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ATR crashes in Cuba, Killing 68
By: Gregory Polek
Caption: An ATR 72-212 turboprop operated by Cuba’s Aero Caribbean crashed on  November 4 in the ­central Cuban province of Sancti Spiritus, killing  all 61 ­passen
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An ATR 72-212 turboprop operated by Cuba’s Aero Caribbean crashed on  November 4 in the ­central Cuban province of Sancti Spiritus, killing  all 61 ­passengers and seven crewmembers. Flight 883, en route from  ­Santiago de Cuba to Havana, lost contact with air traffic controllers  at about 5:40 local time, after declaring “an emergency situation.”
 Cuban aviation authorities ­subsequently suspended all flights as a  result of ­Hurricane Tomas, which had been ­approaching the region at  the time of the crash. 
 The aircraft, MSN 459, rolled off the ATR production line in Toulouse in November 1995. It had accumulated almost  25,000 flight hours during the course of more than 34,500 flights. Aero  Caribbean had operated the airplane since October 2006.