68 dead in Cuba air accident

All 68 people including 28 foreigners aboard a Cuban airliner were killed when it crashed in central Cuba, state media reported early Friday after emergency crews reached the scene.

"There were no survivors" from the crash of the plane operated by state carrier Aerocaribbean, which departed Thursday afternoon from the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba bound for the capital Havana, the official website Cubadebate.cu reported.

Among the passengers were 10 Europeans from the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, France, Italy and Spain, as well as nine Argentinians, seven Mexicans, one Venezuelan and one Japanese, according to state media.