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08:50, 22-May-2018
Cuba's plane crash death toll rises to 111 after one survivor dies
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One of the three survivors of the tragic plane accident in Cuba died Monday afternoon, the health ministry said, raising the death toll to 111.
According to an official release, Grettel Landrove, a 23-year-old college student, passed away following serious neurological traumas.
The other two survivors, also women, remain in critical conditions due to severe burns and other trauma, the director of the hospital told the state-run broadcaster.
The airliner crashed shortly after takeoff for a domestic flight from Havana on Friday in one of Cuba's worst air disasters.
The plane was a 39-year-old Boeing 737 that a little-known Mexican company called Damojh had leased to Cuban flagship carrier Cubana.
Mexico's civil aviation authority suspended Damojh's operations on Monday as former complaints about its maintenance practices and safety standards emerged.
(With inputs from Reuters)