Cuban Civil Aviation Institute(IACC) activated the phone numbers 1020 833 838 2059 at its First-Aid Post Office to receive international and national phone calls and provide information about the plane crash

Many expressions of solidarity with Cuba have been sent by way of the Twitter and Facebook social networks and details are given by Web sites in Cuba and news agencies in the world following the plane crash that took place on Thursday, as a consequence of which all 68 people on board died. The aircraft, pertaining to the AeroCaribbean Company, was covering the Santiago de Cuba-Havana route, and fell in Guasimal, 30 kilometers away from central Sancti Spíritus province.

Argentinean Foreign Minister Hector Timmerman pointed out on his twitter page that President Cristina Fernandez de Kirschner had ordered preparations for an aircraft to transport the Argentinean youngsters who died in the plane crash.

In these moments of great sorrow, you can count on the affection of the Spanish government and people. I would like you to convey these feelings to the relatives of the victims, said President José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero in a message published by Spanish media outlets.

Likewise, the Association of Cuban Residents in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines expressed their grief for the air accident, in a message made public on Friday morning by the Embassy of that country to Havana.

South African President Jacob Zuma sent a message on Friday to the government and people of Cuba, in which he expressed his condolences for the death of 68 persons in the air accident of the AeroCaribbean aircraft.

Also, friends and followers of the Cuban Radio Web site have expressed, by way of the Twitter and Facebook social networks, their sorrow over the unexpected loss of the lives of persons from Cuba, Italy, Mexico, Argentina, Austria, Germany, Spain, Venezuela and Holland, during the Santiago de Cuba-Havana flight.

According to statements of residents in the area who witnessed the plane crash, published by the Escambray newspaper from Sancti Spíritus, the aircraft, after abrupt movements in the air, fell to the ground and immediately caught fire in a rural area difficult of access, densely covered by thorny shrubs, which required a great effort on the part of the rescue teams of the Ministry of the Interior participating in the rescue work.

On Friday, the Cuban Institute of Civil Aeronautics (IACC) activated the telephone numbers 838 1020 and 833 2059 at its Command Post to receive international and national calls and provide information about the air disaster that took place at nightfall Thursday near the town of Guasimal, some 30 kilometers south of the city of Sancti Spíritus.

Translated by Silke Páez

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