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Cuba Plane Crash Victim Dies, Brings Death Toll to 112

What to Know

  • Emiley Sánchez de la O, 40, died Friday from the severe trauma and burns suffered according to the official Cuban website Cubadebate.
  • A Boeing 737 leased by Cubana de Aviación crashed last Friday shortly after taking off from José Martí International Airport.

One of the two last survivors of the Cuban plane crash last week has died at a hospital in Havana.

Emiley Sánchez de la O, 40, died Friday from severe trauma and burns she suffered, according to the official Cuban website Cubadebate.

Three women had initially survived the accident, but only one remains alive at the General Calixto García hospital in the Cuban capital.

A Boeing 737 leased by Cubana de Aviación crashed last Friday shortly after taking off from José Martí International Airport carrying 113 people onboard - including nearly two dozen pastors.

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