Iran condoles with Cuba over plane crash

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Publish Date: 17:09 - 30 April 2017
TEHRAN, April 30, YJC - Iran extended condolences with Cuba over plane crash in the country.
Iran condoles with Cuba over plane crash
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi extended sympathy with families of the victims.
 
A military airplane crashed into a mountain in Cuba's north-western region of Artemisa on Saturday morning, killing all eight personnel on board, Cuban Ministry of Revolutionary Armed Forces said.
 
The aircraft, a twin-engined turboprop Antonov AN-26, had taken off at 6:38 a.m. (0638 ET) from Playa Baracoa, just outside Havana, and crashed into the Loma de la Pimienta mountain some 80 km (50 miles) westwards.
 
"The eight military personnel on board, including the crew, died," the ministry said in a statement published by state-run media.
 
"A commission of the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces is investigating the causes of the accident."

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