Military plane crash in western Cuba kills at least 8

By Kristina Pydynowski, AccuWeather senior meteorologist

April 30,2017, 7:14:10AM,EDT

 

 

At least eight people are dead after a Cuban military plane crashed in western Cuba on Saturday morning.
The plane crashed in the western province of Artemisa, according to the Associated Press.
The AN-26 departed Playa Baracoa airport, located outside Havana, at 6:38 a.m. EDT and crashed into a hillside about 65 kilometers (40 miles) to the southwest, outside the town of Candelaria.
Satellite data indicates scattered cloud cover over western Cuba during the early morning of Saturday, but no lightning was detected in the area around the time of the crash.
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Preliminary weather observations from Havana's José Martí International Airport indicates east-southeasterly winds of around 7 mph shortly before 7 a.m. EDT Saturday.
This is a breaking story and AccuWeather will continue to provide updates as they become available.