Plane Crashed in Central Cuba. 68 people dead

The CNN reports referring to state media that a domestic passenger plane with 61 passengers and 7 crew members onboard crashed in central Cuba Thursday.

State-run Radio Reloj said there were no survivors.

The Aerocaribbean plane was carrying 28 foreign passengers and 40 Cubans, state media said.

The plane was traveling from the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba and heading to the country's capital of Havana, the state-run website Cubadebate reported.

The Civil Aviation Institute of Cuba said Flight 883 lost contact with air traffic controllers around 5:42 p.m. (4:42 p.m. ET), Cubadebate said.

Authorities were still trying to determine what caused the crash late Thursday, state media said.

Preliminary reports indicate that the plane crashed in a rural part of the country, near the Zaza Reservoir, the largest reservoir in Cuba, the CNN reports.