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All 68 passengers on board an Aerocaribbean plane died in a crash in a rural area in Cuba, government news agencies said. Flight 883 from Santiago de Cuba to Havana lost contact with air traffic control at 5:42pm. Investigators said the plane was believed to have gone down near the Zaza Reservoir, the largest in the country, which is about halfway between Santiago and Havana. The official news media said there were seven members of the crew on board and 61 passengers, 28 of them non-Cubans. The cause of the crash was still unknown Thursday night.
