft at the crash site near Guasimal in central Cuba. Rescue workers have found the flight data and voice recorder from the Aero Caribbean plane that went down in flames in central Cuba, killing all 68 people aboard. The so-called black box will be turned over to investigators trying to determine why the twin-engined ATR turboprop careened from the sky, trailing smoke and flames, witnesses said, as the pilot fought to keep it flying. Photo: Reuters

Published Nov 7, 2010

Recovery teams removed the last charred bodies from the wreckage of an airliner that went down in mountainous central Cuba, as officials vowed on Saturday to get to the bottom of what caused the crash and said they have the capacity to do it alone.

All 68 people aboard AeroCaribbean Flight 883 were killed when the turboprop plane went down Thursday afternoon in a remote area near the village of Guasimal in Sancti Spiritus province. Twenty-eight foreigners were among the dead.